Tattoo Etiquette: Ariel DeJesus
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In todays video we take a deep dive look into a TikTok famous tattoo artist called Ariel DeJesus.
Ariel is a professional tattoo artist of 11+ years who owns her own tattoo studio and makes content on TikTok documenting her tattooing process.
Everything seems normal on the surface with her tattoo content but through some investigation its not all as it seems.
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You would be shocked with how it is in Texas. There are laws and licenses but it is not enforced. I tattooed in San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth. You never see the Health department, there is no proof of training required. The license is payed online and nothing is verified. A minor can tattoo as long as they are watched. But I've known of Ariel for years, she is a druggie who uses God for monetary gain and popularity.
At first, I was concerned that she was tattooing people while blindfolded. Then I was relieved the the clients were blindfolded. Then horrified that she drew that with her eyes open!
Such a roller-coaster 😂
I saw a TikTok of someone saying they commented on one of her videos “are you sure you weren’t the one wearing the blindfold because that looks terrible” or something to that effect and was like immediately blocked lol
I mean was she blindfolded tattooing? Sure seems like it
😂🤣☠️
Right the way the lines over lap I wouldn’t be that surprised to find out she was blindfolded
I know it's far from the biggest offense here, but watching her daughter drag a dry paper towel over the client's fresh tattoo gave me a visceral reaction.
MY FRIEND AND I SAID THIS.
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i could almost feel it. i just know that shit BURNED
I have a screenshot of Ariel denying this very thing. From yesterday April 7, 2024.
@@tootle_soupMaybe it was a REALLY late Aprill Fools joke?
Her letting her daughter tattoo clients is like a nurse letting their child give injections to people at the workplace.
I literally saw her take a dream catcher from Pinterest with a water mark that literally said “DO NOT STEAL OR COPY” print it out, and stencil it on someone
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She just did another copied tattoo today
I would love a tattoo that just left the "do not steal or copy" in there
@@CainXVIIi would love a tattoo that was completely original, but with like "SHUTTERSTOCK" over it
Okay so I get her daughter being interested in tattooing, it’s what her mom does. But you don’t need to let an eleven year old scar other peoples skin….. you can give her drawing assignments. You can ask her to do the three elements and create her own drawing and stimulate her artistic muscle if you will. Those are ways you can support a literal child in achieving her dreams of one day becoming a tattoo artist
Edit because people give the same point over and over again : no it would not be a good idea to give her fake skin, chicken, citrus fruit or any other replacement for live human skin to tattoo on. Why not? Because it’s still an ELEVEN year old handling needles. It is still a biohazard. There is still the possibility for her to accidentally stick herself with the needles. Don’t give tattoo machines to kids. It’s never a good idea. It’s not safe. Maybe when she’s 16 it’s a different story. But for right now, she can stick to drawings.
I’ve seen one commenter who said something about a practice tattoo machine that’s not actually moving needles but something else? Ive never heard of those, but if it’s without needles that could be a perfect replacement for her to practice with.
Or even tattooing fruit like apprentices do
@@gmc5618 yes later on definitely!!!! But she’d still be working with needles, biohazardous material if she accidentally stuck herself with one. So maybe wait until shes 16 or so for real tattoo machines 😂😂
@@julieannelovesbooks oh I hadn't considered that! Yeah she should stick to drawing
@@gmc5618 yeah the more I think about it the more dangerous it all seems!!! I hadn’t considered it until you brought it up!
@@julieannelovesbooks I also just started worrying about accountability. What if the child makes an error that will traumatise the skin or cause injury or infection that turns fatal... that's a lot of pressure to put on a child
You did a great job with this. My biggest criticism of her is that she preys on lower income people who think they can’t afford quality work. She accepts “donations” for tattoos but has very openly encouraged people to use their government assistance money to buy food and trade with her for tattoo work. That’s scummy because if those people got caught, they would lose assistance and children would literally go hungry.
I also criticize that she accepts all of these donations and trades and I’m positive it’s all tax evasion because seeing how she operates, I’m sure she doesn’t claim the value and pay taxes on it. She’s bringing in thousands on bartered goods, groceries, cell phones, designer bags etc and little cash so she can claim she makes very little and not paying taxes. I love bartering but when doing it at the level she does… it needs to be taxed.
Can she show receipts of donations to non-profit organizations? Is she a registered 503c? Is she checking that traded groceries we’re not purchased through state assistance programs like EBT/WIC? I very much doubt it.
I understand she’s doing a bad thing but the way you worded this really fucking sucks. it isn’t people on benefit’s fault the government is fucked up and seemingly gets off on limiting low-income and disabled peoples’ freedoms. the underground trading system exists to fix a problem that no one seems to care enough to fix.
@@MeidoGhoul I don’t understand how what I said is a hot take? People in poverty need that aid and she is encouraging them to commit fraud and possibly lose the assistance. Some of those people might not even realize that could happen.
It’s the way the system is, regardless of what I think. We know the US loves to go after the poor more than anyone. Especially in a state like Texas. So I’m worried people will end up getting in trouble but she won’t care at that point because she got her payment. She claims she’s tattooing for Christ but preying on the poor and not caring about what damage it might potentially cause them is not very Christ-like. I just think people should be very aware of the risks of buying food with EBT and trading it for tattoo work. One wrong person gets that info and reports you and you lose it all. Even if I find it disgusting that it can happen. Not cool.
@@shelbyshort7039 I didn’t think about the fact that people could report them. if they’re getting filmed for a tiktok some asshole could put two and two together. sorry for getting the wrong idea, it’s just the last part about making sure the food doesn’t come from these systems gave me a bit of a gross feeling, and gave off a “poor folk don’t deserve good things” vibe but I get what you were trying to say now.
