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TODAY'S VIDEO IS A BIT OF A FUN ONE
BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE TALKING ALL ABOUT MY TATTOO EXPERIENCE.
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IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, I RECENTLY GOT A TATTOO.
BUT IT'S NOT, LIKE, THAT RECENT.
IT'S A -- YEAH, IT'S LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO --
A FEW MONTHS AGO.
SO, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET A TATTOO AS A FIRST-TIMER.
SO, IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD A TATTOO,
THIS COULD BE THE VIDEO FOR YOU
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING ONE.
MY MOST IMPORTANT TIP
IS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IF YOU WANT A TATTOO.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS COOL AND YOU THINK YOU WANT TO GET ONE,
BUT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS ON YOUR BODY,
SO DO YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GET IT?
AND I SUGGEST ACTUALLY DRAWING ON, YOU KNOW,
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF GETTING ONTO YOUR BODY.
JUST USE A MARKER OR A PEN OR SOMETHING AND JUST DRAW IT ON.
AND JUST LIVE WITH IT.
LIKE, JUST WALK AROUND
WITH YOUR DRAWING ON YOUR ARM OR YOUR LEG
OR WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GET YOUR TATTOO.
BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT'S
A REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET USED TO IT.
I DIDN'T DRAW THIS ON MY ARM, BUT I DREW A SHAPE ON MY ARM
JUST SO I COULD GET USED TO HAVING, LIKE, INK THERE.
AND, UH, I DID THAT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE I GOT THIS DONE.
SO, I KIND OF KNEW WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO.
AS FAR AS PLACEMENT FOR A TATTOO,
YOU REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU ARE PREPARED
TO HAVE IT ON SHOW ALL THE TIME,
AND THAT'S EVERY SINGLE SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE,
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
FOR ME, I WANTED TO HAVE IT BE ON SHOW
BUT ALSO NOT HAVE IT BE TOO IN-YOUR-FACE.
SO, I KIND OF GOT THIS ON THE BACK OF MY ARM,
SO IF MY ARM IS DOWN, YOU CAN'T SEE IT, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT IF I, LIKE, RAISE MY HAND OR RAISE MY ARM,
THEN YOU CAN SEE IT.
SO, FOR ME, THAT WORKS PERFECTLY,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST -- IT'S KIND OF CASUAL.
IT'S KIND OF CASUAL THERE.
IF YOU'VE DECIDED
THAT YOU DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY WANT A TATTOO,
I SUGGEST DOING AS MUCH RESEARCH AS POSSIBLE.
TAKE MONTHS DOING RESEARCH, IF NECESSARY.
YOU REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FIND
A TATTOO ARTIST THAT CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO.
YOU NEED TO FIND A TATTOO ARTIST THAT IS ON YOUR WAVELENGTH,
SOMEONE THAT CAN REALLY DO
THE STYLE OF TATTOO THAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO.
SOMETHING I FOUND REALLY USEFUL
WAS TO LOOK AT A BUNCH OF TATTOO ARTISTS' INSTAGRAM PAGES.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE
ALL OF THE VARIETY OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE DONE,
AND A LOT OF TATTOO ARTISTS
USE THEIR INSTAGRAM AS KIND OF LIKE A PORTFOLIO.
SO, IT'S REALLY HANDY TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT.
AND IT CAN ALSO GIVE YOU IDEAS ON PLACEMENT,
AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN SHOW YOU DIFFERENT STYLES
THAT MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
SO, YOU'VE FOUND THE TATTOO ARTIST.
NOW IT'S TIME TO BOOK IT.
SO, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOUR TATTOO ARTIST
IS BOOKED FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
I KNOW, FOR ME, IT TOOK ME ABOUT THREE MONTHS
JUST TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE GIRL WHO DID MY TATTOO.
WHICH WAS FINE WITH ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S GONNA BE ON MY BODY FOR A LONG TIME --
WELL, PROBABLY FOREVER --
SO I WAS KIND OF WILLING TO WAIT.
AS FAR AS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF A TATTOO,
I WAS PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE SO PAINFUL.
BUT TO ME, IT WASN'T AT ALL.
IT ISN'T, LIKE, THE MOST PLEASANT FEELING, OBVIOUSLY.
