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| smashingsadie |
PiercingsI have three ear lobe piercings in each ear, my nose and my labret pierced. There must be loads of piercings between us on here!I want to get some cartilage piercings done in my ear but they are damned expensive. £25 for ONE needle piercing! Anyone on here a piercer by chance? xxx |
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
I have a few piercings (whispers - 12)
£25 sounds fairly normal, it's either that or get it done by gun at Claaire's (are they still doing that?) though it's not recommended :s |
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| smashingsadie |
I figured £25 was about normal, but it seems really extortionate seeing as I know how much needles are and its not £25 lol. I use titanium jewellery too, and both those things added together don't even make a fiver! Maybe I should become a piercer....
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| EllaEmerald |
Definately do not get it done with a gun! (Although I got my nose pierced with a gun for £3 8 years ago and its fine!)
However it can go horribly wrong, especially with thick cartillidge. |
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| Ruby Rose |
The girls are most definately right. For anything other than earlobes you need to go to a professional. I am qualified to wield a piercing gun and would under no circumstance consider piercing anything other than ear lobes and anyone with such a qualification who would consider piercing anything else is not particularly ethical or professional, sorry rant over!
So that £25 will ensure that you get someone who knows excatly what they are doing with minimum risk of damage to you. (Miss Kitty - 12!!!?) Ruby x |
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| smashingsadie |
*sigh* Perhaps £25 isn't too much then. Just a lot for student types!!! My friend lives there and reckons she can discount me down to £15 by putting it on the system as family/practise lol.
I can probably get it even less if I buy the jewellery myself online. I would honestly love to train as a piercer but there is nowhere to train here. xxx |
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
Haha, yeah I got carried away 
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| Miss Honey Bare |
I have several cartillidge piercings and would highly reccomend you have it done with a needle.
I have seen far too many people have them done with guns or at dodgy places...please, it's your health at the end of the day. I go to cold steel in Camden Town and reccomend them for their professionalism and in depth working knowledge of piercing. They are the only APP approved piercers in London too! Good luck, and I hope it all goes well. |
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| Minnie the Minxtress |
Ohhhh Happiest of Days...
Today I went to a piercer in Croydon who stretched my navel piercing. I thought all was lost after having had my beloved navel jewellery in for 9 years then taking it out last year to have an operation, it seemed to close up immediately. I sobbed for days. But today, after finding a rather marvellous and careful piercer, I have my belly bar back in! I am soooo happy, I could can-can around the house! 
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
I love cold steel, they're the only place I trust to pierce me! |
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| Lacey La Belle |
Hmm all this talk is making me fancy a new piercing... I took all mine (except belly) out when I got a 'serious' job. 
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| EllaEmerald |
I just have my nose and one hole in each ear, I used to have my eyebrow done. Oh and the top of my ear, taken out after it got infected cos, yep, you guessed it, got it done with a gun! I was young and foolish. | ||||
| Circe |
I did have my nipple and my belly button done but took them out recently (WHY??? I guess it was the approach of the dread Four Oh *sigh*)
Having read this thread I think I may just have to have them redone  (Tattoo Palace, Wolverhampton for me. Lovely guys)
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| Fey Tish |
Aww i feel like a swiss cheese (the one with holes?) I got 12 in my ears alone! I did get it up to 20 in my body at one point without any on my face
I want a microdermal implant (I think thats right) which basically means I would just have a ball on show coming out of the skin butI have a feeling it may be a little painful hehe |
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| Miss Baby Bones |
my friend just had that done, a diamond style gem in her throat
looks pretty xxx |
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| Fey Tish |
Really? where did she get it done? I really fancy it done, I was going to get a christina piercing but I know they can be a bugger to heal so thought this might be easier! | ||||
| Innocent Twist |
I'm a little late joining in with this one but I've had my tongue done for about 6 years now. Have to say hubby loves it!! Tee hee!
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| Herr Geist |
I had my tongue pierced for about a year and I took it out because I got annoyed with it. I don't know why I even did it to be honest. I only have my ears pierced now. One 10 gauge in each ear. Might stick one more in each ear. Not sure.
