ohh there's still cheap ink lovers out there...

i guess long gone are the days of mixing ones own pigments. ive been mixing and using powders since 1993. ive had one red reaction in that time. if everyone in this business took care of their own shit and mixed their own pigments( wich is the way it was done for decades) there would be no room for ink companies like this. when i started out in this business there was just a handfull of suppliers...but they all knew their shit. does it work? buy it and try it...on yourself. remember no matter how much we'd like to think they are...customers are not guinea pigs!

Eternal is the shit....been using it for about a year...only thing that is as good is starbright...why try to fix it if it aint broke...scream ink...listen to the name of it....

I have used Scream ink on several tatt's and its a good ink. Colors are bright, I like the variety of colors they offer. Its not as thick as I was hoping but it works good. For the price I paid I'm very happy with what I Have gotten and so are the clients.

Stay away from the reds. I know the Ferrari red was recalled, but I bought a set about 3 years ago that contained a different red (I forget, I think it was "cherry" or something) and I had never even heard of "red reaction" before, but I knew what it was after I used it a few times. It didn't affect me when I tried it, but I would say it had a mild up to a very bad effect on one out of twenty. I stopped using it as soon as I found out and contacted the company by mail. Never heard back. Switched to Starbright and as far as I know, it hasn't happened since.

My husband is a artist/tattoo artist, and has been for 20+ years. He started off with a home-made machine and india ink from hobby lobby, however he has also done pieces (back in the day 10+ years ago) with ash and baby oil etc.

He currently uses an array of ink from scream to prism, starbrite, kuri sumi greywash and outlining as well as kuri sumi colors, millennium, eternal, etc.

We have an array of ink because the reaction of the ink truly depends on each individual person. I have 2 half sleeves and my entire left leg on the outside collaged, plus other pieces here and there and I have all of the above ink in my work, on occasion I do get little bumps and itchiness but it is always completely random and not with any specific ink. But, I also have diabetes and other medical problems that cause my body to have such reactions.
In your waivers you need to make sure that your clients are up front and honest about any serious medical conditions they have, such as diabetes. I have had several doctors tell me time and time again not to get any more work because for one, diabetics have a notorious problem with the body healing itself. So yes, what most people spend healing in time of less than a week for their ink, mine take weeks, It is solely due to my medical problems.
You have to think about it like this, anything we put into our bodies that we were not born with, is foreign to it. If we weren’t born with it than our bodies system is going to work harder to rid itself of the foreign *contaminants*
Prescription medication can do the same type of things to people, as well as piercings. Look at basic food allergies as well as chemical allergies, and metal allergies etc.
As a diabetic, one medication I take is metformin. Depending on the manufacturer I have a very severe allergic reaction to the medicine. So my pharmacy has to order my prescriptions ahead of time from a specific manufacturer. The only way to learn this is through trial and error. While I have a problem with one manufacturer of the medications, millions of others do not. It’s all about our chemical makeup in our bodies.
Before my husband tattoos on a client, he takes several steps to determine the client’s skin type, and then tests in an inconspicuous place before doing the work, after this he will then explain the possibly reactions of the ink, and has the client sign a medical liability release waiver.
As mentioned before, I have all of those above inks in on my body as well as india ink and homemade ink. From time to time I have problems, but it is not only with scream ink, it is with all of it, and it really depends on my immune system and what my body is going through at the time. For example right now I have a horrible cold. Last time I had a cold, I had little white bumps pop up in random places. This is due to my white blood cell count being higher than normal to fight off whatever is causing me to be ill. I anticipate seeing them again soon since I woke up very ill this morning.


Sorry this post is so long.

My husband is a artist/tattoo artist, and has been for 20+ years. He started off with a home-made machine and india ink from hobby lobby, however he has also done pieces (back in the day 10+ years ago) with ash and baby oil etc.

He currently uses an array of ink from scream to prism, starbrite, kuri sumi greywash and outlining as well as kuri sumi colors, millennium, eternal, etc.

