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I currently have probably 247 tattoos covering my entire body
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It became an addiction for me. Today, a makeup artist is coming to my house and we're going to surprise my family by covering up all my tattoos
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Oh my God! Probably about 80% of my body is covered in tattoos
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I just like that I'm unapologetically me. Today, I'm covering up all my tattoos
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and then we're going to reveal it to my mom. I feel like other people expect me to be a bad mom
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just because of my appearance alone. Today I'm transforming from heavily modified to suburban mom
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Oh my god. I started face tattoos about six and a half years ago
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It was down to my daughter being ill, and it's a coping mechanism for me
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The makeup comes off, the tattoos don't, so there's no harm in doing that at all
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It's more of an experience for the kids and for the family. I'm still daddy. It'll make me sad, it'll make me sad
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98% of my body is covered in tattoos. You know how much I hate tattoos
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My mother's never really liked mine. You know? Happy Mother's Day. Oh my god
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Why can't you wear like this all the time? My dad's always strongly disliked my tattoos
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So much to the point that he's tried to bribe me to not get any more. Always told me that tattoos are for criminals, but that's never stopped me
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Nervous. Scared. All of the above. Yep. What happened? Hi, welcome to my house
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Hi, Richard. My name is Crystal. My name is Richard and I've been getting tattoos for the last 30 years
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I got my first tattoo before I went into the military, probably in 1990
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And then after that, it became an addiction for me. I've tattooed 90% of my body
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It just becomes an addiction for everybody. I don't care who you are, once you start it
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I currently have probably 247 tattoos covering my entire body. And my goal is to be completely covered, 100% covered in the next three years
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Today, a makeup artist is coming to my house and we're going to surprise my family by covering up all my tattoos
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It's going to be a big shock for me because I've looked like this for over 30 years
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So today we're doing a tattoo cover-up on Richard. His face, his arms, his legs
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It's going to be a process where we're going to color correct. And then we're going to add foundation on top to look like he has no tattoos, basically
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And yeah, it's going to be fun. You ready? I'm ready. Are you nervous
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I'm nervous as hell. We're going to do a layer of powder and then we're going to go over with this Dermablend
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foundation and I believe we're going to have to do two layers of this so the tattoos won't
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come through. I've always wanted tattoos since I was younger. What was it about tattoos that became so interesting to you
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The excitement, the artwork, watching different designs on your body grow and it just, it
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was exhilarating. And not only that, the pain tolerance was phenomenal. just became a sensation that you just wanted more and more and more of
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My first tattoo was a bear with a sailor's hat when I was getting ready to go in the Navy and it was located on my chest and that was in 1990
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I started tattooing my face probably 12 years ago and I started off as like I said with
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the mouthpiece as a joke and then I just continued to go
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So I have the teeth here, I have my wife's name Maria here, my son's Frank's name here
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This is my son Junior here, this is my daughter's kiss, and these are Jayden's footprints from when he was newborn
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Now I'm gonna start the color correct you process. I'm gonna start doing his arms first
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and then I'm gonna do with his face. What product are you using on me now
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So we're using the EBA color corrector in the shade Coral, just to take out any of the blue
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and the black lines in your tattoos. I get judged a lot. I got a lot of negative comments about my tattoos. People call me a monster or how disgusting it is
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Or why would you do something like that to yourself? And everybody has their own opinion of what
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They can think of me. You know what I mean? I take care of my family. I'm a good father and I'm just normal
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I'm just like you just because I have tattoos doesn't make me a different person So after we're done with this we're gonna reveal this to my wife and my kids my children love it
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They plus they don't know anything else. They were all born I mean when they were all born I already looked like this when I met my wife I had already looked like this
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No, the ones will probably laugh my wife will probably say take it off my twins. They're the ones don't worry about
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What do you guys think about my tattoo? I think you look good with taxes can take a lead to whatever you want
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It's like we're cool. We slept cool. Dad. How do you feel about your tattoos getting covered up
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I'm excited for you guys to see what I look like, which everybody considers normal
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but yet I'm scared that the twins are not going to recognize this
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So now all the tattoos are covered up, so now I'm going to blend it all together
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Why do you want to do this transformation? I want to do this transformation for my kids. I want my kids to actually see what I look like normal
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We're almost done. Now we're doing the flecking, which is adding some little freckles to make him
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and look more natural, more realistic, skin-like. And it's like the finishing touch
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So this is an alcohol activated paint. It's activated by 99% alcohol
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It's by Real Creations Inc. in amber brown. So Richard, we're all done
