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I will have more to say about this later!
Amen to this dude!
14 June 2012
02 June 2012
ouch 아야 (ah-yah)
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy
the above photographs are from seoul land, an amusement park in south seoul with a zoo and a big rose garden, and yes there are children in big bubbles.
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but this blog post is about beauty, not just general beauty, but a particular beautification step that my family has advocated for ever since my grandmother was younger than me. women in seoul have been switching up and advancing regimes for beauty since the colonial times (is that right?). one thing that has not changed is the art of tattooing. what's ironic is that recreational tattoos are strictly forbidden in korea and parlors are illegal (does not mean there aren't any here). something that is not forbidden but is actually the norm, is to tattoo eyebrows and eyelids, yes EYELIDS. my own grandmother got her eyelids tattooed when she was only 22 years old and they're still there working her beautiful eyes for her! for those of you who knew me throughout college, know that i got my eyebrows tattooed a few times junior and senior year, courtesy of my parents via christmas. at the time it was not very common back in the states and I'm pretty sure it still isn't but eyelids were definitely out of the question. when i came to korea last year, i realized a lot of the young ladies had perfect eyeliner on and i wondered how they have mastered the perfection of black liquid eyeliner. the answer? TATTOO it! i spent eight months contemplating with my friend on whether i wanted to do it or not and finally at the beginning of february i decided, what the heck, it's for beauty right? no pain, no gain. the day of the anticipated appointment came and my friend decided the last minute that she did not want to do it in fear of pain and uncertainty. but nonetheless i went on with it and here goes the process:
so if you're thinking about getting your face tattooed (limitation: eyebrows and eyelids) then i highly recommend that you do, if you're a working girl, or a socialite. it saves you time in the morning, money on makeup, and makes you feel advanced when it comes to physical attractiveness (self-esteem maybe? idk.).
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the above photographs are from seoul land, an amusement park in south seoul with a zoo and a big rose garden, and yes there are children in big bubbles.
[insert segue here]
but this blog post is about beauty, not just general beauty, but a particular beautification step that my family has advocated for ever since my grandmother was younger than me. women in seoul have been switching up and advancing regimes for beauty since the colonial times (is that right?). one thing that has not changed is the art of tattooing. what's ironic is that recreational tattoos are strictly forbidden in korea and parlors are illegal (does not mean there aren't any here). something that is not forbidden but is actually the norm, is to tattoo eyebrows and eyelids, yes EYELIDS. my own grandmother got her eyelids tattooed when she was only 22 years old and they're still there working her beautiful eyes for her! for those of you who knew me throughout college, know that i got my eyebrows tattooed a few times junior and senior year, courtesy of my parents via christmas. at the time it was not very common back in the states and I'm pretty sure it still isn't but eyelids were definitely out of the question. when i came to korea last year, i realized a lot of the young ladies had perfect eyeliner on and i wondered how they have mastered the perfection of black liquid eyeliner. the answer? TATTOO it! i spent eight months contemplating with my friend on whether i wanted to do it or not and finally at the beginning of february i decided, what the heck, it's for beauty right? no pain, no gain. the day of the anticipated appointment came and my friend decided the last minute that she did not want to do it in fear of pain and uncertainty. but nonetheless i went on with it and here goes the process:
1. they lay you down on a very small but comfortable bed and put covers over you
2. add an anesthetic gel on your eyelids and leave it there for twenty minutes to settle in. this is the most painful part, because the cream burns your eyelids while its numbing. 
3. they wipe off any excess gel and prepare the amount of ink they will need right in front of you, but your eyes are closed shut so you can't see anything, just hear the nerve-wracking clinking
4. they start the machine and you hear the buzzing of the tattoo pen and the expert just goes for it. she will talk to you while she's doing it to calm you, it doesn't work for me. i was profusely sweating.
in total the procession takes about 32 minutes. the great thing about this tattoo is that it's not obnoxious and jet black. it looks extremely natural and it's thin so it's perfect for those summery days you don't feel like wearing any makeup but don't want to look too washed out. my friend regretted not doing it.
this eyeliner tattoo is one of the best things i've gotten done in korea, next to laser eye surgery (m-lasek).
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i'm going to seoul tomorrow afternoon to get my third and final re-touch of my eyeliner tattoo and very excited to get it darker! best 95 dollars spent!!
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