BTW... I've never felt the benefit of a girl having a tongue piercing. They insist it makes things better but I can barely tell the difference. |
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| Innocent Twist |
I guess I can only speak for hubby and me. Perhaps I should take it out and see if it makes a difference? Must try that later. | ||||
| Herr Geist |
The girls also told me that it didn't matter whether I had mine in or not. That was a big deciding factor when I was contemplating getting rid of it. | ||||
| Innocent Twist |
Sadly hubby won't get his done. Probably a good job really. French kissing might become a dangerous practice!! By the way can you see mine?
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| Herr Geist |
I cannot | ||||
| Innocent Twist |
Damn! It seems to have cut the crucial bit off. Ouch! Oh well. I'm sure you get the picture. | ||||
| Fleur du Mal |
A Christina?? Would that be the, erm, *ahem* 'intimate' one? Not if you paid me, I'm afraid, too much to lose if it goes wrong! I've only got one piercing, in my belly button (well, and my ears, but people don't really count those, do they?). It's cute and looks nice, but I was told I'd get addicted and be back for more, but I haven't. I just can't think of anywhere else I'd want one! |
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| Herr Geist |
I've never heard of people getting addicted to piercings. But I assume it happens judging by some of the people I've seen around here haha. I got addicted to tattoos but I cant afford the habit.
Navel piercings are hot on the right girls. mmmmmm |
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| Miss Baby Bones |
hm ive joined this late, but heres some info
you dont actually get your clit pierced, as far as i know! its only the hood. which is a flap of skin, at the end of the day and doesnt hurt much nor bleeds or takes long to heal. there you go, you can stop panicking now! ;p |
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
You *can* get your clit pierced, but it's not a common piercing there. The main one seems to be the hood piercing.
The Christina is basically a surface piercing through the pubic mound (info here - warning very very not suitable for work, has pictures.) On the piercing note though, I've just discovered that my lip piercing hadn't entirely closed up, despite taking it out almost a year ago, and I've just managed to get jewellery through it again YAY!! |
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| Herr Geist |
All I know is... if you try to get near my sensitive parts with a sharp piece of metal, I'm probably going to try to break your neck with my bare hands. haha. That's not even a "bad ass" statement. That's an involuntary reflex that most men would have when you try to take a stab at their junk. | ||||
| Miss Kitty Lou |
lol, it's not just men my dear, I nearly kicked the piercer in the head when I got my first one done 
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| Herr Geist |
I'm confused. | ||||
| Miss Baby Bones |
lol loved it when my mate who was piercing this guy's winkle...
the bloke got an erection so they had to let him cool down for half an hour before trying again. the piercer wasnt amused! lol xxx |
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| Herr Geist |
In that situation, I think my crank would probably want to run inside me. Erection?
WEIRDO! |
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| PrincessKaytie-Leigh |
The fella and I have been discussing his and hers genital piercings, I said I wanted my hood doing and he started teasing me about no sex for 6 weeks, so I said "get yours done too then, we'll both be in the shit!" and I think he likes the idea.
Fingers crossed! I have both my nipples pierced, and my ears just once. I did have my tongue and my left side labret but my ex made me take them out, I can still get jewelry in my lip though! |
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| Anna Fur Laxis |
six weeks is the healing time - with a hood piercing, you don't have to wait to have sex. |
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| Thrilby |
Just be careful what positions you use - I made that mistake a day after having mine done and I don't think I have scared a man quite so much - I wouldn't let him near me for days!! It was well worth it in the end though!! 
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| PrincessKaytie-Leigh |
I'd be quite scared to do anything for a while I think! | ||||
| Miss Candy |
LOLLS!
Ive had lots of friends get piercings at this place called craft crazy its like an alternative shop thingy and basicly it was clean the area , and stick th needle through and half the people i went with screamed ..vari vari loudly. Is that genrally how its done? Or am i missing somthing.. |
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| Fleur du Mal |
That'a basically it, yeah - clean the area, hold it in a clamp, stick a needle with a platic tubey thing on it through, pull out the needle so the tube stays in, replace the tube with the ring (or bar, but rings are better). When I had my belly button done the guy told me they didn't use the anaesthetic spray other places use because they're basically a placebo - it's a freezing spray but it only freezes the top layer of skin which doesn't stop the rest of it hurting! | ||||
| bambi leigh |
iv had bellybutton,nose,eyebrow,nipple and madonna x | ||||
| bettybruiser |
ooh, I'm looking into the microdermals at the moment, thinking of some in the new year. They look great!