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Are you ready to see yourself? I'm ready. This is gonna be crazy. I haven't seen myself without tattoos in 20 years
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This is gonna be phenomenal right now. Okay Richard, are you ready
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I'm ready. Okay. Three, two, one. Ooh. Yikes. Holy
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Yikes, my kids are gonna be scared to death right now. Oh my goodness
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Man, I look old. I do not recognize myself at all right now
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First thing I thought was, who is this old man standing in front of me? I feel a lot different right now
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What makes you feel different? Having no tattoos, I've never seen myself like this
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It completely makes me look like a different person. My family is going to be very shocked right now
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We will real this. This transformation has made me want to go back to myself. The lady did an excellent job, but this is not me
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Looking at myself right now, I want to get right back to the tattoo shop. Rita, are you nervous about seeing Richard without tattoos
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I'm not really nervous. I'm kind of excited to actually see him
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see what he looks like. I never see my dad without tattoos
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I'm like nervous, cause I'm like shy if he like looks like a grandpa
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cause he has some lightness on his eyeballs. Oh my God. You look so good. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy
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Come on, break his daddy. Come here. It's okay. Hi, Bubba. Daddy, come here, Junior
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Junior, come here. It's daddy. Daddy. It's daddy. Daddy. It's daddy. It's daddy
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Are you wearing a mask over your head? Are you wearing a mask over your head What is Daddy Daddy can you all my tattoos off Daddy looks scary
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What happened to Daddy's tattoos? They're all gone? They're all gone? He looks like weird
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He looks like an old man. He looks like somebody from like a video that I've never seen before
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I thought he was like a favorite person. He looks like an uncle and I thought he was like a different person
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I'm like, I've never seen this in him before. To be honest, no, I don't like this new look on my husband
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I prefer the tattoos on him because it makes him look better
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He looks like somebody put a mask over him. What do you think about your family's reaction
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I knew that my family's reaction, I knew they'd be shocked with my appearance. They were so used to me with tattoos
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This has gave me a perspective of what I would look like, and I'm so grateful that I'm covered
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in tattoos. This experience has taught me that I am very happy with who I am with my tattoos
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and that I am very grateful for who I am. My name's Casey. I've been tattooed for the past 12 years. I think probably about 80% of my body
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is covered in tattoos. The first tattoo I got, I was 14 years old
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It's my star sign Aries. Am I addicted? I wouldn't say I'm an addict
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but definitely tattooing helped me to become more of my own person
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It's been my outlet and helped me to express myself and I guess find my own defining place in society
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Today is really exciting. We've got a makeup artist coming and she's going to cover my whole body in makeup so that I'm completely clear skinned
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Then we're going to reveal it to my mum who hasn't seen me in a very long time as well. Susie? Hi
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I'm definitely excited to see myself. It's been a long 12 years. I think when people see me a lot of the time what I get told is
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Ah, you're a beautiful girl. Why have you done that to your face
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Is she a criminal? Is she affiliated with a gang? Is she a bad person
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You've just got to take it with a grain of salt sometimes. Okay, Casey, let's get started
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So we do the pink first, and the pink cancels out the navy blue
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My Aerie sister will get rid of our little RAM sign. It's a psychological journey that you're going on
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where erasing your visual identity is something that you've had for a really long time
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You've had quite a journey, haven't you, with the tattoos? You've had them be celebrated and then you've had them not be celebrated
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which is a really big trip and a big psychological journey to go on
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to have people judge you because of how you look. But look at you, you're shiny and you're coming out the other side
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and you're making good choices for you. I'm actually getting all my face tattoos lasered off
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they've been the real marker and what I need to change to get to where I'm now going
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Did you want to work with children? And having the ink on your face
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you feel that that's maybe getting in your way It's just a new journey
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a new path and like it's just something I've got to do
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I think that's a thing with growing older your mind changes, your goals change
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that's definitely been something that's made me want to go through this experience
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Hopefully when I see my face today covered up with no tattoos it helps sort of reinforce
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the backbone of the reason why I'm going through the laser and going through the pain
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I do actually feel naked now. Alright darling we've finished. Oh you're a little bit cold, how are you feeling
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It's almost time for the big reveal. I'm really nervous. But I'm excited but I'm really nervous
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Let's go, let's go through the mirror. Okay. Here we go. Oh my God
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Oh, it's so weird. I feel ugly. I feel really self-conscious again
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I think it's just because it doesn't feel like me. I don't even remember what it's like
