She's not from the United States. I'm as shocked as you are.
From The Daily Mail: Eighteen-year old Belgian Kimberley Vlaminck wanted three stars tattooed on her face, so she went to a Romanian tattoo artist and placed her order in both French and English, two languages the artist apparently was unfamiliar with.
After describing what she wanted, Vlaminck claims to have fallen asleep. While the man drilled ink into her face. Ink that ended up being not three stars, but 56 stars, spread across the girl's face like a gorgeous constellation:
The tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, says Vlaminck asked for the 56 stars, and was awake the whole time. He claims that Vlaminck was happy with the work until she went home and her family freaked out. Now Vlaminck is seeking damages from Toumaniantz to pay for the removal of the tattoos.
No matter who is telling the truth, and what the outcome of this story is, the only real winner here is Jules Clocher, a Belgian psychologist who was interviewed for The Daily Mail's story, and who was quoted as saying, "The trauma this girl must be feeling is indescribable. She feels like a circus freak - and no wonder, because she looks like one."
Indeed. Here are some other amazing, well thought out tattoos for your viewing pleasure.
Remember, people: Think before you ink. Or don't. It's a lot funnier for the rest of us.
As someone who has MANY tattoos on various parts of my body, HOW THE HELL DO YOU FALL ASLEEP DURING A TATTOO???????
the girl's story is full of holes. no one is falling asleep, let alone sleeping through 56 tats on your face.
the article also reports the artist saying that the girl looked @ the work several times during the process in a mirror, was happy with the work, and only became upset when her boyfriend and father saw it.
and i've always thought that cathole/belly button tat was awesome.
I was thinking the same thing MsJoey!!
She had to be under the influence of something stronger then stupidity to fall asleep while getting her FACE tattooed!!
I have 3 tattoos and there is no way in hell I would've ever fallen asleep during them. They never hurt but it's just not something you can sleep through.
Also.. I roffled at the person who got the "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls lyric. How emo of them.
**hands razor blades to stranger**
Made infinitely better by the substitution of the word "your" for the word "you're".
I've fallen asleep while being tatooed. Not on my face but after the first hour or so if your laid back it happens
falling asleep while doing something stupid to your face? why do i feel like i went back in time to the late 80's. i used that excuse when i shaved lines to the hair on the side of my head, LOL!!
Sad but true. Seems tattoo shops, or the clients, might want to hire a copy editor ... or at least bring along someone who can spell.
I laughed out loud in Starbucks over the "In loving memory" one.
Somewhere deep in the bowels of Folsom Prison is a former local gang-banger who has,in 8 inch arial black lettering, a tattoo reflecting remarkable civic pride...that reads: FRENSO.
True story.
that cat ass tattoo screams classy
I think the girl is a liar. I find it hard to believe that a tattooist would do something like that against a person's will. How can someone even fall asleep and not feel the tattoo being performed? That just doesn't make any sense to me.
what's the reason for getting a tattoo on your face or your neck? doesn't that hurt your chances of being hired at a job other than McDonald's or as a corner street advertisment? On the corner of Shaw and Blackstone, there's a guy who holds a sign and his face is covered in tattoos. Why would anyone want to be that guy?
on the other hand, some guys actually do well with face and neck tattoos because they always have beautiful women around their arms.
haha, some things in life aren't meant to make any sense.
Star tattoos, ugh! This chick is whack!
First of all, if she had said that she wanted 3 stars, which is what is being reported, then that tattoo would have taken about 15 minutes. hardly enough time for anyone to fall asleep.
Yes, people do fall asleep during tattoos, it's happened to me while tattooing a client, and I was tattooing his armpit. This didn't happen until about 2 hours in though. It takes a bit for a seasoned vet to get relaxed enough to fall asleep.
It's also a bit dangerous, and I tend to wake them up, so I don't have to worry about them having a dream twitch while I'm working on them. this would be no bueno.
what I think happened was her dad freaked on her, and then she decided to blame the artist...
Anyway, here's a video of the tattoo artist getting interviewed about it.