Selling or buying food stamps or any cash government assistance is a felony against the federal government. They will imprison people for it. You don’t FW the governments money lmao.
This is where you draw the line? Shut the hell up. Just say you hate poor people lol
My 13 year old cousin is interested in tattooing since her grandpa does it, but she does it with old equipment that can’t be used on bodies but uses it on fake skin. She’s never left alone with the equipment and knows that she can’t do it by herself
That's the right way to do it! Although let's hope she doesn't get sneaky at 16-17 or we'll have a secret ankle tattoo on our hands (kidding of course, glad to see lil kids learning the right way early)
Can relate. I'm 16 and have a cheap machine from amazon that I use to practice on fake skin. I'm not allowed to use it without one of my parents present
@@airiellemcdeavitt most tattoo artists recommend against this as learning by yourself and not under the direct guidance of a licensed tattoo artist can give you improper practices that are harder to program out than the right practices would be to program in. Don’t be surprised if you go to apply for apprenticeships and get denied on this fact. It’ll take them more time to reteach you hence making you not worth the time. I’m just assuming your parents aren’t tattoo artists that is lol. Personally I recommend finding a shop and asking to overshadow them on the weekends/your free time. Every tattoo artist I’ve ever met pushes for their apprentice to just draw draw draw draw for quite awhile before they pick up a gun. Maybe I’m just old school (26) but I’d focus more on your art and less on the machinery. Learning to use the gun is such a small percentage of what’s needed compared to expanding your art skills.
@Canary I already get a lot of advice from my own tattoo artist and he's willing to give me an apprenticeship once I'm 18. I spend most my time drawing anyway. Plus tattooing is just fun and I'd probably do it as a hobby if I wasn't already planning on doing it as a profession
@Vyren Yes practice your art because that is the base of excellence tattooing. The machine will come quickly if your art is there. Dont slack on your watercolor practice either! I wish you the best!
Lauren's comment about healthcare is so right. If you can't afford a tattoo, the bill for an infection will likely ruin you. I was visiting the states recently, I'm disabled so while my issue was minor for anyone else I had to go to the ER during my stay in California. I saw a doctor at triage for less than 10 mins and she prescribed treatment for me (a controlled substance I couldn't get anywhere else) I was in and out fast. So far the bill so being discharged has been $500, the bill for seeing a doctor for less than 10 mins is $570. Its all being sorted by my travel insurance so I don't know if anything more has been charged but imagine how much antibiotics and a 3 night stay would be! (That's how long I was in last year with cellulitis infection of my face, which is an infection that a new tattoo can also get).
not american myself but i've heard from friends who are that asking for an itemized bill should lower the price significantly. hospitals often charge like a hundred dollars for minor things like bandaids etc
A three night stay at any hospital would likely run you into tens of thousands of dollars being billed.Happy to hear you got what you needed and hopefully your travel insurance will make the process easy. Hope you had a great trip otherwise ✨
What what what- American hospitals have a discharge fee? You have to pay to be able to leave???
@@hobbitlove2253 THIS. Demand an itemized bill and pretend you'll seek legal action. Suddenly my $700 bill was $200.
I was in the hospital for five days. I had two IV antibiotics and one pill form. I had 2 CT scans and an EKG.
I had gotten a staph infection from bad tattoo ink. I went septic. I spiked a fever of 104.6 at home. I was shivering so hard that it was painful. I was unable to stand without getting dizzy and falling before I was taken to the E.R. It just all hit me at once. It was so weird.
They also found that I had E. Coli in my kidneys. It may or may not have been related they said.
This was the sickest I have ever been in my entire life. It was a very miserable stay. All over a controlling abusive ex with a tattoo gun.
My bill was over $50,000. Thankfully my insurance covered all of it. There's no way I could have paid for that without it.
I need a shirt that says "I almost died and all I got was this crappy tattoo".
I looked up her tattoo studio on Google, and she definitely wiped most of the bad ones off. There were a couple of negative ones lingering, and her responses to them were SO defensive. One called out the fact that she lets her 11 year old tattoo clients and she called it “cyber bullying”… it’s not bullying, it’s a FACT.
It’s crazy to me that anyone can just buy a tattoo machine online but you have to prove you have a cosmetology license to buy certain types of dyes and bleaches. It is so dangerous to just let these “artists” and “piercers” keep operating the way they do.
I know in at least some states in the US it’s illegal to own tattoo equipment with the intent to use it if you don’t have proper training/licensing. I’m sure people find ways to buy those dyes too
@@TheRaquelephant Amazon. When i was 17 i tattooed a smiley face on my finger (i love it though) but 4 years later and it’s still there, same color, not faded. 😑🤣Kinda fucked tbh
That'll just get people to buy stuff from China
And it could harm a lot of people
As someone who just recently got a tattoo apprenticeship and passed the Bloodborne pathogens, also the infections certifications. I find this situation very sickening. People who are like this shouldn't have access to tattooing equipment. She shouldn't even call herself an artist.
Many people don’t realize why getting proper education in these fields are so important. I did cosmetology and the biggest thing drilled into our heads is the sanitation and disinfectant. If a cosmetologist does a shitty job on your haircut you can’t sue them if they followed the proper hygiene protocols. I assume it’s the same with tattoos. I rather get a shitty tattoo but my tattoo artist do everything right then get a good one who neglects all proper hygiene. The worst thing with all of this is this woman can’t even do a good job 🤣
What is the health inspection situation like for tattoo artists?
Congrats on the job and passing your BP and infections!! I’m a huge tattoo fan so I am sure you will make alot of people very happy to wear your art in the future! 🎉🎉
The city I go to for most my tattoos takes health department inspections of the studios SO seriously. Maybe because many are close to a college campus? I dunno but is she in a tiny town or something? I know there's a lot of weirdness in texas anyway. This is the first I'm hearing of this lady. It's amazing she's still in business & so open about it.
