Hi loves,
The tattoo epidemic continues and no, it doesn’t look like it’s stopping any time soon. I was watching a Youtube video the other day where someone was talking about how they needed to calm down with their tattoos because they were only in their early 20s and if they carried on getting tattooed at the rate they currently were, they’d have no room left by the time they were 30. I was like…did I…did I make this video? Is that me? One of my biggest fears is running out of room but I love and am impacted by so many things I just…have to get them inked, but I’m going to be that way for the rest of my life and unfortunately I won’t be able to keep it up at this rate so, I’m trying to make a conscious effort not to keep booking tattoos in but I can’t help it, cry.
First of all I apologise for the awful photos you’re about to see in this post, they definitely don’t do the tattoo justice. I couldn’t wait to take photos because I was too excited so these are awful angles since I had to take the pics myself (of the back of my arm) and there’s also still ink everywhere because I hadn’t washed it down at this point so if you’re wondering what all the dark patches are…yep. Once it’s healed I’ll update this post with proper photos since it’ll look a lot more crisper and cleaner then.
Anyway, mini breakdown over with –
Age= 21
Placement = Back of left arm
Pain = 2/10
Price = £105
As you can see, this is a tattoo of darling Frida. When people know I have a tattoo booked in they always ask what I’m getting and when I proceeded to tell them this time that I was getting a portrait of Frida Kahlo, they all looked at me like I had 3 heads. Apparently, (rant incoming), no one has ever seen or heard of Frida Kahlo, one of the most famous and iconic women in history. But then again, that was like when I got this tattoo and apparently not a single male had ever seen that symbol before in their life, so there you go I suppose. Sometimes I really do worry for the older generation.
Anyway, back to Frida – I mentioned a while ago now in one of my other tattoo posts that I wanted a feminist / mother nature-type tattoo but didn’t really know what to get. I wanted a piece that would incorporate both but was waiting for the right idea to come into my head and alas, Frida arrived. The beautiful, strong, amazing and iconic woman we all needed. Mother Earth herself. I didn’t know what type of tattoo specifically to get to resemble Frida, as I didn’t want her face on me or anything like that, but an artist I follow on Instagram had started doing faceless portrait tattoos and suddenly I was like wait, yes, this could work. I sent photos of the faceless portraits to the artist who was going to be doing my tattoo like, do you think you could do one of these but in the style of Frida?? And she was like yes, yes I could.
As you can see, the tattoo is an outline of her profile, complete with her signature brows, braid and floral crown – I love the fact this is faceless as I wanted the eyebrows to stand out by themselves as of course, they’re iconic. You only need to take one look at those brows to realise you’re looking at Frida Kahlo. This has however, lead everyone who’s seen the tattoo to ask if it’s only half finished or where the rest of her face is, and then continue to look at me like I’ve still got 3 heads when I tell them that it is fully finished and I didn’t want facial features. Hooray.
It was really fun to play around with this piece as I could customise it the way I wanted to. Normally when I’m customising my pieces I’m only messing around with florals, but to actually be able to customise…a person, this time? I loved it. I could tweak every detail to the way I wanted it – the earrings she was wearing, the style of eyebrows she had, the way her flower crown would look etc. – my artist captured it all beautifully and did such an amazing job, I absolutely adore this piece and am so glad I have it.
I’m so in love with it I can’t stop staring at it. I’ve literally just been getting up to look in the mirror every 5 seconds because it’s so beautiful and I can’t believe it’s on my body forever. Like wow. How gorgeous. This is art. When my artist showed it to me I was squealing, she was like “do you like it???” and I was like are you KIDDING, it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Get this on me right now. (I didn’t say the last part of course but I was definitely thinking it).
It was so inexpensive as well?? I couldn’t believe it. The artist had already quoted me for a price but it ended up being lower than what she’d said and I think because I was so in love with anyway I was like wait…that’s it? I actually asked her to repeat the price just to make sure I’d heard correctly HA. I know it’s mostly just line work therefore the price makes sense but still, amazing.
