**i numbed my skin with a numbing cream prior to the tattoo and it worked for the first hour or so... but it started wearing off**probably my last one... well i say that after every one.\nthis is my 3rd visit to the tattoo parlor with this tattoo. 1st time was the outline, 2nd time was colouring the body of the phoenix, and 3rd time is finishing the tails.\n\nthe dark red circles are pools of blood... gross, huh blog, jennergizer, newtribe, phoenix, review, tattoo