@@kiraeckard7625in my area in America, studios need permits, artists need to be registered & have permits and health department inspects twice a year. I'd say it depends on the state, maybe even county. It's clearly terrible wherever she is.
As an American its totally ok to come for our health care system. Good point made.
Can we just appreciate how much work she put into this 😭 x also the new hair looks gorgeous x
Thank you so much 🥹❤️
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Right! The colour is so lovely on her ❤
You should do a video on Anthony Zamora.
He tattooed me whenever I was 17, meaning that I was a minor, and he pressured me to get a different color and placement than what I wanted for my tattoo and refused to do it unless I did what he wanted, he completely screwed up the design which is a very simple hatchet man with no details but the color ended up really scarred up and gross and the outline is missing spots due to blowouts and scarring, and the entire time that he was doing my tattoo he was sexually harassing my mom. He kept telling my mother that she needed to take her shirt off and either get nipple piercings or let him touch up her chest tattoo. He also slapped my tattoo whenever it was done and he covered it in regular Reynolds plastic wrap and told me to keep the plastic wrap on for over 24 hours which I question because at the time I was a piercing apprentice and I knew that that was NOT what you were supposed to do, but he screamed at me. So I agreed.
I got a really bad infection from that tattoo, but I was really lucky because a couple months later my friend went back to 717 tattoo and got tattooed by him and he got hepatitis c. He swore he even saw one of the artist while he was getting tattooed pouring ink back in the bottles after a client was done.
after that ink Masters flip Anthony Zamora go on the same season that I was set up to be a human canvas and I outright refused to go on because I didn't want to have to deal with him again. He's unprofessional and a fucking creep, and I honestly wish that I never would have gone to him for anything. I have taught you that we're done in someone's basement that look better than something done by him. He deserves to be called out more than ink Masters did.
who is anthony zamora? i’ve tried to look up his channel but i can’t find it
The guy on Best Ink? I don’t think he’s featured in Ink Masters
So many questions. Did you warn your friend about the issues you had there and why did your mom (as the adult in the room) leave when he showed that behavior. Neither of you should have stayed. I understand you being essentially a kid still but with your mom. She needed to protect you and herself in that situations. I hope it was a learning lesson though.
The idea of washing a new tattoo with fairy liquid makes me want to die
Fairy liquid is bad enough, but Dawn?!? I recently bought (for 20 bloody £) an imported bottle of the blue Dawn (American) washing up liquid. It's such a powerful detergent, it kills fleas (my new kitten brought fleas into my home), and I use a tiny squirt of the Dawn soap in my machine washes along with my usual clothes detergent to ensure I'm *definitely* killing and getting rid of any, as well as to handwash fabrics that can't be washed at/above 40 degrees celsius.
You can also set up flea-killing traps using just a bowl of water, Dawn, and a light.
Dawn dish soap is SO strong it breaks through a flea's hard exoskeleton, and messes up water surface tension... so it kills fleas by breaking through their tough outer shell, and causing them to drown.
..........Now let's think about what that harder-than-skin-chewing and drying detergent would do to a fresh tattoo... It's absolutely *horrifying* 😱🤯
@@lovelyweeburd You can honestly use Dawn to set up any sort of insect killing trap. We use it for ants when they pick up in the summer.
@@spoopyvirgil4944 I can well imagine it does!!! But a flea’s body is so tough that I find it extra-horrifying that it’d be recommended for cleaning tattoos 😱
Yeah. We're talking about a soap that wildlife rescue groups use to wash up sealife caught in oil spills.
@@lovelyweeburd I’ve never seen someone fear monger soap before lol especially Dawn which is high quality. they use it to wash oil off of animals, and we use it to clean food contact surfaces in the food industry (wholesale AND retail).
Artists like Ariel are why I waited so long to get tattooed …. I’ve done tons of research and have found an incredible artist who is working on a sleeve with me, and she’s the sweetest human and her art is amazing
Same. I spend so long researching, both what I want and finding the right artist. Now that Im done moving all over the country, Ive found an artist that will be my go to guy.
Watching these videos/stories makes me thank my lucky stars I found not only an artist but a studio that I love and who love me. My artist has been tattooing me for 10 years, as well as other artists in his shop. I had an ovarian cyst removed but also had a tattoo (sleeve) appointment a week later (my surgeon approved me to get tattooed). Needless to say my mobility laying down and getting up sucked. My artist picked me and put me on my feet anytime I needed up. He’s become a good friend over the years and I’m fortunate to have him in my life.
YESSSSS FINALLY! I can’t wait for larger platforms to discuss this woman more and hopefully get her to FINALLY stop!!!
I’ve been watching this dumpster fire for over a year now! I’m so glad bigger platforms are talking about her now
PLEASE come for us and our healthcare system!! it makes this issue 10x worse how expensive medical care in this country is!
I’m American and our healthcare system really sucks. I honestly like it when she explains how much it sucks lol
this has nothing to do with ariel, but as a trans person who's been subscribed to you for around a year, I am so so grateful for how supportive and voal you are about the trans community and how much you clearly care about our safety and well being 🖤
I’m trans too, and I love this comment and this creator! She’s so cool!
I'm obsessed with her, I love her bad work and how consistent her low quality is and how everybody makes duets and drags the shaky line work, stolen art, blow outs. I just eat it up! I love finding new tattoo artist via the reviews of her pieces. The way all the clients have very similar tattoos. She's like... whatever the opposite of an inkmaster is.
