00:00Hi, I'm Amy. I have over 40 tattoos and today I will be covering all of them.
00:07I was brought my first tattoo machine by my parents when I was 13.
00:13I'm very nervous.
00:15It's going to be a shocker, I think.
00:17I think my mum's going to hate it.
00:19From a young age I started watching Miami Ink and LA Ink.
00:31I started getting tattoos roughly about 13.
00:36I had got hold of a tattoo machine and I wanted to know what it was like.
00:42I got my first face tattoo when I was about 19.
00:45A lot of my leg tattoos are practice from when I started in the industry.
00:51My knuckles, I've got both of my boys, the years that they were born.
00:55I love to be able to see that every day.
00:58In the future I do hope to be 100% covered.
01:04I am very much an addict when it comes to body modification.
01:08This is something that I would like to go all the way up my neck and eventually onto my face.
01:13Today Gemma is going to be covering up all of my tattoos,
01:17taking away my piercings and then we are going to reveal to my mum and my stepdad.
01:26Hi, it's Amy.
01:28Gemma, makeup artist.
01:30Thank you so much.
01:31Are you ready for today?
01:32So nervous.
01:34I am really nervous.
01:36I am so nervous to see what I look like.
01:40How many have you got?
01:43I've got 15 in my face.
01:45Oh my god.
01:46It feels really strange not having metal everywhere.
01:50Because it is so dark, so I've got to consider the arm hair is going to be caked with makeup
01:55to make sure that doesn't look obvious.
02:08Are you ready?
02:10Yeah.
02:11Yeah.
02:12Three, two, one.
02:16Oh my days.
02:21Oh my god.
02:23No, I don't like it.
02:31Wow.
02:34No.
02:35I don't like what I look like now.
02:37That's not, no.
02:39I've lost my identity.
02:41Is it making you emotional?
02:43Do you feel sad?
02:45I think my mum's going to hate it.
02:47She's going to absolutely hate it.
02:50More nervous than excited.
02:52I think it's been so many years since we've seen Amy without tattoos.
02:57It's been a long time, hasn't it?
02:59So I'm guessing.
03:00It can be quite a shock as well.
03:02About to give my mother the shock of her life.
03:05Oh my god.
03:09Are you looking at me?
03:10Oh.
03:11Don't, because I might as well.
03:18Oh.
03:19You look lovely.
03:21You really do look pretty.
03:23It's f***ing disgusting, isn't it?
03:27You look, oh my god.
03:29You look, oh my god.
03:32You look, oh my god.
03:35You look beautiful.
03:37What do you think?
03:39I hate it.
03:40Yeah.
03:41I hate it.
03:42I can't stop staring.
03:43I know.
03:44I can't stop staring.
03:45The shape of your face is so different.
03:49I've got to touch it.
03:51It's beautiful.
03:53I can't wait to get in the shower.
03:56I prefer with the tattoos, just because that's Amy.
03:59That's how she is.
04:00It's a big part of her life.
04:02I think it's very interesting to see Amy like this.
04:05But I prefer with the tattoos, definitely.
04:08Today really has made me realise that I really am so happy
04:12with the choice that I made to be heavily tattooed
04:15despite being told not to.
04:29I love you.
04:30I love you.
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