Should You Get a Tattoo?

There is an old saying: “Think Before You Ink.”  This should be the motto of anyone considering getting a tattoo.

 

Most people are familiar with the poor girl who got a tattoo on an impulse. Maybe this person is the bride-to-be who tattoos her fiancée’s name on her ring finger and then leaves her standing at the alter. There is that guy too, just like on the commercial, who gets drunk in Vegas and ends up with a stranger’s name on his back.

 

The worst times to get a tattoo is when you are drunk, high, in love or vacation. You almost always regret it later. Sometimes a lover is not forever and sometimes people on vacation make terrible decisions when inebriated.

 

A tattoo should not be too trendy. It should be a part of your self-expression.  They can be works of art that display your unique individuality to the world. For instance if you are an art lover a tattoo of Andy Warhol or the Mona Lisa might be appropriate.

 

Tribal identity is also established by getting a tattoo.  For instance a cross can indicate a Christian, the Serenity an AA member and an anchor the member of the Navy.  Tattoos can also symbolize an epiphany or leap of faith.  An example is the lung cancer sufferer who gets a tattoo of the wind blowing after successful chemotherapy.

 

Many tattoos are about spiritual protection.  Many taxi drivers have a tattoo of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travel, tattooed on their body. In the Middle East the tattoo of an evil eye is quite common.  Tattoos are also sometimes meant to enhance luck. Pairs of dice, four leaf clovers and images of Greek Goddesses denote luck.

 

Guardian angels, ascended masters and totem animals and symbols are also good choices of tattoos.  Fairies, hummingbirds and butterflies are also common images.  The bluebird of happiness is a very common tattoo for women.

 

Tattoos are also memorials. Sometimes they are commissioned to commemorate a celebrity, pet or relative.  Common celebrity portraits that are seen as tattoos for women are Betty Boop, Marilyn Monroe and Bette Page.

 

One of the most popular tattoos for young women is the one that is splayed across the lower back. This became very popular after Angelina Jolie got one. The theory behind this is that the image helps open up the base chakra (at the bottom of the spine) and helps you exude sexual energy.

 

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Sixties Hairstyles for Spring

Thanks to Madmen Season 5 the fashion industry and the general public are going for Madmen styles. A good example is the egg shaped low ponytail that was featured on the runways of designer Marc Jacobs.  This was an egg shaped hairdo with a lift at the back but with very flat side-swept bangs on the front.  The length of the hair is tied back into a ponytail. This is a look that looks great with heavier eyebrows and very white pale lips.

 

The bouffant look was also translated to a shorter cut. The hair is teased on the crown with whispy bangs in the front.  A hairband is tied from the back of the ears and up to the crown to make a bow.  The hairband used should have a demure flattened bow and pick up a color theme in the blouse or shirt you are wearing.

 

If you want to go for a Kitten With a Whip look then you can do what designer Moschino did and bouffant your hair up and tie it into a half-pony. Make sure that is parted on the side. Make sure you have heavier brows and heavy mascara to go with this look if you want to look a great deal like Ann Margaret.  This look is also similar to the half-up Brigitte Bardot hair style in which a the hair is parted in the center and the bouffant is at the top.  Simplest of all of these looks is the 1960s ponytail which is made with a bouffant at the top with the tail of hair pulled tightly at the nape of the neck.

 

As hard as it is to maintain it seems that the classic Holly Go Lightly beehive will never go our of style. Volume and style is given to this look by twisting the hair on top of the head.  Oscar De La Renta livened up the bouffant by adding a very bright streak of magenta pink color into a blonde do.

 

These looks are very easy to achieve with a bit of back brushing to give the crown the lift it needs to look fashionable. Nowadays you can buy root lift products that are much easier and nicer to use than the aerosol hair spray products that women from the fifties used to raise the height of their hair into a sky-high bouffants.  These root-lift products that are made by most major companies like Bedhead and L’Oreal are also easier on the environment.

 

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