It's my guilty pleasure fr fr
Just want to say - the good glitter artist you mentioned (Amanda Graves) did my first tattoo in 2019. She’s super sweet and although mine isn’t a glitter tattoo (she wasn’t doing that style yet) it’s held up beautifully and I’m definitely looking to make the drive for another tattoo by her because she’s so talented. When you mentioned her I got so excited
Oh my gods, I had a nightmare recently where I got a tattoo and the artist looked like Ariel. The tattoo was a wonky ass mermaid, huge and teal coloured. Woke up and was so relieved it was just a dream. I have never heard of this woman before and don't have tiktok so this is funky as hell. Maybe I saw her on a thumbnail somewhere.
Also I love how your eyeshadow and hair are colour coordinated, these tones suit you well.
She doesn’t create tattoo designs. She literally just googles tattoo designs with specific prompts and uses those.
I wonder if she will ever turn to AI generated tattoos based off prompts or if she already has.
this hair colour is YOUR colour, Lauren 🤯 I know you were nervous doing it over your extensions but it is truly ✨ perfection ✨. Thank you for raising awareness about tattoo etiquette through this series, it's so vital to empower people with this information and help encourage folks to be warned!
So around 19:30 Chinchilladas mentioned “Unlearning her 11 Year Old” which one might interpret as Unschooling, which is a VERY controversial education path (to but it nicely). So you mean to tell me that on top of all this, there’s a possibility that the eleven year old being forced to do body modification work for her mother might also NOT BE GOING TO ANY SORT OF SCHOOL?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Yes. Let’s call out unhygienic and not skilled artists. Ariel’s behavior and disregard for health and safety is unacceptable. Also teacher her 11 year old to tattoo is gross.😱🤢
Also I love your hair it’s gorgeous😊❤️❤️❤️
I knew a kid back when I was in High School who wanted to become a tattoo artist. Idk if he did (I hope he did), but some of his art was better than hers.
There’s nothing wrong with her teaching her kid how to do it if she’s interested. However, there is a lot wrong with her having the kid tattoo actual clients and leaving her alone with said clients. She should have her stick to fake/pig skin and practicing her art/drawing technique at the most. If she wants her to have hands on practice, she should sacrifice her own skin and not that of a client who’s paying her for a quality (as much as can be said about her work) tattoo.
Seeing the child tattooing in that environment all I could think of was that tik tok where the artist caught themselves with the needle and went to the hospital to do everything correctly. It seems like they don’t take sanitary measures seriously so I really worry about that child, especially when they are left unsupervised like that. It’s one thing for her to endanger herself with unsafe practices but she is also endangering that child and not even keeping a close eye. Also it’s dead up child labour, the kid is doing her job for her and she is profiting off the child’s labour. It’s just unethical all around.
I work in medicine and I just...wow. I'm horrified. She's gonna give someone a systemic infection. This is horrific.
I'm the tattoo artist who made the dawn dish soap video and I'm a nurse 😂 I pulled out the product safety data sheets in another video to explain there's literally sulfuric acid in dish detergent. Ariel's medical misinformation to such a large audience that she has is absolutely frustrating!
@Justine Lucy I LOVE YOUR RESPONSE VIDEO. No I legit was like "DID SHE JUST SAY DAWN DISH SOAP????????"
But fr her "advice" is gonna land someone in the hospital on strong ass IV antibiotics.
I got a staph infection that turned septic. I spiked a fever of 104.7 at home. I was shivering so hard that it hurt and I couldn't stand without getting dizzy and falling. It all hit me at once. It was so weird. I had felt fine beforehand and then my body just gave out.
I was in the hospital for five days. They also said I had E. Coli in my kidneys. They said it could be related or unrelated, but either way I was SICK. After two IV antibiotics and numerous blood tests I was sent home with a prescription for more antibiotics and left with a shitty tattoo thanks to my abusive controlling ex that owned a tattoo gun.
First on my list of NO NOs is child endangerment.😤 As a mother I wouldn’t even leave my 11 year old son home alone. This woman leaves her daughter in her shop alone. Not only is she doing a tattoo but she’s leaving her with a stranger. It boggles the mind.😩😩😩😩 It’s infuriating. Of course there’s everything else but my first concern is her daughter.😢
You wouldn’t leave your 11 year old home alone??
@@Pandaboomina I wouldn't and haven't. It only takes seconds for something to go wrong. Even with a phone at hand and security cameras, I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving an 11 year old alone at home.
@@Pandaboominamy mom wouldn't let me alone at home at 13y.o because one of my sisters got I injured badly at the same age when home with my older sister, so yeah, it really depends on people ! I get that it may seem strange because an 11 y.o child is capable of a lot of things but sh!t can happens really quickly when unsupervised unfortunately
Also, it's not that uncommon to stab oneself with the needle, that can mean contracting some nasty diseases
@@Pandaboomina Every kid is different. I managed just fine being home alone for hours as an 8 year old, because I knew not to use the stove and who to call and whatnot, but it could be they live in a more dangerous neighborhood or the 11 year old in question just isn't responsible enough... although I guess that means they also have the privilege of having a stay-at-home parent? My mom always left for work after I went to school and didn't finish with work until after I got home so I was pretty much always home alone for a little bit each day.
I also walked home from school when I was 11. *shrug*
I’m so glad to finally see people on other platforms finally talking about her! I commented on her videos once and she really said to me “I know your just jealous of my work” like my guy no, no one is jealous of your work 😭
I do think it's common to accidentally misgender someone but her defense came off more as her justifying why she misgendered them rather than her actually caring about gendering them correctly .
This, like yeah the mom may have said one thing but if the person corrects you, use what they said.
As a trans person myself, it’s true people accidentally slip up all the time. It’s usually not done intentionally, just a momentary brain lapse. But all it takes is a simple “she- sorry they, my bad” in the moment in this case, or a “hey sorry I messed up your pronouns, that’s on me”. The massive defensive rant doubling down on it is honestly why a lot of people don’t bother to correct misgendering in the moment because they don’t want to make a scene.
