No Pain, No Gain!
There’s physical pain, there’s emotion pain…. If you want something really bad, you are going to have to suck it up and take it. Fortunately for you, there are less drastic ways to ease the pain over taking local/general anesthetic or popping Advils that never work:
MENTALLY TRICK YOURSELF.
Pain is good.
This feels good.
I love pain.
Last month, I got a thin stroke of eyeliner tattooed on my top eyelid and the inner lids hurt like FCK— I have a pretty high pain tolerance too but this pain was just shocking and totally unexpected. I told myself to stop being a little bitch and suck it up because I wanted this. I kept on repeating this to myself as my eyeballs were literally being stabbed but the mental bitching really made the experience more tolerable.
Lecture yourself.
No pain no gain.
SUCK IT UP!!
Next time you’re in pain, say this over and over to yourself, whether it’s physical pain from a vain beauty procedure like mine, mental and physical pain from a hardcore workout or emotional pain from stress or no sleep. I battle these kinds of pain everyday (well, minus the beauty procedures) and the only way I get through them is talking to myself. I do it so much that I can say I’m a master at it now… but I only talk to myself in my head, okay.
The eyeliner tattoo? I would totally do it again, after I work up the courage to go back since I want to make it a tad bit thicker.
By the way, if you need a recommendation for an amazing and passionate cosmetic tattooist, contact me. I swear she’s awesome. Just remember to bring a friend to hold your hand.
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Hey Katy,
Im actually living in Calgary right now – that explains a lot hey? lol* yea if i was in van it would be a diff story. hopefully i get to come back soon. still a few things i need to do before i can.
oooh – that does sound quite painful. so worth it tho im guessing? =)
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Man it’s so hard to keep motivated! It’s good though if you have a goal in mind and keep focused on that.
Oh gosh I did hear about how painful those can be! Good thing you’re done!
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Ooh pictures pictures! I am curious what tattooed eyeliner looks like!
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Katy
January 24th, 2012 |
It just looks like eye liner. Super natural. Mine is really thin and so close to my lash line so you can’t really notice it but all it does is make my eyes appear brighter. I want to get it just a tiny bit thicker though!
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Yup, i talk to myself (in my head) all the time too. It helps! Especially now that i’ve become serious about working out… I have to almost mentally punish myself every time i feel like giving up. Like “stop being such a sissy and just do another push up, dammit!” haha! Ok, getting a regular tattoo hurt already, i can only imagine what tattooed eyeliner would feel like. O__O
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Haha! I always think about this during my workout. Haha!
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Ouucccchhh. Just reading that description made my eyes hurt. Eyelids are so sensitive and it’s so near our eyes. The thought of getting it tattooed scares me. You’re very brave for sucking it up. Had it been me, I’d cry like a little girl.
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