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Like I remember, like I said, I feel like I'm the young me, but I still don't remember what it's like to not be the way I am
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Well, this is what it's going to look like when you have all the ankle moved off your face
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Yeah, I could probably do it. There you go. It's growing on me
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As I'm standing here and getting used to it, even with the rest of my body still covered
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I think that people will look at me in a totally different light, actually. My mum loves who I am
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and so I think she'll probably prefer who I am with my tattoos
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but I think it'll probably be nice for her to maybe see her little girl again for a moment
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Am I going to recognise her? I'm so used to her with her tattoos
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I'm not really sure what my reaction is going to be but I'm looking forward to it
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Wow, don't you look amazing! I was going to go... Oh wow
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Oh, you look beautiful, my darling. You are so gorgeous. Look at you
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Do you like it better or do you like it better? I love both ways. I love you either way
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You're my darling. Her beautiful face, you can really see her beautiful face now
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I love that. I really do like that. I can really see your face
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And your hands. And my hands. What's that? Your hands. And your hands
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Your face and your hands. I love a good finger. I definitely realise that I'm so happy in the skin that I'm in and I'm really happy with
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who I am. I think I'll still definitely go ahead with getting my face lasered off
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It's been a big day and it's been pretty cool to see this transition, but I'm done
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I want to get this off and yeah, get back to real me
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It takes literally like 20 minutes to style my hair. Makeup can take me anywhere from about 15 minutes to two to three hours
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I would describe my style as between punk and goth. A little bit of emo in there
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The most striking part of myself is definitely my modifications. I have 44, 46 piercings at the moment
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I tend to lose count just because of how often I get them
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My earlobes are currently at three inches. It took me about eight to nine years to get my ears this big
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I've only been getting tattooed for about a year, year and a half now. Eventually, I would like to have my entire body tattooed
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The only times I tend to wear colors is if I borrowing somebody else clothes It pretty much all black I hope that I still look super weird when I like really old because otherwise what was the point
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I feel like people definitely stereotype. Everyone thinks I believe in Satan or that I kill animals
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or something when it's quite frankly the opposite. How many dots is there? One, two, three. I feel
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other people expect me to be a bad mom just because of my appearance alone
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I've looked like this since Penelope was born, so I don't really think she thinks anything of it
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Sometimes I worry when I go a little too hardcore, but she just starts laughing and playing with me
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Today I'm transforming from heavily modified to suburban mom. I'm going to reveal my transformed look to my boyfriend
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my daughter, and my mother. Scissors, scissors. Ooh! Let's see what this one is, baby
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Oh, no. Long sleeves, too. I'm uncomfortable, and it's not even on my flesh yet
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Oh, no. Everything is beige. It's like reverse Christmas, because I'm not very excited anymore
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I'm a lot more scared now than I thought I was going to be. I would say we're giving a make under today to NYX
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Something a little less severe as the black mascara and the mohawk
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I love the feel of makeup on my skin, but holy hell do I feel so gross right now
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I feel like I'm going to cry. I'm going to cry. One, two, three
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No, no. No. And it's exactly what I thought. No. I don't recognize me
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I feel like Becky. I feel like my name is Becky now
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No. I think my boyfriend's going to hate it. Like, hate it, hate it
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Like, so much hate. Oh, my God
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You're so different. I wouldn't even look at you. Still beautiful, but you're still so different
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I would have never recognized you, like, going down the street or nothing
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This is not what I said. It's weird. I don't like it
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I'd rather have her with all her piercings and her tattoos and all that because I know that that's her and that's what makes her happy
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That's mommy. No. No? That's not your mommy? Pretty girl. No touch
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I was not at all surprised by my boyfriend's reactions. I was really surprised that my mom genuinely liked the way that I looked before today
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First thing I'm gonna do is take off these heels. Screw all that
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Oh, and this. This is annoying, and I'm sweaty, and I like short hair
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Today's look, I don't think I'm going to take anything from it, because I would like to pretend it didn't exist
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Today's experience made me realize that I just really like who I am
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and I don't want to fit in. I don't want to look like this
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I forget that I've got these tattoos on my body. I walk about, I forget that they're there
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Sometimes I'll see myself in a reflection from a car or shop window. That makes me remember when I'm covering tattoos
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I actually got my first tattoo done when I was 15. I actually still have it, it's still on my back
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Yeah, it was the start of the journey. I started Face Tattoos about six and a half years ago