xxx |
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| Ruby Rose |
I'm not sure if I should ask, but what is a Madonna? Welcome to our lovely new ladies too. xxx |
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
Top lip, like a beauty spot |
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| Fleur du Mal |
I'm looking into microdermals too - been researching them and they look really pretty! I'm liking the jewel topped ones I've seen - I've even seen a blue opal type one which I drooled over. I don't know where I'd get one though - or some ^_^ - I'd love one in the classic beauty spot location on the cheekbone, but if I want to keep my job I'm not allowed facial piercings, but I can't think where else I'd go for ... |
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| Ruby Rose |
Phew, you do not want to know what was going through my mind
xxx |
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
Lol, I think I can guess... probably something more like a christina or isabella piercing.
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| Miss Baby Bones |
bah i had a 'madonna'
but took it out when everyone had them. isnt it now called a 'Mutya'? lol xxx |
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| bambi leigh |
Cheeky! nah i ent brave enough to have anythin below the waist! i love my lip piercing though but a lot of people are having done now cuz of mutya,amy winehouse ect, i had my 10th tattoo yesterday and i love it ! its betty boop on the top of my foot its a bit sore but i cant stp puting my high heels on cuz i love the way it looks x |
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| Miss Kitty Lou |
lol, probably. I'm never sure of the madonna piercing, it looks really beautiful on some women, and absolutely godawful on others. There doesn't seem to be a in between. |
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| bambi leigh |
umm yea i no what you mean, it definatly doest suit some people, iv seen a few girls with oversized titanium studs that look like there going green and look far to big on their faces, but i prefer just a tiny diamond much more femanie x | ||||
| Ruby Rose |
I nearly told someone they had a bogie on their face! and in turned out to be a Madonna piercing, oops!
xxx |
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| Fleur du Mal |
Who's it called an isabella after? | ||||
| Miss Kitty Lou |
I think they tend to be named after the first person to get them done. |
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| EllaEmerald |
A good tip is, if you're really really ugly do not get a Maddonna piercing done.
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| Ruby Rose |
You are a naughty girl Miss Ella.
xxx |
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| peekaboo bangs |
Yeah I took my belly and tongue out at I approached the big 40 then rebelled afterwards and put them back in. Thank fully even after nearly a year, they still fit. I had both my nose and the top of my ear done with a gun many years ago, with no problems, in the olden days before it was ok to go to tattoo parlours LOL. |
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| EllaEmerald |
Yay! Another nose gun girl! (I must have been lucky with mine, never had any probs, I'm sure there are some horror stories when it has not gone so well though!) | ||||
| Miss Baby Bones |
my nose was done with a gun yonks ago; the other side of the nose also but it went a bit mank.
my belly button went a bit odd recently, i had to take it out. good grief, ive only got my pierced ears left now! disgusting but.... does anyone else squeeze the cheesy stuff out of old piercings? i wish it wasnt there in the first place, but i dont want it STAYING there so i have to get rid!! lol good grief... xxx |
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| Fleur du Mal |
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!
I totally get it though - like when you get shampoo and stuff in your ear piercings when you have a shower Just me then? OK ... |
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| Fey Tish |
ok all this talk of piercings has got me twitchy for another. What should I get? I wouldn't get anything on my face though, I don't think it would suit me | ||||
| EllaEmerald |
I think I will go for another tatoo next, I like piercings but happy with my nose ring. | ||||
| Miss Baby Bones |
i always felt piercings not entirely my money's worth, but a tattoo's there all the time so good value for money!
altho i do wish id been a little older before getting my first one, which was shit. xxx |
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| EllaEmerald |
I waited for ages for my first, that was over a year ago, itching for my second. Money never seems to be there! | ||||
| Fleur du Mal |
Yeah, I'm getting the same desire with the same problem! I'm thinking of trying some microdermals, possibly around my breastbone, but my research is confusing (that's right ladies, I will not have a body mod done without proper research!) and I've been advised to be extremely careful ... |
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| Miss Baby Bones |
yeah i never have enough money for tattoos 
my friend is a tattoo apprentice now, im offering her my skin in the very near future! lol i just absolutely hate all these young rich kids who get whole sleeves done on their 18th birthday, with mummy and daddy's money. and they all look the same! argh its so infuriating. i was the first person in my whole social group to have a tattoo; now kids younger than me are absolutely covered before they've even had time to develop a personality/individual tastes. they'll be an entire generation who regret their massive tattoos. serves them right. *gets off soapbox* |
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| Herr Geist |
I think about all the piercings I could get and I don't think I like any of them. I'm sure as f**k not getting my nipples done. The person who pierces those better be wearing a helmet if they want to come out alive.