@@TheElf_Online people don't need to apologise for making a genuine mistake or, god forbid, assuming you are cis like the vast majority of the population. this rhetoric that people need to be ashamed of this is something I've had more people than I can count tell me is the reason they avoid talking to trans people. they feel like they are constantly walking on eggshells. I have to work very hard to convince them that we are not all like that.
@@reidleblanc3140 they never said the person should be ashamed?? they literally said the exact opposite?? they said the best way to handle it is a simple apology and move on. nothing about making that person feel ashamed for making a mistake. and not sure what’s wrong with apologizing for making a mistake that hurt someone’s feelings even tho you didn’t mean to do it. that’s just being a considerate adult person.
@@reidleblanc3140 The apology is for making that other person's day worse, not because you are absolving yourself of some maliciousness. The apology is about and for the other person. It's not for you (the person making the apology).
My brain started screaming when she started that "freehand feather" and it hasn't stopped
Edit: also imo if someone is doing both piercings and tattoos, it's because they're not skilled enough at either one to fill up their schedule with people who want appointments. In particular, tattooing is not a part-time job. For me, it ends up being more like 60 hours a week between shop hours, answering emails, and drawing "homework." I have zero time to spend learning how to pierce, let alone all the inventory upkeep and inquiries and stuff. This woman is a menace.
That freehand feather also had me screaming 😭 that’s not how freehand tattoos work
i dont agree with the edit thing my artist does both and she is good at both some artists do both because they enjoy both.
YES! Me too, not even a freehand drawing first omfg just straight to the needle
All the tatooists in my area have shops that are also piercing shops. Like I don't think there's one that's only for tattoos, is that abnormal? Honestly even going to big cities near me like Vancouver it's still difficult to find any. And these are not low rated or poorly run tattoo shops, I mean some are but the vast majority are beautiful buildings, well kept and talented artists. Are they not good to go to or maybe is it just about where you are and what not? Bc honestly I live in a smaller town and it makes sense to me to do both if you have the license to do so because if one day it happens that noone has booked or noone comes in your still able to offer piercings to the rest of the people who don't like tattoos. My area is basically all young families and retired couples so getting a piercing for your kid is a lot more common then a tattoo.
@@arsenbrooks3266 combined shops are common, it's just more about the individual artist doing both instead of specializing in either tattoos or piercings.
"they didn't seem offended" That's often a defense mechanism. One or two slips people may ignore because they give people the benefit of the doubt so let it go. But when it's repeated, you go into self preservation mode because repeated misgendering can signal this is not a safe person. So you don't show offense. You pretend it's ok so you can leave safely
Exactly! Same shit as feeling unsafe with a date. Can’t let them know how unsafe you feel for your own safety. Have to try to leave in some extremely polite way.
@@AlizaJayne I don't understand equating misgendering to feeling unsafe on a date. Wtf lol that's 1 to 100.
@@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver because it's the same kind of self preservation reaction
@@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver repeatedly/callously misgendering someone indicates a lack of respect and empathy. Dehumanization facilitates violence.
@@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver owel L said it perfectly 👍 I was simply trying to relate to OP’s experience the only way I could to show empathy and understanding.
Seriously thank you so much!! I've been talking about her work for a year now after attacking a mutual. You did a beautiful job covering this! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 🥺💖
Thank you for watching 🥹❤️
I live in this area and I've actually been in her shop. I got a quote for a forearm tattoo(I'm very tiny, think 6-7 inches long and 2-3 inches wide), for 500 freaking dollars. Not far from her shop is a place called Royal 1, which I'd been to before. 200 for the same tattoo, clean station, talented artists that have been there for years. I recommend Jason and Taylor in particular, great guys, incredible artists.
I'll be honest I was absolutely terrified that she was going to be offering the novelty of getting a tattoo blindfolded and then having her 11 year old doing the tattooing while the clients were blindfolded.
I mean...get twice the work done that way.
My mom, cousin and I scheduled to get blindfold tattoos at her shop a while back. Online you could schedule until like 2am. We scheduled for around like 11pm I believe for three blindfold tattoos with various artist. The website let us book it and put our deposits down. Once we got to the shop we were told they were closed and didn’t know why the website let us schedule tattoos at all. They then weren’t planning on refunding us for something that wasn’t even our fault. About a week later we were finally able to get in contact with one of the girls from her shop who ended up doing all of our tattoos for us. She did an amazing job but the whole process to even be able to go get the service we paid for was very frustrating.
Dude even my conservative dad gets my name and pronouns right. I can absolutely tell when someone is actually making an effort to get my pronouns right and makes a mistake. Because they apologize and don’t make it about them and how HARD IT IS!!!!!😭
I’ll pray for him to become a better person and vote in your best interest. He’s being incredibly selfish.
@@asmrtpop2676you sound rediculous. Like one of those people who's running around claiming conservatives Wana put Trans and gays in labor camps or something.
Conservatives don't want to do anything to trans or gay people and your comment screams uninformed. Leave the OP alone and go be miserable and intolerant somewhere else.
@@asmrtpop2676 cry about it Lmfaooooo cope
@@SageKittyDrawsthis is such an unhinged response?? 💀 if you're defending conservatives this is NOT the channel you should be on. someone being willing to use your name and pronouns (basic respect) is completely eclipsed if they're voting for someone who literally advocates to have peoples rights taken away, which in the us the last two terms the running republican/conservative has been trump. who did roll back trans acceptance and rights during his time in office, including how he banned transgender individuals from joining the military.
My stomach just dropped when it showed the little girl tattooing. Thats crazy! You don't let babies around sharps! Not in nursing, not in tattooing, not in anything! What if she pricked herself? You never know what illnesses the clients have, even clients might not know! I mean, its dangerous for the clients health too, but the child! What about the child???