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It was down to my daughter being ill and it was a coping mechanism for me
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It was a way to cope with her being in hospital and me still having to go to work and work a normal life
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It's just a way of emphasising and being on the same sort of level as she was, going through the pain
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She was in a hospital with tubes all coming out of her mouth. All I wanted to do was take her pain away as her father
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So my favourite tattoos would be the two on my back of both my daughters. And my least favourite tattoo would probably be this one at the top of my arm
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It's just misshaped, it's been covered up a couple of times and it's just out of place
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But I'm still happy with it. It's part of the journey. As soon as I was getting any tattoo done, I was going, right, OK, when's your next available date
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can you get me in a cane next week? I know I've had roughly about 87 hours on my head alone
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I get a lot of different reactions. People seem to think that because I look how I do
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and because I have these sort of tattoos that I'm unemployable and I shouldn't be entitled to work
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Now, I think that's ridiculous. I think it's just as normal as anybody else
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and I should be allowed to work and look after my kids and provide for my kids. Being in playgrounds when the kids are playing
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and I'm sometimes climbing up the slides and you have young kids up the top waiting to come down
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and they're not expecting me, obviously, to pop my head up. And the faces they pull, they're in the back away from the slide
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And Jessica will go over to them, put her arm around them, and be like, that's just my daddy, he's got tattoos
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He may look scary, but he's not scary. And that's how I see things in that situation
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So, it's good. What's going on, sir? What can I take on the other side
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Today there's a makeup artist coming out who's going to cover my tattoos. This is going to be the first time I've seen myself with tattoos in seven years
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And not only that, but my daughter has never seen me in the flesh with tattoos. So it'll be a complete first for her, along with the rest of the family
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It'll be massive, massive for them all. Well, mate, how's it going
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Thanks, thanks. I need you, all right? Ready to do this? I certainly am. No time like the moment
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So today we are doing a full camouflage on Chris. So we're going to be neutralising a lot of the tones that are created to the deeper tones, the blacks and stuff
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Then build up some layers to then even out the complexion. And then we need to uneven the complexion and try to make it look a little bit more realistic
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I feel like I'm hiding myself. Is there any tattoo you really regret
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No, none at all, no. There's a few maybe I would eventually like to cover up or to black out completely but no
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I'm strange I have friends with much less tattoos but much more regrets
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Is that right? Is that right? Holiday tattoos and stuff. Ah yeah yeah
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I can't even anticipate how I'm going to feel it, I don't know. I don't even know, I can't even get my head around it
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It's just one of my own things, I'll find out. If you're ready to have a look at yourself
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I think so, yeah. Don't feel nervous? Yeah, yeah, after that. Yeah, let's do this
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And... And the neck. That doesn't look like me. I prefer it with the tattoos
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Yeah, yeah. It's a good job of the make-up though. It is pretty good
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It's getting well, yeah, yeah. It's mad seeing myself with the tattoos there. It feels like it's somebody else's arms
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It doesn't feel like they're my arms. It's brought the colour back in my eyes. Because I've naturally blue eyes or so
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It's definitely me there, but... Just missing the tattoos The new look will be revealed to Ruth and the three kids Keely Jessica and TMI I seen Chris with no tattoos Seven years ago when we first met
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he only had a few on his arms and a few on his legs. My favourite tattoo is like the demon on the side of his head
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Like a demon. It's like a demon. Because I like how the tongue is sticking out
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and it has like a snake tongue on it. I think he's confident with them
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I think that's what I like about it. I'm gonna look soft
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What would you do if daddy didn't have any tattoos anymore? I'll cry
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It would be really strange and weird. Hello
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Where's old daddy's tattoos going? Where's all your tattoos going? And they sell your daddy
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And they sell your daddy? I look like Smeagol don't I? You look like precious
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Are you gonna be a dog? No! Are you scared of me? Are you scared of me
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I'm scared like this! Am I? You think daddy's scary like this
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You don't think daddy's scary with the tattoos? No! Yeah he doesn't look like you at all
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At all. Looks like you're a completely different person. Yeah I don't like you
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I don't like you. At least you don't steal your daddy. At least you don't steal your daddy. Hey, hey, don't be shy. Come and give daddy a cuddle. Daddy hasn't seen you all day
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Haven't seen you. Would you give him a cuddle if he had his tattoos back
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Yes. There you go. That's good. That's my cuddle. You don't like it either? Nah, it doesn't feel like me
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Can I have a cuddle at least? Give daddy a cuddle. Come on, I'm still daddy
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You make me sad. You make me sad. Come here. Come on
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Come on, I'm still daddy. Still daddy, for God's sake. I'm still your daddy
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Come on, it's a big deal. Just a bite. I'm still your daddy, aren't I
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Still your daddy. I can recognize him by his eyes and his like..