We have an array of ink because the reaction of the ink truly depends on each individual person. I have 2 half sleeves and my entire left leg on the outside collaged, plus other pieces here and there and I have all of the above ink in my work, on occasion I do get little bumps and itchiness but it is always completely random and not with any specific ink. But, I also have diabetes and other medical problems that cause my body to have such reactions.
In your waivers you need to make sure that your clients are up front and honest about any serious medical conditions they have, such as diabetes. I have had several doctors tell me time and time again not to get any more work because for one, diabetics have a notorious problem with the body healing itself. So yes, what most people spend healing in time of less than a week for their ink, mine take weeks, It is solely due to my medical problems.
You have to think about it like this, anything we put into our bodies that we were not born with, is foreign to it. If we weren’t born with it than our bodies system is going to work harder to rid itself of the foreign *contaminants*
Prescription medication can do the same type of things to people, as well as piercings. Look at basic food allergies as well as chemical allergies, and metal allergies etc.
As a diabetic, one medication I take is metformin. Depending on the manufacturer I have a very severe allergic reaction to the medicine. So my pharmacy has to order my prescriptions ahead of time from a specific manufacturer. The only way to learn this is through trial and error. While I have a problem with one manufacturer of the medications, millions of others do not. It’s all about our chemical makeup in our bodies.
Before my husband tattoos on a client, he takes several steps to determine the client’s skin type, and then tests in an inconspicuous place before doing the work, after this he will then explain the possibly reactions of the ink, and has the client sign a medical liability release waiver.
As mentioned before, I have all of those above inks in on my body as well as india ink and homemade ink. From time to time I have problems, but it is not only with scream ink, it is with all of it, and it really depends on my immune system and what my body is going through at the time. For example right now I have a horrible cold. Last time I had a cold, I had little white bumps pop up in random places. This is due to my white blood cell count being higher than normal to fight off whatever is causing me to be ill. I anticipate seeing them again soon since I woke up very ill this morning.


Sorry this post is so long.

Scream ink is horrible, the green is the worst. Dont waste your time and money on this ink,

if you dont know how to use tattoo machines and tattoo inks thats ur problem,not the ink our the machine, learn first then you can contribute ur 2 cents. stop the blame on ur equipment

I read through all these postings and here is my opinion.

I had always use Skin Candy and Intenze ink in my shop and it works very good for me. Then I tried out Scream Ink because my apprentice had a set. The moment I tried the super red and the lime green...I was hooked.

I have been tattooing 8 years now and I am register through the health county and have all business license to legally operate a tattoo shop. I have had nobody come back with an infection or compliant.

It's usually how you put the ink in and how you set the needles. I have fix tattoos and I have seen people come into my shop with other shop's work and it's amazing how these crappy ass tattoo artist is able to keep their shop open with all the crap ass work.

It's how you are trained to handle the skin. If you are not educated then most likely you are going to scar or tear some skin.

I use Scream Ink in my tattoo works and it goes in easy and stays bright on tan skins. But I do go back and forth with Skin Candy and Intenze.

Remember its not all about the product...it's a tool. the person that is running the machine has to know what they are doing. Someone can use Intenze and still scar or cause infections.

Most important....get some formal apprenticeship and learn to tattoo before ordering a tattoo kit and trying to be a tattoo artist. Not everyone can be a tattoo artist overnight.

***to finally answer your question....i would say yes. you can use Scream Ink. I used it and I am happy with the product. There are many product out there and endorse by many good artist but at the end of the day...these people didn't make the product one bottle at a time....a machine made it and mixed it. So it can go wrong anytime and in any bottle and any ink brand.

Scream Ink is G-R-E-A-T....I've used it for 3 years now & I swear by it.

I have used the inks, since they *re-formulated* them in 2009. I find that like any tattoo ink you get what you pay for, as for knowing how to set ink...that is the biggest and most important thing of all. I mean I have done tattoos when I first started out with the "ink" that comes with a "tattoo kit" and those tattoos are still beautiful today. But I do have to say since the new formula the inks have become very watery and they are more like shading inks then good for actual coloring.

ive used scream ink and its pretty intense!
color layed down real well, the black is fantastic..

all of u tattoo"artist" r egomanic hypocrits who forgot where they came from.i guess all of u stated in a studio ya right bunch of hypocritical assholes that r scared someone tattooing at home is better then them.

tell it

Dude, Scream Ink is straight dangerous! They are NOT made in the USA as they claim. I even visited the factory in China that made thse terrible inks and when I brought it up to Worldwide and asked if this was the case, they did not deny it.

Anyways, regardless of the origin, the quality is terrible. I have clients that had ink fade only after 6months. Others had some really adverse skin reactions. I decided to upgrade to Eternal and have stuck with it since.

AVOID SCREAM INK AT ALL COST! YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!