Even all of that aside, personally I wouldn't trust a 12 year old to deliver quality needlework anyway.
Situations like this always make me wonder, if she’s okay with showing things like leaving her daughter alone with a strange adult while she tattoos them on a live stream what goes on when they’re not being recorded? I’m not necessarily speaking about physical abuse or anything like that, but like what other laws are being broken behind the scenes, how else are people being endangered off camera, etc.
this!
She's transphobic and thinks trans kids shouldn't get support because "corrupting the childrennn", meanwhile she's letting her 11yo break laws and endanger both her and strangers. Wtf
its also funny when someone takes something that the religious have traditionally hated, appropriate it, and then turn it into their own and use it to be a traditional bigot to everything but the thing the appropriated.
Hello to you! I am a 78 year old grandma and I just came across your channel.
I have a few small tattoos that I love and I love my tattoo guy.
I just wanted to say that you are absolutely beautiful, articulate and charming ♥️. Thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts about this subject.
Thank you for featuring my videos!!!
I’ve always loved your content and I really hope your video is a wake up call for her! (Also I love the hair color!)
Hi hi hi!!! Thank you to you for making content about it also!! The more noise people make the more likely something will be done about it 🤞🏻
And thank you 🥹❤️
Squeeeee so excited to see you two interacting! I remember tagging Lauren in on of your TikTok’s when you were first calling Ariel out!
Hi this is totally unrelated but would you mind sharing where you got that bright mustard coloured tee? I love it. P.s. I don’t use TikTok but I’m glad you’re doing what you’re doing by calling out horrible tattoo practices and that you exist. ❤
@@CROMULENTAF if it’s the one with the blue-ish design, it’s by Hyena Agenda! If it’s striped, it’s just a Walmart one! Hope that helps you!
I would say we should all come for America's Healthcare system! The people deserve better! Health is SO important.
Let alone the disgusting lack of hygiene, I couldn't imagine having an 11 year old and leaving them alone with ANY stranger. Even a client, like... Sometimes it's good to be paranoid, she could have been kidnapped.
right like she could've been kidnapped, robbed, assaulted, etc any number of things...
I saw a video of the 11 year old tattoo artist on Facebook and every single comment was praising her and saying they'd get work done by her. It shouldn't matter if her mom owns the shop. If she's not old enough to get them, she shouldn't be doing them.
Thank you for introducing me to this nightmare. Also. Mad at you for introducing me to this nightmare
😂 I’m sorry ❤️
Omg! I know Olivia personally (the girl in the first video talking about ariel leaving her daughter) it's awesome that you're sharing your platform with smaller creators :)
Okay, I just had to say that you look STUNNING! The new hair suits you so well, plus the matching makeup??? Stunning! But also how on earth has this woman not been arrested yet?
the biggest kick about ariel letting her kid tattoo is that the 11 year old does better than the 11 year tattoo artist
I once had my hair over-absorb toner and my hair colourist told me to wash with dish soap until it faded to my desired colour because *dish soap is one of the harshest household soaps*. You generally don't need specialty soap for a tattoo if you have dye- and scent-free soap at home but you should definitely NOT use dish soap.
This reminded me of a party that my boyfriend wanted us to go to, where the host decided it was a great idea to hire a tattoo artist so she could tattoo everyone. Alcohol was involved, obviously... and get this, the artist was just starting her career. She didn't have experience. I told my boyfriend how awful that idea was. He went anyway, but fortunately, he decided not to get a tattoo. He then told me all of his friends' tattoos turned out awful. They didn't get anything too complicated, but still. Also, we're all biologists (except for the tattoo artist). Some of his friends have PhDs... I don't understand how they thought it was a genius idea.
How in the absolute world is this woman still in business!?!?!? O.o I literally don’t get it…
It’s definitely bc of how cheap her tattoos are. But like they say, you get what you pay for.
She won't be for long if people actually report her to Texas DSHS like I just did. They ask for their social media and everything so they will see her videos. She will lose her license and be fined out the wazoo.
Honestly I feel like of all people a tattoo artist shouldn’t be transphobic. Piercing and tattoo shops have always felt very safe to me and this is so sad to see
I don’t go to male tattoo artists because every single one I’ve been to has always made it feel like an old boys club. The old school tattoo artists are very snobby and macho, not safe at all for women or LGBT
@@ohno3622ok i don't have tattoos but my bar/club that i work in has a studio upstairs and from my experience, they're quite nice, had a drink with a couple of the artists there, they're accepting as fuck but more "hey we're all freaks here" typa thing...although i don't trust the older ones, exactly how you describe em
@@ohno3622 Apparently it's not just males who do this; case-in-point, Ariel
They have? Plenty of them are unsafe places for me as a queer trans person..
This hair color suits you so well!!
Thank you!!! 😍
Watched this video while putting aquaphor on my latest tattoo I got 2 days ago. I’m always so grateful when an artist takes the time to ensure my safety and the cleanliness of their environment, if you ever feel even a little bit off about your artist, don’t go through with the tattoo. I promise you it won’t be worth it.
In my opinion I think when it comes to tats and anything that physically alters the aesthetic of the body (tattoos are salvageable and (for many times the price) is removable - it’s much more discomfort getting it fractionated off) you can judge the art absolutely how it looks. There’s no room for the artist’s “effort or passion” nah nah- *tattoos go onto people not paper* and no one should ever defend the artist while disregarding the one physically affected.
She pierced my industrial and not only did it on a poor placement but used cheap jewelry. As soon as it went through I instantly started bIeeding everywhere but I didn't think anything of it because I have a high pain tolerance and it didn't hurt. The swelling was so bad I was told to take it out but by three experienced piercers. I didn't listen for two weeks but when I did the swelling instantly went away. A few months later I got it redone and they marked it, it didn't bleed, didn't swell and healed fine. I'd also like to add that when I walked in her daughter was giving a tattoo when I walked in to the artist that gave me my gumball tattoo that I got right before I got my piercing. Ariel was not there when I got to the shop.