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Big smile. Yeah, he's all got a big smile. I think if it was looking like this
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for an extended period of time, I could get used to it. But it's just such a shock seeing it here today
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I look a lot older, I feel. I look a lot older to age my skin a wee bit
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But yeah, it is what it is. I don't think I could live like this every day
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No. My tattoos are always going to be there. They're always going to be a part of me. Hey, are you Kirby
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Yes, I am. I'm Scooby. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Are you ready for today? Yes, ma'am
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Let's do it. Let's do it. My name's Scooby and I would describe my look as modern day pirate
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I would say the main points of my look are my tattoos and my ability to mesh a more bougie lifestyle with that of a hippie and combining those two
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Mother. What's up? Mom, I need to ask you something. Oh boy, now what
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I need your honest opinion on what you think of my tattoos and my style
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Really? Yeah. You want my honest opinion? Yeah. You know, I hate it
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Well, what about it, though? Give me some juice. Because you're such a good-looking baby, a good-looking boy, with all those tattoos
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you know? It's just like, you look at your face, you have this gorgeous face, but look at your body
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It's color everywhere. All right, what about my style? I wish you dressed a little more conservative, you know
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Like a gentleman? Like a preppy boy, like, you know, one of those rich boys? Instead, all those cat hats and ripped t-shirt and stuff like that
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I feel like I have a beard for a son. My mother's never really liked my look
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She's definitely always wanted me to be tattoo free and to dress like a gentleman
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The only thing I ask is to not touch your face. Oh, not yet. Huh
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I'm just kidding. You better be kidding me because I will die
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I swear I will die if you put something in your face. So the key elements to a cleaner, smarter look are
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well, first off, no tattoos. So we're gonna cover them up and his hair is a little bit on the wild side right now
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So we're gonna tame it and then for the clothes we're just gonna give him a sharper cleaner look
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And I like a businessman, but it's his day off. He still wants to look good. All right, Scooby
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I'm ready for you. Okay, so first I'm gonna do your hair. So just take the hat off for me. So let's see it
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All right, here we go I'm nervous What are you most nervous about
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My tattoos. Oh, okay. Yeah, that'll feel different. My style before my tattoos was pretty goth, emo
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I wanted to be a rock star ever since I was like six years old, so I went pretty hard with that aesthetic for a while
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When I was a baby, I was born with a colostomy bag. Basically, my intestine didn't work, so I couldn't use the restroom
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I had a reversal, so I don't have a colostomy bag anymore, but I am left with a giant scar
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and that was the reason why I decided to cover my body in tattoos. All right, take off your nose rings
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Okay. I am going to be covering everything that the shirt is not covering
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So I'm going to color correct first, and then I'm going to apply a layer of foundation
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I am a little apprehensive about getting my tattoos covered. These are my safety blanket
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Some people online say they're my whole personality. So I definitely don't know how I'm going to feel once they're covered
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So far, I've spent over $97,000 on my tattoos. I will say it's been a journey to get here, but I feel incredible about the way I look now
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This is the Mudd FX palette. Basically any blue tone, it cancels it out with the peach tone, which is what I'm using right now
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This is the Graptobian HD Glamour Cream. It covers up, honestly, anything
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I definitely do get judged on the way I look and dress specifically on social media
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People may think you're cringe at first, let's say if you start posting on the internet. I've been called things like a hypnotic giraffe, tapestry in the corner, a Persian rug
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Recently this little kid looks at me, points and goes, he looks like a church! But I will say that 95% is great judgment
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The comments, regardless if they're negative or positive, the fact that you took the time to exert your energy towards me makes me feel special
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How do you think your mom's going to react? She's probably going to cry tears of joy
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My mom's probably wanted to see me without tattoos for so long
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This is definitely going to be one Mother's Day gift that she'll never forget. This is the Laura Mercier translucent powder
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It's just to set everything in place. Alright, so we're all done
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So just go get changed and don't look in the mirror, okay? Yes, ma'am
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Alright, come with me. I feel nervous. I feel like a dork
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Here we go. Ready? Ready? I'm ready, man. I'm on the edge of my seat