This tattoo was also probably the easiest one I’ve ever gotten, it literally couldn’t have gone smoother. I’ve never had a problem when getting tattooed before but this one was just so simple, so quick and I was back home again before I knew it. I don’t think I’ve ever really spoken in-depth about the process of getting a tattoo before but let me know if you guys want a post on that (????), but anyway, I arrived early (tattoo tip – always arrive earlier than your appointment time) and she was ready for me straight away. I signed the forms and then we started on sizing and placement which took about 10 minutes (aka, super quick for me) – we got the stencil on, changed it around once and before I knew it I was getting tattooed. The tattoo altogether took just over an hour and it was literally job done and I was outta there. So good. Like seriously, my appointment wasn’t even early yet by the time we’d finished I still had the whole day ahead of me anyway. So good. 10/10 the best tattoo experience I’ve had – combine that with the fact this is the most gorgeous piece of art I’ve ever seen and we’ve got one happy Chlo.

I adore Frida, so so so much, I really do. My favourite quote from her (and one of my favourite quotes in general ever) is this:
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought, there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels flawed and bizarre in the same ways I do… I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me, too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this, know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
Every time I read that quote it brings tears to my eyes and sometimes makes me cry, because I feel like I wrote it myself. Like she just took that from my soul and said it out loud. She’s talking about people like me, girls like me, women like me. She’s talking about me. She wrote that for me. I know she did.
All my love,
Chloe .xx
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This is such a cool tattoo – I love it so much!! I never really thought about running out of room on your body but I guess that is a problem for future you to worry about? xx
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Thank you so much!! Yes it is haha, I guess I’ll have to just cross that bridge when I get to it! xx
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This tattoo is freaking beautiful omg, and I absolutely loved that you got it without full facial features, it just makes it such an incredible piece! Thank you for sharing that quote too, I hate hate hate feeling like such an alien to others all the goddamn time and I spend so much time hiding the real me online or in real life. Sigh.
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Eeeee you are an angel thank you so much !! ❤️ That’s one of the reasons I love that quote so much, it’s so comforting to know that someone so amazing completely understood the feeling, and felt the exact same way .xx
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Oh my!!! This is the most beautiful thing ever I am in love!! You have so many gorgeous tattoos I am lowkey SO jealous!!!xxxx
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Thank you so much you little angel!! xxxxx
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Beautiful tattoo! 😍 I’m always honest with you so I have to say that I also thought it was unfinished. It’s beautiful! I have to read more about Frida as I of course heard of her. That quote is so beautiful and I also saw it before somewhere. I’m curious about the process of getting a tattoo even if I don’t know if I will ever get one because of my anxiety about needles but I love to know more about it. Love you ❤️
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Thank you angel! It means a lot. 💖 Love you so much, I really do hope you can overcome that fear one day .xxx
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Oh my goodness, this tattoo is GORGEOUS! I think it may be my favorite one of yours. I’m always so intrigued by all of the thought process that goes on behind your tattoo choices! ALSO: you took those pictures of the back of your arm yourself?? If you didn’t mention it, I wouldn’t have imagined so!
Love as always, Chloe ❤ xx
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Thank you so much you little angel !! It means the world to me. & yes I did haha, it took a lot of self timer !! 💞xxx
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STOP IT. I am in love with this tattoo Chlo, it’s possibly my favourite one ever. Frida was my absolute inspiration, especially a couple of years ago in Year 12 when Year 12 Art took over my life and all my time. What an incredibly beautiful piece of art, I’m so jealous. I love tattoo’s on the back of the arm, but damn straight, how annoying is it to get a picture of (I don’t think, to this day, nearly two years later, that I have a decent one of mine). I can’t get over this tat Chloe, you and your artist (who is incred) absolutely nailed it. The meaning behind it and the inspiration is perfection. Love, love, love xx
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Ahhh you are an angel, SO glad you love it. I knew you’d get it !! This makes me sososo happy 💜 thank you so much !!! xxxxx
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I have a huge interest in tattoo even though I can’t get any. This tattoo is so amazing and though it’s not the full portrait, it’s still simple and beautiful ❤️
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thank you so much angel ❤️xx
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This is such a gorgeous tattoo! I admit i thought it was unfinished too but I get not wanting to put full portraits on your body, her brows are iconic enough that you know exactly who you’re looking at!
I’ve never seen that quote before but I love it!
Thanks for posting!
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Thank you so much !! 💙xx
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