IT BASICALLY FEELS LIKE A CONTINUOUS SCRATCH
DOWN YOUR SKIN WITH, LIKE, A VERY FINE NEEDLE,
WHICH I GUESS IS TECHNICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING.
BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CAT SCRATCH.
THE THING WITH IT THAT'S ANNOYING IS THAT IT NEVER STOPS.
IT'S LIKE CONTINUOUS SCRATCHING, AND IT JUST --
IT'S KIND OF MORE IRRITATING THAN ANYTHING.
SOME AREAS OF THE BODY WILL HURT MORE OR LESS THAN OTHERS.
BUT, YEAH, THIS AREA OF MY ARM WAS KIND OF FATTY,
SO IT DIDN'T REALLY HURT THAT BAD.
I'M TRYING TO FILM A VIDEO ABOUT MY FIRST TATTOO!
ACTUALLY, SPEAKING OF TATTOOS, REGGIE ACTUALLY HAS TATTOOS.
BABY, COME HERE.
SINCE REGGIE WAS A RACING GREYHOUND,
HE HAS THESE, LIKE, TATTOOS IN HIS EARS.
'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF, LIKE, HOW THEY KEEP TRACK OF THEM.
SO, ACTUALLY, REGGIE, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE IT OVER FROM HERE.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST TATTOO EXPERIENCE LIKE?
OKAY.
NOT THE MOST ARTICULATE, ARE YOU?
SO, AFTER MY TATTOO WAS FINISHED,
THE TATTOO ARTIST KIND OF BANDAGED IT UP,
AND I WAS KIND OF FEELING FRAGILE AFTERWARDS.
I WAS LIKE, "OH, DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?"
THIS IS -- BY THE WAY, I'M TRYING TO FILM,
AND HE'S JUST -- HE JUST IS DYING FOR SNUGGLING.
UM, I WAS LIKE, "WHAT DID I DO? DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?"
LIKE, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
LIKE WHEN I DYED MY HAIR.
I WAS LIKE, "DID I REALLY NEED TO DO THAT?"
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BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS, I GOT USED TO THE FACT
THAT THIS TATTOO WAS ON MY BODY.
AND I LOVED IT THEN AND I LOVE IT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT TATTOOS.
LIKE, IF YOU DECIDE TO GET ONE,
JUST REMEMBER WHY YOU DECIDED TO GET IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- I LOVE IT.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY TATTOO.
THE HEALING PROCESS TOOK, FOR ME,
ABOUT, I'D SAY, TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
UM, IT IS KIND OF ANNOYING, BECAUSE IT SCABS OVER THE LINES.
SO, FOR ME, THERE WAS A SCAB
OVER EVERY SINGLE LINE OF MY TATTOO.
AND IT'S ITCHY LIKE -- IT'S LIKE A NORMAL SCAB.
YOU JUST WANT TO, LIKE, SCRATCH IT OFF.
BUT YOU CAN'T, BECAUSE, IF YOU SCRATCH THE TATTOO,
THE ACTUAL INK WILL COME OFF WITH THE SCAB.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE, LIKE,
LITTLE BITS AND PIECES OF YOUR TATTOO MISSING,
WHICH I ACTUALLY DO HAVE, BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF NORMAL.
LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU'LL NEED TO GO IN
AND GET A FEW PLACES, LIKE, TOUCHED UP.
SO, I HOPE THAT HELPED IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING A TATTOO.
I SUGGEST THINKING REALLY, REALLY LONG AND HARD ABOUT IT.
AND BEWARE -- IT IS AS ADDICTIVE AS PEOPLE SAY.
I HONESTLY THOUGHT
I WOULD NEVER WANT TO GET MORE THAN ONE TATTOO,
AND NOW THAT I'VE HAD THIS FOR A COUPLE MONTHS,
I'M LIKE, "UH, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST, LIKE, EVEN IT OUT
AND GET SOMETHING DONE ON THIS ARM."
BUT MY MOM WOULD ABSOLUTELY KILL ME.
YES, I'M ALMOST 26 AND I'M STILL SCARED OF MY MOM.
BUT, UH, WE WILL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
SO, I HOPE THIS VIDEO HELPED YOU OUT.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GET YOUR FIRST TATTOO
AND TELL ME WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE.
AND I WILL SEE YOU VERY SOON ON TLCme.