"If my tattoos have taught me anything, it's that spontaneity is key. When I happened to get the opportunity to work with Mike Rubendall, tattoo artist and founder of Kings Ave Tattoo, I was all in. For the first time, I had the chance to actually design the tattoo I wanted instead of picking something randomly off a flash sheet like I had in past — and I panicked.
"Because the opp came through a publicist pal, I begged her to let Mike choose a design for me so I wouldn't have any of the pressure to do it myself. (Call me dramatic, but I prefer to fall in love with my ink after my fate has been decided for me.) Of course, Mike, being the professional he is, insisted I come in with my own thoughts and designs, which is how I landed on this quote I pulled directly from the lead singer of The 1975 Matty Healy's arm. (For the record, I would've never done that if it hadn't been a quote by David Shrigley. Stealing another artist's design is plain plagiarism.) Now, it's my favourite asset even though it totally crushes my dreams of ever meeting and marrying Matty Healy, as I'm sure he'd be a little put off by my copycat behaviour." — Samantha Sasso, associate beauty editor, Branded Content
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Sam Sasso