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I'm stiff as a board. Three, two, one. Oh my days
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Who is he? I look ridiculous
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I look like a straight dork, y'all. Oh yeah. Yeah, y'all did your big one with this
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I look like a freaking nerd, man. I don't even wanna look at myself, bruh
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I feel like a stranger in my own body. I think you look great
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I like the color green on you. Let's just see what your mom thinks
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That's what's important. Yeah. I am excited and a little anxious. His look now, it's overwhelming to some people
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I want him to look like an entrepreneur, so I don't have to work for anybody
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So I like to see him on a dress shirt, a tie
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That would think he would look amazing. Happy Mother's Day. Oh my gosh
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Look how good he looks, bro. Oh my gosh. Let me see your hands
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No tattoos. I love it! Oh, my God. This date man looks amazing, bro
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Oh, my God. That looks great. Wow. No head tattoos. No neck tattoos
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I love the color. I love the dress pins. I love everything. I'm so glad you didn't touch your face
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I thought you were going to come out with a face tattoo. I would be dead. Can you please dress like this and cover your tattoos more often
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Yeah. My birthday is right in the corner. Of course, Mommy. I'll do this for your birthday. I think Scooby's new look is real nice
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He looks really dapper, real gentleman-like. Yeah, I think it suits him, literally
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I feel like a dork. I think it looks amazing. It's my Vogue magazine cover, so I really love it
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You guys better enjoy this while I'm last because the tattoos are coming back. It looks amazing
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I love it. I wish you like this all the time. Thanks, honey. Thanks, guys
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I think everyone's reaction was priceless. My mom was super happy, just like I expected she would be
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I thought my brother would make a little bit more fun of me, but I'm glad everybody approved
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I probably would never wear any of this again, if I'm being honest. It's very strange
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It's super weird. I feel like a nerd. I really love my style and my tattoos are a part of me
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However, I think I'll surprise my mom for her birthday. Hi! Hello
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Nice to meet you. I'm Meg. I'm Alex. Here to do the transformation. Come on in
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Thank you. My name Alex and I would describe my look as alternative Little bit of goth I say probably little bit of punk in there as well I was massive emo kid I been getting tattooed since I was 18
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It's all different parts of my personality. Money-wise on my tattoos, it's probably close to getting between 8 to 10 grand now, easily
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I feel like a few words that would summarise my look would be obviously tattooed
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Tauze. I've been told into my dating. I just feel dumb now
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It's fine. Today I'm removing my tattoos as a tribute for my dad
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It's something that I know he would have always liked, so I'm doing it for him. So we're doing a tattoo cover-up and a makeup transformation
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similar to what I'm wearing on my face today, so a bit more of a neutral kind of makeup
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OK, Alex, I think I'm ready for you now. You sit down here for me
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Thank you. Definitely out of my comfort zone. I have no idea what outfit I've got
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I'm not allowed to see and I'm nervous. So this is the Garnier
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It's just a little cleanser for taking off any makeup. So we're just going to start removing any of Alex's makeup
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Goodbye eyebrows. When I was a really small kid, it was a lot of colour
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Just very casual, very normal. I used to wear a lot of pink. I moved to Spain when I was about 10 years old
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I used to get bullied at school for being blonde and I got a bit fed up with the attention
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so I ended up actually deciding to dye my hair a bit darker. I experimented a lot with different styles
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so I think that's where it all sort of started. So I remember seeing all the really massive brightly coloured mohawks
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and just being like, oh my god, that's amazing. And I was in love and I just knew that that was me
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So I'm just using this Total Tattoo Coverage little palette. So I've just chose this shade to go in with here
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and I'm just patting this on for now. So it's just about building up the layers
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What's your favourite tattoo? So that's a little heart that my mum basically made a load of teddy bears
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for all of her friends and family and stuff before she passed. Well, it's with you forever now
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Exactly. So how come you've chose the transformation today as a reason
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It's what I think my dad would have really liked to have seen. I was close to my dad
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Like, we had a good childhood. I had a lot of love for my dad
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I had a good relationship with him. My dad's always strongly disliked my tattoos