Eyebrow? I've been told it would look good on me, but I think it's a bit strange looking on most guys. Sceptum? I've been told that I have the perfect nose for this. What does that mean? haha. I'd consider it but I wouldn't wanna end up playing with it all the time. Labret? Girl piercing. Sorry. That's how I feel. And, as I said, if you get within 12 inches of my genitals with a sharp object, you're going to lose the use of your fingers. |
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| Lily Lain |
I have my septum pierced. I play with it. ALOT!!
I love piercings, most of mine have been removed now, but once upon a time I had about 14 or 15 (ish, I lost count) I think piercings only suit certain people... I sure as hell wouldn't want many more. |
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| Miss Baby Bones |
well i liked piercings when they WERE alternative, now everyone has them im not bothered.
nowadays you have to have LOTS of facial piercings to actually look alternative. bah. damn fashion kids again. xxx |
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| Beatrix Von Bourbon |
Snap 
I'm usually wearing a retainer, but still fiddle with that incessantly. x |
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| Miss Fox |
I've taken most of mine out now, kinda grew out of them. I was one of the first at my pub to have my lip and tongue done but now every mini emo t*** seems to have them done by 14 so mine are coming out. 
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| CrimbleFairy |
Yeah I agree, I would like some more doing but they just seem a bit, expected I guess! |
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| Violet Ecstasy |
I only have my navel (since I was 18 ) and tongue (since I was 20 and teacher training  ) done - I have to take my tongue bar out for work. I fancied some more but I can't have any facial piercings and I'm too chicken for anything else. (I do have my ears done twice but I hardly wear any earrings)
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| ladytwiglet |
i've had my eyebrows done 5 times (they kept growing out *pout*)my nose around 4 times, my madonna which i retired about 4 years ago, my center lip ring died a death after 10 years last year, gutted but i still have my tongue!
as soon as this baby pops out i'm getting my septum done. been after it for ages, and its easy to hide so i'm going for it! yay! |
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| Midnight Blue |
I think I'm done with piercings but will definitely get more tattoos. The only piercings I have left are my ears (only one set) and navel. I had both nipples done, but gave up after 4 years as no matter what I did or what type of jewellery was in (as in ring or bar) they just never entirely healed.
I love tongue piercings, but I know so many people with a slight lisp because of theirs. I just couldn't risk that with singing. My neice is 16 and has so far got ears, eyebrow, tongue and nipples done, as well as a 8 stud corset piercing up one side which she has just left two bars in now, and a tattoo (not impressed really with her convincing the tattooist she was 18, doesn't say much to me about the tattooist!). Rob has tattoos all over both arms and I have two on my back and both intend to get more, so we both like them. I just wish she'd waited to take more time over the design and get it done somewhere good. She is very good with art herself and is taking a bit of time designing her own so it will be something she likes, and she's joining the army later this year so she'll stand out from her friends anyway. But still!! |
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| CrimbleFairy |
not sure where to get your next piercing? Here's some inspiration.....
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| Beatrix Von Bourbon |
Gotta love Elaine.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.c...me_bodies/most_pierced_woman.aspx |
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| Ginger Snaps |
ok, so where is an isabella piercing? ( i may have remembered the name wrong its two pages back!!) | ||||
| Ginger Snaps |
oh and I wear a pink ball on my tounge piercing and people rarely notice it! | ||||
| Miss Kitty Lou |
NSFW - there are pictures |
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| Minnie the Minxtress |
OH MY GOD.
