2021 brought a tattoo trend that’s a great blast from the past. If the regular ink doesn’t meet your needs, or you don’t want your tattoo to be visible at all times, then you should check glow in the dark tattoos out. They are also known as Blacklight tattoos and they’re taking over the internet just as much as the offline world and giving tattoo artists hands full of work.

Blacklight tattoos were first introduced in the 1990s when the world was covered in Neon lights. Today, for one reason or another, they are popular again, with many tattoo artists and studios deploying this exciting and creative technique in their business plans.

In this article, we’ll detail all the safety-related and technical information about glow-in-the-dark tattoos that you need to be aware of before your endeavor. Additionally, we’ll present a list of the best glow-in-the-dark tattoos we researched across Instagram and other outlets to discover the best-designed black light tattoos.

Continue reading to learn everything you need to know before your first glow in the dark tattoo appointment and check out the best designs we found.

What Are Black Light Tattoos: Everything You Need To Know About Glow In The Dark Tattoos

Glow in the dark tattoos is made of a special ink with vibrant and vivid colors that are challenging to grasp in daylight, being almost invisible. Not even turning off the light in your room will make them visible. However, they are greatly visible and gorgeous-looking under the black light. Hence the name Blacklight tattoos.

They are made of special ink, as mentioned above, that is reactive to black light thanks to the UVA lights emitted. This type of tattoo is ideal for people who are either not too big fans of tattoos being visible all the time and they want to obscure while also getting to brag about them, as well as people who like to go out to parties with dimmed lights like raves and show off their great looks.