247 Ink Magazine (February/March) 2017 Issue#13 | Page 90

still ink their faces , feet and wrists using a traditional technique involving a ritual that is believed to instill magical properties into the tattoo to guard against certain maladies . The women make an ink made from butter of sheep ’ s milk mixed with ground coal and use a set of nine needles joined together . The forehead marking is thought to prevent headaches . The second tattoo on the wrist is for pain from milking sheep and on the bottom of the foot , the tattoo is to repel the bites of snakes and scorpions .
Syrian women are incredibly beautiful but even with their natural attractiveness they like to augment it with permanent eyebrows , lip and eye liner to draw attention to those features and give them perfect form and color . Discreet , delicate art on shoulders and wrists of butterflies , flowers , and lettering etc . is becoming popular on the ladies as well . Native American dream catchers are big too . Prostitution has been on the rise due to the extreme economic situation during the war and it ’ s usually ladies of the night who are more daring with the placement and imagery of their tattoos .

still ink their faces , feet and wrists using a traditional technique involving a ritual that is believed to instill magical properties into the tattoo to guard against certain maladies . The women make an ink made from butter of sheep ’ s milk mixed with ground coal and use a set of nine needles joined together . The forehead marking is thought to prevent headaches . The second tattoo on the wrist is for pain from milking sheep and on the bottom of the foot , the tattoo is to repel the bites of snakes and scorpions .

Syrian women are incredibly beautiful but even with their natural attractiveness they like to augment it with permanent eyebrows , lip and eye liner to draw attention to those features and give them perfect form and color . Discreet , delicate art on shoulders and wrists of butterflies , flowers , and lettering etc . is becoming popular on the ladies as well . Native American dream catchers are big too . Prostitution has been on the rise due to the extreme economic situation during the war and it ’ s usually ladies of the night who are more daring with the placement and imagery of their tattoos .

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