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"},{"content":"CARI VANDER YACHT\r\nDEREK ERDMAN\r\nMICHAEL WORFUL\r\nBRYCE WILNER\r\nTOBEY ALBRIGHT\r\nALEXANDER PFEIFFENBERGER\r\nBENJAMIN NIZNIK\r\nMCA TATTOO BY KATIE CHUNG","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed across the centre of the back of the sheet of tattoos, inside the outlines of the corresponding tattoos that the illustrator designed. Some are repeated more than once. "},{"content":"HOW TO APPLY\n- SKIN SHOULD BE CLEAN AND FREE OF OILS AND MAKEUP.\n- REMOVE CLEAR, PROTECTIVE SHEET.\n- PRESS TATTOO FIRMLY ONTO CLEAN, DRY SKIN, DESIGN FACING DOWN.\n- HOLD WET CLOTH AGAINST BACK OF TATTOO, PRESS DOWN AND BE SURE TO WET IT THOROUGHLY.\n- WAIT 30 SECONDS (DON'T HURRY). PEEL OFF PAPER BACKING.\n- GENTLY RINSE IMAGE WITH WATER FOR BEST EFFECT.\n\nTO REMOVE\nSATURATE TATTOO WITH HOUSEHOLD RUBBING ALCOHOL OR BABY OIL; WAIT 10 SECONDS, THEN RUB AWAY TATTOO WITH COTTON BALL.\n\nWARNING\nDO NOT APPLY TO SENSITIVE SKIN, NEAR EYES, OR IF ALLERGIC TO ADHESIVE.\n\nINGREDIENTS: ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, PETROLATUM, MINERAL OIL (PARAFFIN LIQUIDUM), LINUM USITATISSIMUM (LINSEED) SEED OIL, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL, POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, CERIUM CARBOXYLATE, MANGANESE 2 - ETHYLHEXANOATE. MAY CONTAIN: BLACK 2 (CI77266), BLUE 1 (CI42090), YELLOW 5 (CI15985), RED 7 (CI15850:1), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI77891). 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