I’m so glad you’re doing a full video on this woman because she is ruining people’s bodies and taking advantage of lower income customers who don’t know any better. The memorial pet portraits she has done make me physically sick.
Something about having the clients sit down in front of the camera and say their name and what they want in a low-lighted room gave me casting couch vibes, ngl. It’s like she wants them to assure the viewers that they’re not there against their will. 😂
I really enjoyed the deep dive. I know the TikTok reactions are your bread and butter, but I would enjoy more content like this as well. You’re a good researcher. I appreciate that.
The misgendering just absolutely confirms that Ariel is not willing to learn or grow in ANY aspect of her professional life
Yup, I feel like if you can remember a client's name, you can remember their pronouns. Might slip up a couple of times but a respectful person wouldn't keep calling Sally a Susan on purpose or because they're just not interested in remembering 🙄
Ok I just have to say this...Lauren you look incredible!! The hair, the nails, the sweater, *everything*! 🤌 You look so sophisticated but still edgy. Like in a mature, independent I have my shit together kind of way. Whatever you're doing, it suits you!
It's the 'washing tattoos with washing up liquid' for me 😭 all the artists who've ever tattooed me have said either clean water or a fragrance free soap at most.
She honestly sounds like a massive danger.
TRUUUUULY like WHAT omg I winced.
Yeahhh, crazy to hear someone say Dove is ok. Like, girl what?!
Literally imagine using something as harsh as the soap that is meant to clean tough grease off of dishes IN AN OPEN WOUND. Absolutely bonkers
@@Bumbly_VeeI'm a tattoo artist, I always use dove on my tattoos, but I dont ever recommend it. Do as I say, not as I do ;)
my coworker is in this! glad you made a video to spread awareness on the atrocities of ariel’s “work”
"She owns her own studio which is called Blindfold Tattoo..."
So she is wearing a blindfold while tattooing judging by these pictures, right?... RIGHT????
(Cause if she is looking at the art while she is tattooing and is pleased then I don't know what to think anymore!)
LOL
That's what I thought it was gonna be XD
@@d3adm3mori3s9 we were all fooled, it seems lol
I appreciate you putting the receipts in. I find that even though it’s time consuming it makes everything more trustworthy! ❤
Lauren: she's been teaching her 11-year old daughter to tattoo
Me picturing an 11-year old tattooing an orange: oh that's not bad
Lauren: and letting her tattoo her clients
Me. oh
I can't believe you're talking about her. I was introduced to her because she's my best friends tattoo artist. Her work in person looks even worse, and she's just so shady in general.
does ur friend’s tattoos look that bad?
@@priscillaspets unfortunately yes 😭 the lines are shaky and uneven
@@abliviouslol
i’m kinda here for the concept of getting a tattoo blindfolded and the artist only has a few prompts from you. i’d just want a much better artist and much cleaner and safer environment for it 😂
best glitter style i’ve seen was laura anunnaki stuff. love her work. dream artist to get work from someday. btw, i loved your whole aesthetic! nails, hair, tats, makeup - you look so cool!!
Yeah it seems fun
I'm alarmed enough when it comes to more experienced retail workers leaving young, new hires alone, and retail causes significantly fewer physical body changes than tattooing does.
Oh my god. As soon as I saw that the 11 year old is TATTOOING in the shop ALONE, just a whole list of EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong there. I could never.
Thank you so much for summing it all up, it gets worse the longer you watch. I myself am now one year as a beginning tattoo artist, here in the netherlands we get chdck ups every year and they are very veryyy on top of everything, its just weird that she gets away with this all the tjme and people still love her tattoos. It makes me rethink all my work too. Because i barely get any clients. Im still at school and im trying, working and swesting my ass off to be a better srtist every day, and get noticed. Seeing this woman just get away with all of this makes me wanna cry.
my first tattoo artist was an apprentice, and they did everything right. why on earth can't this woman who has been tattooing for more than a decade be better than an APPRENTICE
fr. I got one of my tattoos at a flash by an apprentice. The price was 13 for the designs. I combined two since I was his last client for the day. He was super nice and took his time and it looks beautiful!!!! The shading was perfect
This Child Told A Random Stranger They Are Lonely. That May Very Well Be A Blatant Cry For Help.
And She Is 11, Not An Infant. She Knows Her Mother Voluntary Left Her With A Stranger As A Young Child. Children Are Not Oblivious.
She Is Old Enough To Tattoo But Also Not Old Enough To Realize That It Is So Dangerous To Be Left Alone With Strangers And Not Think What Her Mom Did Is Dangerous?
No.
And The Cameras May Get Solid Evidence And Justice But *It Will NOT Change That Something Happened To Her.*
not her shop being down the street from where I get my tattoos from💀
1) thank you for sharing such important info for the community!
2) the gorgeous hair, the gorgeous neck tattoo, and the gorgeous checkered pattern cardi showing the said gorgeous neck tattoo 🤌🏽😍
With clients that support her, I think it's cognitive dissonance. When you spend money on something or are vocally supportive or something or both - you tend to completely ignore any evidence that would suggest that you're wrong. And people get super defensive about their tattoos because they didn't just spend money on it, it's on their body.
As a tattoo neophyte who will be getting their first tattoo later this year, thank you so much for posting this. Now I know what to look for when I go looking for a reputable shop (though I'm probably going to get it done at the same place I got my daith piercings since they have a good reputation). This woman, though. Howwwww doesn't she stillll have a job? Wtffff. So many violations!