WHO would have their bits done with an Isabella piercing... the mere thought of nerve damage makes my hair go on end
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| Miss Honey Bare |
Hey BB 
I was thinking about this, and I don't think it's neccessarily true (though, of course, this is just my opinion, but I would like to share my thoughts). I know that a lot of chavvy girls have their tongue/labret/monroe/eyebrow/tragus pierced these days. But they certainly don't look 'alternative' (I don't really like using that word either, alternative to what? To me, my way of being and looking is normal to me...alternative to the convetional I guess?). I believe that the way you dress/accesserise, the way you colour/style your hair, your make-up, the tattoo imagery you choose (how many chavs have custom work? Most chavvy ink tends to be flash from the people I see around my area, though I know there are exceptions), and your attitude and the way you carry yourself all set you apart from the 'average Joe/Joanna'. I have also yet to see a sleeved up chavette too....I wonder what that would be like? A sleeve of tasmanian devils, tweetie pies, badly drawn roses, all set to a burberry background? Lol |
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| Minnie the Minxtress |
Yeah- with 'I love Elizabeth Duke forever' in a heart shape.
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| Violet Ecstasy |
I ordered a bar from America when I started teaching. It had 2 pink discs instead of balls and the discs had the screw part that threaded into the hollow ends of the bar. I used to wear that to work to start off with but I even got asked to take that out!
They said it affected my voice projection but that's bullsh1t quite frankly. |
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| corsetpanther |
I got my tragus pierced the other day and I am totally in love with it I can't wait to go get my other tragus done:) | ||||
| ladytwiglet |
i'm just waiting for this bloomin baby to hurry the hell up (only 19 weeks to go ) and as soon as i can i plan on getting a vertical labret on my bottom lip (it looks so cute!) and eventually my septum, but that one is as teeny as possible and as small a ring as possible so i dont look like a bull
its been a LONG time since i had any new peircings, back in the day (like, 10 years ago) i had several facial peircings (lip ring, madonna, eyebrow, nose) but they have all been retired apart from my tongue
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| Ruby Rose |
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh I pressed the link
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| Dorothy |
so did i!
double yikes!
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| ladytwiglet |
how gross am i-i didnt need to click the link because i already knew what it was!
comes from being a regular peruser of modblog
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| Miss Baby Bones |
Honeybare- sorry didnt see your post till now
i agree with what you're saying but 11 years ago when i first got facial piercings only a couple of other people had them in my town. now everyone has them... i took mine out cos i didnt feel it was making the same statement as it used to. especially when all the chavs used the madonna piercing. rargh. and when i had a tattoo 10 years ago only 1 other girl in my town did, and the others were older guys. that was great. woohoo what a rebel! now its rebelling to not have a tattoo it seems... sorry i just feel really angry about fashion kids and they've nicked all the cool things and made them SAFE and a bit boring (not including you in that hun no way, just venting!) Mwah xxx |
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| Pieman |
I know what you mean, I personally don't like tattoos and so I won't get one, but it definitely seems that I'm in the minority these days. And quite a few people look at me weirdly when they find out I'm not a fan of them!!! |
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| Ruby Rose |
I'd love to be covered in Rockabilly tattoos all over the place, but I'm a big cowardy custard.
x |
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| Dorothy |
could get those fake ones...tho i`m not sure what hapens if it rains..."help my tattoos running!"...
cue bad joke-"why don`t you catch it"....heh heh.... |
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| Mia Starlet |
I'd love a tattoo, but only want to get one to mark me doing something amazing or celebrate something specifically want to remember. then even if I don't like the tattoo in years to come, or fashions change etc, I will still be fond/proud of it. Only prob, haven't done anything amazing enough yet to warrent the pain! | ||||
| starletvonsparkle |
I think I've had my belly button done since I started this thread forever ago....
I LOVE my tattoo. It's of an ascending birdy. I've wanted that for a very long time, as birds are very special to me. The tattoo reminds me of littlest birdy Indy - same kind of shape. I have a few other tatts planned out, but haven't been able to afford them! Firstly, I want a tattoo of my favourite ever piece of classical music - Scheherezade by Rimsky-Korsakov. The violin has this lovely phrase all the way through, and I want that phrase accross my lower back. Then I want the soundholes of my beautiful 205 year old violin tattooed on my back, either side of my spine, so that i look like a violin from behind. You might recall the famous picture which is where I got the idea. Aside from that, I would like some more nautical themed tatts. a pair of stars on my hips appeals to me, but I'm scared of getting fat and ruining them lol. xxx |
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| Violet Ecstasy |
I think I want a tattoo of some cherries - would that be a faux-pas do you think?
But not on my boobs 
I don't know where to put it though - I have one on my tummy (right hand side). I can't really put it anywhere I can't cover it up. 
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