00:00I've spent $40,000 on tattoos so far and I'm not finished yet.
00:05I have comments of people like,
00:07oh do old ladies grab their bags when you walk past them?
00:11Me and my friends, we went out in town.
00:13They wouldn't let me in because I had my neck tattoo.
00:17So today I'm making all my tattoos disappear
00:19and I cannot wait to see what I look like.
00:22I am nervous.
00:23I don't know if I can't decide if I'm going to love or hate it.
00:26My friends are going to spin out.
00:27Luke and Dinegra are going to spin out.
00:30No way!
00:40Hey!
00:41Hi, my name's Rachel.
00:42I'm Jess, nice to meet you.
00:44Nice to meet you.
00:46So excited.
00:47I'm so excited.
00:48My name is Jess.
00:49I'm a tattooist from Newcastle.
00:51About 95% of my body is tattooed.
00:55I've been getting tattooed since I was 14.
00:57I think I've spent around $40,000 on my tattoos.
01:00I would say my look is a bit like girly goth lad sort of streetwear vibe.
01:06I like to switch it up.
01:07I like to look different.
01:08So today we are covering all of my tattoos to make me look more like my best friend Danica.
01:15I will not be denied access anywhere from a bar or anything like that.
01:19So they'll be super excited to see how I look.
01:22So yeah, we're going to go out for some drinks this afternoon.
01:25Looking fabulous.
01:26See where the night takes us.
01:27Today we're going for a super bronze natural look.
01:31We'll be covering Jess's leg tattoos and her hands.
01:35And then we'll be doing quite a soft glam look on her face and covering her neck.
01:39And we'll be glamming doing some bronzed colours on the eyes and a natural lip.
01:44How do you feel?
01:45We're going to hide your tattoos.
01:46I'm nervous.
01:47I'm nervous.
01:48But let's go.
01:49Let's go.
01:50I'm using the Mel Pax coral adjuster.
01:53So this will basically give us a clean waterproof coating for the tattoo.
01:59And then we'll be neutralising it with some skin tone.
02:02We're starting with a light coat of the orange.
02:06It's all about building it up.
02:08From a young age, like I definitely wanted to be tattooed.
02:12When I was 14 years old, my dad actually did my first tattoo for me.
02:16I think in his eyes, it was better that it was a professionally done tattoo than me.
02:19Going out and seeking a home job.
02:21My dad has influenced me a lot to do with like the direction I've gone.
02:26So he was a tattooist for 25 years.
02:29And he really encouraged me to look the way I wanted to look.
02:32And that I didn't have to sort of fit in with everyone else.
02:35And he gave me all the tools to become who I wanted to be really.
02:39He's a bit of a legend in my eyes.
02:41My dad opened the studio that I work at in Walls End in the suburbs 16 years ago.
02:46Sadly, he passed 10 years ago.
02:48So me and my mum, we work as a team and we've got the family business pumping, busy.
02:54I've been tattooing for nearly 12 years now, slinging tats.
02:59It's crazy to cover all these tattoos up.
03:02Has there ever been a time when you've been faced any issues with your neck tattoos?
03:06Definitely had comments of people like, oh, do old ladies grab their bags when you walk past them?
03:12And I'm like, no.
03:14If anything, I'm going to help them with their trolleys or, you know what I mean?
03:18One time, me and my friends, we went out in town and they wouldn't let me in because I had my neck tattoo.
03:26If I get denied access to a venue, it is a judgmental thing that you can't get into a club to be tattooed.
03:33It is a little bit frustrating, yeah.
03:35If you're going to look so loud and you're going to look a certain type of way,
03:38you've got to kind of be unbothered by other people's opinions.
03:41This is the serum from Fenty.
03:46It's a serum and toner, so it's all about hydrating the skin.
03:50So now we're just using the Dior Backstage Foundation and it covers tattoos and it's waterproof.
03:57How do you think your friends are going to react to your big reveal?
04:01I think they're going to be pretty surprised because I'm obviously quite heavily tattooed,
04:06so it's going to be a big difference.
04:08My mate Luke, he definitely judges some tattoos that I get.
04:13So Danica, she's never really gotten into the whole tattoo thing.
04:16It's pretty cool, we're kind of like opposites.
04:18So we're going to be using very glamorous lashes.
04:21They're quite natural, fluffy.