Duuuuuude, I'm sure that most people would be ok with pronoun slip ups, especially from people who they barely know, like I can literally call you by the entirely wrong name the first 5 times we meet, but any sane person follows up their mistake with an apology, what kind of numpty doubles down??
completely off topic but I wanted to say your soft reading voice at 30:50 is so pleasant to listen to
Am so glad to see her gaining traction. What she's doing is problemmatic on so many levels. Really lovely take you have here, (of course.) Thanks for your work here.
This artist, whatever their name is needs to be shut down forever. Allowing their 11 year old daughter to tattoo someone and then leave the shop. WTF is wrong with them. Rush tattooing is very dangerous. Them telling you to use Dawn dishsoap is dangerous as hell. I'm not even a tattoo artist, and I know that. I went into a tattoo shop to get a tattoo, and I happen to see someone without gloves. I walked out and never went back. Took me until 2021 to find an artist I could trust.
What is going on in the TX tattoo scene? I was getting tattooed recently the artist had done a guest spot in Austin, TX. She told me that many shops in TX will hire artists without checking for a license and mentioned a shop that is wildly popular I was planning on going too. I was shocked because the shop does amazing work and seems top notch through instagram but most of their artists are unlicensed. I was really disappointed and wont be getting tattooed there anymore. I know this is technically just hearsay but I would tell everyone to check that the artist is actually licensed and up to date on everything before getting tattooed anywhere.
Another thing to add to my Why I'm Never Going Back list. I used to live there. Not a fan.
I’m in TX and I’ve been looking at some tattoo shops. I guess I better do way more checking than anticipated. Hopefully the one you’re talking about is not in ft worth
I’m guessing the TX health department doesn’t do much when they get complaints about artists and studios? I looked on their website and there’s a very small list of fines they’ve given out since 2021 considering the size of Texas 🙃
Personally I only go to places that have their licenses and such on the walls for you to see. Every good place I’ve gone to does this.
I've gotten 25+ tattoos in shops all around DFW and in Austin. I've only had 1 that was unsanitary!
I think the artist was very new, and they kept checking their phone with their gloves on, tucking their hair behind their ear, had a stuffed animal they had on the chair that I "can cuddle and squeeze if I wanted to", and had the window open the whole time 😳
But special shout-out to Midgard/Valkyrie studios in Dallas, TNT Tattoo company in Ft Worth, and Moon in Austin, they all have a bunch of talented artists with a bunch of different styles and they're all clean and professional 🥰
My dad's a tattoo artist and the only time I ever got to actually use his machine was when he let me fill in some black on one of his tattoos. He would never let me touch one of his clients
Her artwork is amazing!! - just so you know I do need to wear glasses, and I don’t have them on,
😅 you had me there 😂
Last year my friend who was still an apprentice at the time gave me a free cover-up tattoo (I was willing to pay but she didn’t want to charge me as I was out of work & it was her first ever cover-up). The chair & all of her equipment was wrapped, all of the inks were covered, she wore gloves the whole time, wiped down every surface at each stage etc. Everything was super hygienic & professional & that’s the bare minimum you’d expect, even from an apprentice giving a free tattoo! I’m appalled by this video, especially at her leaving her 11 year old daughter alone to tattoo clients. That’s child negligence.
Hadn’t even heard of her, so good to bring awareness to this! 👏🏻
When I went to get my latest tattoo my husband had been working away from home so I wanted my friend to take a quick video of the first few parts of me getting the outline and my artist immediately said she wouldn't allow that because she didn't want to be responsible for someone thinking they could learn to tattoo from seeing my video somewhere online. She said she could not support the numbers of people who buy a tattooing kit off Amazon and thinking they can learn to tattoo from watching other artists in a few videos online when she spent years as an apprentice in the US (we live in Winnipeg in Canada and she came back to her home town to set up shop) to earn her way as an artist, and so have many other very accomplished tattoo artists. I completely respected that and shut off my camera. She did allow my husband to take some stills of one of my final sessions which I love having, so yeah where I am going with this is this person giving lessons online is doing the community of well accomplished tattoo artists who apprentice under other artists and spend hours practicing a huge disservice. There are way too many people tattooing who have no business doing it, and this person is "helping" them by demoing this stuff online
She blocked me because I said a glitter tattoo shouldn’t take 30min from start to finish 💀
Can you explain that
As a Tattooist - thank you so much for making this video. People supporting her genuinely don't understand; not only is the artwork questionable (each to their own), but some of her practises are illegal and very very unhygienic and unsafe. Her attitude towards others can also be horrific. It's crazy she's got 550k followers at this point, and plenty of clients who travel across the country to get cheap work from her. Meanwhile, genuine, skilled tattooists, are trying their best just to get by. The wrong people are getting publicised!
I been WAITTTINGGG for this
I literally watched this whole thing with my mouth HANGING OPEN. NO SANITATION. NO GLOVES. AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD TATTOOING?? UNSUPERVISED?? Oh my god
“You’re committing crimes”
“Mind your business”
Great argument, she’s very professional and everyone else is crazy to be upset with her /s
I love it when tattoo artist state they do not copy artwork, they can do something similar but will be their own new design. Idk why ppl want the same tattoo as 1,000 other ppl anyways. Unless it’s a band or something that can’t be changed
Aye!!! Lmao I’m Lex, you featured me in the video 😂 thank you!!! ❤ If anyone has questions on sanitation lemme know
how can someone have so much time to practice but still seem like they bought a tattoo gun off amazon omg
HOW IS SHE STILL. IN BUSINESS!!..OR HAVE PEOPLE GOING TO HER!..THIS IS CRAZY!...Iam shocked and it's in my country..unbelievable
When I was 11 I hung out in my mom's dentistry clinic a lot. And she was more like "don't let the clients see you", not like "come here, I'll show you how it's done".