Wedding Forum - Calling All Brides With Tattoos!...

Hello there ladies,

I have 12 tattoos in total, but it's the 2 on my chest i have questions about. They are quite vibrant, don't get me wrong i absolutely love them! My roses and butterflies, each butterfly is for someone i have lost/passed on, so the big blue one on my shoulder is for my little brother for example. The Japanese one n the other side is half completed, there's still a phoenix that will meet it at the bottom and go down my right side. But i'm wondering what your doing about yours for your big day?

I've seen some beautiful dresses with the translucent like sleeves which i think are beautiful, but the majority i like are where the straps are like mid shoulder so hanging around like a medieval kind of style or no straps at all. Has anyone tried the makeup that covers up tattoos? Or had an artist cover them up for you?

The little tattoo princess in me wants to keep them out loud and proud, but the photographer in me is saying well what about your photos? :/

My bloke loves me with my tatts, and knows all the reasons and stories behind them all and doesn't seem too bothered either way.

So yer, what did you do with any of yours?

Many Thanks!

Heres 1:

I'll just take a pic of the other!

I have paw prints on my chest and am considering covering up for my big day but haven't decided yet.

Your tattoos are fab by the way x
I love butterflies and am incorporating it into my theme :) x

I know someone who uses 'dermacolour' which comes in lots of colours to cover a skin pigment problem...the results for them are pretty good might be somewhere to start looking if you want to cover them...xx

I've heard of dermacolour, also Estée Lauder double wear maximum coverage is meant to be really good too it's around £28 xx

I have tattoos, not as many as you but my tattoos are part of me, I love them and I will certainly not be covering them up... The day is about you and your h2b the tattoo are you and part of your life, you spent hard earned cash to have the art work done so why cover them xx

Hey, I think the proper cover up stuff is really really expensive, if you get a cheaper alternative you will still see the shadow. I dont think you should cover them up hun, if you love them and h2b loves them, why cover them up? I know what you mean for photos, but then you won't look like you in the photos? Ive got a few and have booked in another just before we get married (not with his name or anything but reflective of the theme of the day) and I'm not going to cover them :) Obviously it is your choice, but they are really nice and mean something to you and its like the people you have lost r there with u on the day xx

i would love to have tattoos that are visible - i was even contemplating getting a sleeve before the wedding cause it looks amazing! at the end of the day they are are there forever and part of you so show them off missy :)

I have a half sleeve on one arm, very colourful, which goes across onto my shoulder, and one on the other arm which is just a small chinese thing, i also have a forearm tat (black n white stars and daughters name) both arms are being covered by my make up artist, she uses airbrush then seals it so minimal transfer if any at all. Covers amazingly well too. The forearm one im leaving visable. she is charging £50 extra to cover them all xx

I have a full back piece,Wrist tattoos and both legs from knee to foot. I'm not coveting mine but my style of dress means very little are actually on show.

I would wear them out and proud if I were you.

i only have one tattoo and it was for charity i have the cornwall air ambulance (little red and yellow helicopter) on my ankle ! i promised if i raised £200 for them i would get it done never been so scared in my life i HATE needles lol but i love my helicopter ! but my dress is floor length so unfortunately it wont be seen but may have to make sure its in atleast 1 photo ;) i do understand though why some may want to cover ome tattoos , for example if they whole thing isnt visable because of the dress ? or it looks wrong with the dress but for the mmost part i'd say wear them with pride if you love them.

I don't have tattoos, but do have a few piercings inc tongue, tragus, and 4 divers/single-point piercings (3 down my spine; 1 in my wrist). I've been asked by a few people what I'm 'going to do about them'; my answer? Nothing. I love them, they are part of me.

If I had a tattoo/tattoos, my answer will be the same. They are part of you; I do not get the concept of covering them up, unless you hate them. I personally would find it so weird looking at my photos and thinking, 'Oh yeah, that was the day I covered my tattoos up'; I would feel like it wasn't 'me', and ultimately, I want to be 'me' on my wedding day.

On a similar vein, I don't get brides who ask bridesmaids not to wear fake tan/dye their hair, or to remove piercings/cover tattoos, because again, if I did that, I'd look back on the photos and think 'Who was that standing there with me?!'. One of my bridesmaids loves fake tan; if she didn't wear it at the wedding, I'd be like 'God, E looks very pale!' Likewise, one shop we went to suggested one of my bridesmaids wear fake tan so that she would 'tone in' better with the other 2.. I was like 'Umm, no, it doesn't suit her, and I don't want to look back and think 'Wow, M looks orange! Oh yeah, that's because I made her wear fake tan...' I feel the same about tattoos, and just don't 'get' the concept of covering them TBH.

I want to cover up my tattoo on my arm...I had it done at sixteen with a razor blade and Indian ink...it seemed like a good idea at the time...

I'm using tattoo cover up make up, I've had a play and it's quite good, but then it is quite a small tattoo.

I think your tattoos look ace, and I'm not sure how easy it would be to cover them up as they are fairly large.

Xx

This isn't the actual one just one I googled but picture this climbing up someone's lower back and not very "artistically drawn". This is why I would want a say over any bridesmaids with tattoos on show... LOL



Where as Lauren's tattoos are very pretty and ARE body art as opposed to something someone just slapped on there LOL

I'm in a similar position, but I'm very pro-tattoo-showing!!

My tats are part of who I am, I would never dream of covering them up.

I think covering them up for the sake of your photos is like saying you're ashamed of them. Why should you try to be someone different on your big day?

Let them be a part of your wedding as they are a part of your life.

xxx

I only have 5 and 3 are on my legs so won't really be seen much (unfortunately), but I love the 2 on my back (a Celtic crow and a dragonfly) and specifically chose a strapless corset dress so they would be seen, especially as the dragonfly one is the basis of my theme. I am even planning to get the drawing I did for my invites tattooed after the wedding as a reminder :)

I have not tried any cover up tattoos but I have some nasty scars (from the many hospital visits from a very active, accident prone childhood) and also have a mild skin condition on my arms I want to cover but as I left it too late to see a dermatologist my doctor just told me to check at boots as supposedly they do some good stuff, I haven't been yet but fingers crossed.

I've got a small one on my wrist and my makeup artist is going to airbrush and cover it over for £10 extra. I would prefer not to have my tattoo on show as I think it ruins the elegance of my dress but that's just a personal opinion, x

I agree, done well and hell yeah show them off... but the one's that aren't well done? I'd rather not have them in my pics LOL you worded it better than I did tho

i've only got one so far, although i would love more, but im keeping mine our, infact my dress style dress is slightly influences by the fact i want to show it off

I've got one on my arm which will be on show, if I had more I still wouldn't want to hide them.