04:23They're from Worldwide Lashes and I'm using Style Romance.
04:27Lashes are the cherry on top of the cake.
04:30It's essential.
04:31It's essential.
04:38Alright, we're all done.
04:40Are you ready to see your reveal?
04:42Yes!
04:43I'm so excited.
04:44Yeah?
04:45Yes.
04:46Come on in.
04:47I'm so nervous.
04:48Oh my God.
04:50Alright.
04:51Three, two, one.
04:55Oh my God.
04:58What?
04:59I don't even look like me.
05:01What do we call this look?
05:02The Housewives of Newcastle.
05:04The Housewives?
05:05Yes.
05:06Oh my God.
05:08What the hell?
05:10How do you feel?
05:11I feel pretty fabulous actually.
05:14Good job.
05:16I love the makeup.
05:17It makes my eyes pop.
05:19Super glam.
05:21Oh, look at my hands.
05:22I didn't know what to expect but I'm not mad.
05:25No.
05:26I'm not mad.
05:27It's wild.
05:28Why do my eyes look so blue?
05:32I'm definitely going to be taking some selfies.
05:34Oh yeah.
05:35And make a Tinder profile.
05:37See who swipes me.
05:40My friends are going to spin out.
05:41Luke and Janika are going to spin out.
05:42Yeah.
05:43How do you honestly feel about Jess's tattoos?
05:46I'm fine with them.
05:48It's more her face.
05:49One of her face tattoos, when she first ever got it, it's like a big one.
05:54I was sort of a bit like, that's a bit much.
05:57That's what makes Jess Jess.
05:59So, if she didn't have them, I don't know.
06:03I mean I love them.
06:04Yeah.
06:05I've always liked them.
06:06I think they suit her.
06:07I think she's very colourful as a person and all her tattoos are very colourful.
06:09Yeah, they represent who she is.
06:12Like her personality, like her quirkiness, like what she's in.
06:16It's just her.
06:17Yeah.
06:18She just big everything.
06:19Yeah, big.
06:20Big or go home, yeah.
06:21Yeah.
06:22It's gothic.
06:23Gothic Barbie pretty much.
06:24Sorry.
06:25Okay.
06:26And here we go.
06:28Oh my god!
06:29No way!
06:31What?
06:32Look at me!
06:33What do you see?
06:35What do you see?
06:36You look like you work in an office.
06:38You look like a lawyer.
06:39I kind of look like a mob wife.
06:41You look like a mob wife.
06:42You're giving mob wife out here.
06:43Mob wife wife?
06:44What?
06:45I actually didn't expect this.
06:47No!
06:48It looks really nice.
06:50Crazy, right?
06:51Like you can see my neck and my face.
06:53I completely forgot that you had your neck tattooed.
06:55You literally look like me.
06:56No, she looks like me.
06:57Yeah!
06:58Okay!
06:59Give us a spin.
07:00Yeah, it's for us.
07:01Even better!
07:02You look so good!
07:03I'm baffled.
07:04I'm baffled.
07:05I feel like I'm sitting as a stranger.
07:06Yeah!
07:07I feel like I'm cosying up to someone to give photos.
07:08Nice to meet you!
07:09Nice to meet you!
07:10Nice to meet you!
07:11Nice to meet you!
07:12Nice to meet you!
07:13Oh my god!
07:14We're stoked and baffled and speechless and over the moon and blown away by the way she looks
07:23now.
07:24I think she looks really good as well the other way.
07:26I feel like her style suits her a little bit more.
07:29Even though you look good here, I think goth Barbie suits you.
07:32Yeah, goth Barbie all the way, baby.
07:34Yeah.
07:35What did you think of everyone's reaction?
07:38I think they really liked it.
07:39I mean, I really like it.
07:41It's so different.
07:42So yeah, I think everyone was shocked.
07:44Alright, you ready guys?
07:45You ready to hit the town?
07:47Cheers!
07:49Cheers!
07:50This experience has taught me that I can still look slay even without my tattoos.
07:56I actually like it, which is not good.
07:59I mean, my look is quite irreversible.
08:02So, I mean, I'll be taking plenty of photos to keep this on record for sure because it's
08:08a big job.
08:29cool!
08:30It's wonderful.
08:31Thanks for having fun!
08:32It's good!
08:34What it is!
08:35Let's get back to you!
08:36I appreciate it!
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