My First Tattoo

Hi everyone..

I am so excited to share my first tattoo with you all, I have been putting off getting a tattoo for about a year now, but as it was my birthday yesterday I decided to man up and go for it.. & I am so proud of myself for overcoming my 'tattoo fear' and it really wasn't as bad as I expected.

 

I promised myself that whenever I got my first tattoo I would give it a good, hard think instead of just winging it and getting something silly like a unicorn!

After some help off my tattoo artist and mother, I decided to get my birth flower to celebrate my 20th birthday, I wanted my tattoo to look like it had been sketched onto my skin, so to give it that effect I just wanted the outline of the flower in black, in the background I wanted bright paint drips/splatters to add to the whole 'arty' look, I love art and im a very arty person myself so I got this tattoo to also resemble my passion for art and I couldn't be more happy with the final result..

 

 

I chose to go for a safe area on my body which I thought would be bearable for my first tattoo experience.

 

I got myself so worked up during the 4 week wait, I had people tell me it was a walk in the park and others tell me it was the worst experience ever. Strangely when I woke up the morning of my appointment I was extremely excited and the fear of pain was at the back of my mind, I think I was just so excited to see the end result that the pain didn't matter anymore, plus I knew it would be worth it.

 

I couldn't be more proud of myself for sitting through my tattoo without getting all worked up and shaky, its insane to think how little it actually hurt, plus my tattoo artist was so friendly and made me feel very relaxed. Obviously depending on which body area you get tattooed, the pain rate will vary, I would give my tattoo a pain rate of 3/10, which I am so happy about as I wanted to add to my tattoo to create a colourful sleeve so now I can go back for more with a positive mind.

 

I went to a lady in Carnforth who's shop was called 'The Jewelled Bird', which is a fairly new shop, she have a Facebook and Instagram page if you were interested in checking out her work. My tattoo cost me £100 for an hour and a half sitting, which I think is very reasonable, and my mum, dad and brother paid for it all which is a bonus ;-)

I give her shop and work a 10/10.

 

Please note: If you are considering getting your first tattoo DO YOUR RESEARCH, my friends were recommending loads of artists to me that I wouldn't ever trust as their work just wasn't good enough to have on my skin forever, I feel I made the right decision and I had a great outcome thanks to spending hours online looking for someone who had great work portfolios.

 

Thank you for reading, I love seeing other peoples tattoos, so let me know what tattoos you have..

Have a great day, speak soon.

 

 

PARCEL GENIE ~ Win/Review

Hi everyone, I have a quick post for you all, as I won £5 credit on Twitter for an app called Parcel Genie. I normally don't blog a great deal about food or sweets but I'm so impressed with this app that I have to recommend it to you!

 

How does the app work?

Its pretty simple, you download the app and select a gift from the list of goodies, you can send a gift to someone else's address or treat yourself, but I would highly recommend this app for occasions such as birthdays and celebrations! Once you have selected the gift you can add a personal message onto a card of your choice (different designs to choose from), then you enter your friends number, which they will then get a text saying you are sending them a gift, they then reply FOR FREE with their address for the gift to be sent to them. Another way is to enter the persons address yourself, if you know it. Then the gift will be delivered, hand wrapped with your note inside. Its that simple!

 



 

I am super impressed with this app, I sent my sister a gift and it arrived the day after, with free postage to! It was great timing as my sister had just finished parents evening so as a treat I surprised her with the gift. The gift was sent to my address as my sister lives with me, so I knew it had arrived. My sister loved the little treat I gave her, and even my mum was amazed.

I then showed my mum the app and she said it will come in handy for future gifts, therefore I am keeping the app on my iPad and I'm sure it will be used again! The prices of each gift is amazing, from the gifts I looked at, prices were no higher than £6 maybe £7, I cant quite remember, but they were super cheap.

 

The packaging is very nice, as a gift.. your friend, mother, father, brother, sister, partner, would be very impressed.

I give this app a 10/10.

I don't normally tend to buy from apps as I find it easier to use the internet, but this app couldn't be more easier to use!

 

If you would like to give this app a go, then download the app, or click here where you can be taken to their website and download it from there.

 

I hope you enjoyed my mini review.

Speak soon.