I’m incredibly tired of having to justify my tattoos.
I’m tired of feeling like I have to tell people that my tattoos are “different” because they mean something. Yes. My tattoos do mean a whole hell of a lot to me.
But even if I just picked them from a flash sample… It doesn’t fucking matter if they mean anything to me or not.
It’s my body, not yours. I shouldn’t have to search for your approval of my tattoos by saying that they mean something to me.
Emerald cut oval amethyst (Taken with instagram)
THAT CONCH PIN DOE. UNF.
Yep, definitely getting a conch-punch in my other ear. No doubts.
I would like to call attention to this group on facebook.
The Anti-Tattoo group.If you are pierced, tattooed or modified in anyway, let these people know that discriminating against tattooed people is wrong. Sure they may just seem like a little group, but people like this really need to know that this kind of attitude towards others is is outrageous!
Tell them your thoughts here.
(you will have to join the group for a minute to comment)This type of attitude is appalling, better believe I’m going to let them know my opinion on the matter.
APRIL FOOLS!
Except not really..
If you want to get a daily dose of misogyny and see beautiful women shamed and called dirty check out this cesspool of ignorance and arrogance.
I want to join the group, but you have to get approval.
So, yeah. I probs won’t do that.
What’s awesome, though. I’ve had so many people openly mock those that have body modification around me, not noticing the holes in my face, because there’s no jewelry in them. Not knowing that underneath my clothes is a good three square feet of ink in my skin. Not knowing that they’re speaking about me.
And then I stand up and say “Why would you say those things about me?” They look shocked, confused, disbelieving. And I put my jewelry back in my face. I tell them about the tattoos they can’t see under my clothes. And then I hear the phrase I hate most, “But, you look like such a good, decent young lady! Why would you do that to yourself?”
Because my body doesn’t exist to please your aesthetic desires. Because my body is mine. Because I feel more complete. Because I get a rush. Because it makes my heart rush in the most delightful way that you will never ever understand.
Because I fucking want to.
I am a caregiver. My career choice is not the most lucrative, but I spend my days helping people that can’t help themselves. That’s character. I’m active in politics and government, because I know I can’t get shit done without doing so. That’s character.
People see me walking down the street in my scrubs on my way to the polling station and think “What a good, wholesome, young lady.”
My tattoos don’t make my character. My character made my tattoos. And you can get the fuck over it.
xo-caitlove asked: clean your belly button with contact solution, it works better! i promise you! good luck with it! xx
How ‘bout no? Because that’s actually HORRIBLE for your piercings.
Unless of course you’re talking about a plain old saline solution. Which you’re probs, not because you said contact solution. Contact solution is more than just saline. It’s got conditioners and moisturizers and buffering agents and anti-bacterial agents. All of which are chemicals that are NOT good for your piercings. If you wouldn’t use it it clean an open wound, don’t use it to clean your piercing. Contact solution is made for cleaning your CONTACTS not your piercings, people.
DO NOT. I repeat: DO NOT use contact solution to clean your piercings.
Don’t be lazy people. Make a damn SSS and soak your flesh holes. ^.^
By the way, this isn’t even a new piercing. It’s old. This might make a little more sense if it was new and you were telling me to wash my piercing with contact solution… Oh, wait. No, it wouldn’t. I’m gonna stick with my sea salt soaks like my TRAINED, PROFESSIONAL piercer told me to.
Also: You’re 15. I’m 21. I think I have a little more experience in this area than you do, so excuse me for not taking your terrible advice. Because it doesn’t work “better.”
Edit: I am going to have good luck with it, because I’m going to do it right. xx
Btw.
Let’s just gaze upon the glory that is me, soaking my belly button with a shot glass full of salt water!
That lil sum bitch suctioned itself to my belly like no other, so I thought it would be safe to let it go. I was wrong. As soon as I laughed my belly jiggled and it came loose. Now my couch is wet.
ANYWAY. I’m using this as a segue into some things you can use to care for your piercings.
I just did a general SSS (sea salt soak). The best ratio is to use 1/4 of a teaspoon of non-iodized sea salt dissolved into 8 oz of waters (approximately one shot glass full of water) because it most closely matches the natural ratio of salt to water already in your body. DON’T use anything like Epsom salt, because it is a type of salt, BUT! It is NOT sodium chloride, and not good for piercings. You can use regular table salt, but I feel better using sea salt. So, I’m going to strongly suggest you do the same.
Anyway. Mix your 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt with your 8 oz. of water together, and you can either soak a clean paper towel (or clean cloth towel) in the mixture and press it gently onto your piercing (for stuff like ears and eyebrows and lips) or you can just directly cover the piercing with the opening of the shot glass with the area around the piercing and let it soak (like I did with my belly button. But it also works with transdermals, or you can just dunk your lobes in that shit) for about 10 minutes. This squishes the bacteria out of your piercing and makes them scream bloody murder and run for the hills. They really don’t like it. Yay! Also, never reuse your SSS. Toss it down the drain and make a new one every time you want to soak, and do it two or three times a day.
Tea baggin’, y’all! That’s right. You can put tea bags on your piercings to help them if they get irritated! But, not just any tea bags. Plain Chamomile tea. Steep the tea bag like you would any other tea, nice and hot. BUT WAIT. At least until it cools. Once it cools enough for you to comfortable handle it with your fingers, take the bag out, squeeze it gently so that it’s not dripping anymore, but definitely still really wet (you know the happy medium) then gently hold the tea bag to your piercing so that it’s covered (but don’t put too much pressure, because that would defeat the purpose) and hold it there for about 10 minutes. Discard your tea bag, and repeat with a new one 2 or 3 times a day until your piercing feels happy. ^.^
Those are my two favorite things to do, and bring about good mojo for your flesh holes.
HAPPY MODIFYING.
WHEEEEEEEE.
~Mod S