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He always told me that tattoos are for criminals, but that's never stopped me
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So much to the point that he's tried to bribe me to not get any more. My dad passed away in November 2023
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Obviously it was sad when it happened and everything I remember being in the hospital with him as well and showing him some of the tattoos I had done on the side of my head And he just kept like stroking my head because he just thought it felt really funny
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And that was quite sweet. So I think he was quite proud of me for that one. So I'm just going to go in with HMB Cosmetics Concealer
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So I like to pop a bit on the back of my hand just to warm the paddocks up
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Just creating a base for the eyes. This is my very well-loved palette from Peel Ease
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It's called Wrap It Up and I absolutely love this as well because it's perfect for bronzing
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and you've got a nice range of skin tones. It's definitely a staple in my kit
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I do get quite a few strangers saying, don't get any more on your face, look like a thug
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There was an instance when I went on holiday and they wouldn't let me into a building because of how I looked
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They just made me feel more adamant that I was just going to do what I wanted. Peer pressure doesn't work on me
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So they just made me more adamant to just do what I wanted and prove people wrong
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So I'm just going to use this P. Louise eyebrow pencil and this is in the shade Espresso I
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think so it's like a nice dark kind of shade so we're just going to fill them in ever so slightly
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So who are you actually revealing the look to today? Two of my friends, Bam and Elise
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neither of them really remembers what I look like without all the tattoos so it's going to be a big
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shock for them. The pink glossy lips complete the look. Okay Alex so your
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transformation is all complete. Are you ready to see yourself? Yep. How are you feeling
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Yeah nervous. Three, two, one. Oh God
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How do you feel? I look like my sister to be fair. I actually generally think I look a lot like my sister
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Oh God, the legs are weird. Oh, it's weird. Do you literally feel like a Barbie
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I'm just having absolutely no tattoos whatsoever or anything. I'm not a fan of the dress or the shoes
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Yeah, I don't hate the hair. I think I could even get used to the top half being no tattoos, but for some reason the
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bottom half I'm like nope, the tattoos need to come back. How do you think your dad would feel seeing you like this
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I think he'd have absolutely loved it to be fair. I think he'd have cried some happy tears
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I definitely think he have been like oh you look really pretty I think he have absolutely loved it Gonna go meet the girls in a bit and I expecting some screams They not going to be prepared for this
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I've never seen a dress in a way. Other than like you use trackies and a hoodie but even then it's black
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It's always had some form of alternative influence rather than just being very normy
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So she's had to dress up for like you know formal events but even then. Even then it's a bit goth
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Even like if she's doing like a little doll dress it'll be covered in blood. We've been talking about what we're expecting all day and we cannot figure it out. No
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Who are you? What? I just got... That was exactly the reaction I was expecting to be... Just..
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Turn, turn, turn, turn. I mean, let's not be able to go so pretty
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Who are you? I actually... I know too but I hate it but it comes really nice at the same time. Yeah
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So I went into Love Island and just came out like this. I love the red though, the red all higher. The red all higher
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I don't mind the colour. I don't mind the colour that I don't like
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I like the sleeves. I like the sleeves. I love the sleeves. It's made me realise that maybe I can do slightly, I don't have to do the massive eyeliner all the time. Yeah
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The hair I'm not... The hair really suits you but it's definitely not you
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I would like to get my tattoos back now, thank you. You look like someone's hot mum
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I don't know how I feel about that. It's giving separate wives
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like you've met a really handsome rich man and he's just like, doing your lobotomy
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and then maybe it's the perfect arm of your wife. I prefer what you like because it's you
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I think this looks gorgeous. Oh, you're a better friend than me, I want it back
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Thank you. You can hide your toe. I think everyone's reactions were exactly as I expected
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I was 100% expecting a lot of screaming and shouting and swearing and I think that is exactly what I got
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I think my dad would have cried. Genuinely think he would have cried. My buddies
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I know he would have been really happy. He'd have definitely said, oh, you look really pretty, darling
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I know he would have given me a big massive hug. So he would have loved this. Oh God