America's Worst Tattoos: Sheep, Rain Storms & "Tinkersluts"

05/20/2013

This week on the season finale of America's Worst Tattoos, we've got a scary sheep, a foul-mouthed grandma and a rather risque fairy.

Crystal has a skull-faced wind up sheep. She loves wind up toys? Okay. In any case, it looks nothing like a sheep, or a wind up toy or a skull. So Crystal head to Megan Massacre to get it covered up. "She got fleeced," says the voice over. Who write this stuff? Give him an award. She wants a tea cup, and roses because she's realized "you're not everyone's cup of tea." Good for you, Crystal.

Gabriel and his grandmother are "really really close." Sweet. She told him "everything ends and the sun will come out." He got a tattoo to commemorate her saying that, with clouds and a sun. But that is so not what he got. "When my grandmother saw the tattoo, she said 'what the f--k is that?'" Geez Gabriel's Grandma, lay off the language! Gabe goes to Dan to get a cover up tat done, to lift the grey skies from his arm.

But let's pause and enjoy Greg's hot dog tattoo for a minute, shall we?

Dr. Hot Dog, Ph.D., indeed!

Finally, meet Lisa. Lisa was living in Chile and thought she should get a tattoo to commemorate her time there. She ended up with a fairy with a big penis. She calls it "tinkerslut." It's Jeremy Swan to the rescue! He's going to keep the Chilean theme, but cover up the bizarre fairy image with a lovely bird design. Lisa loves it -- and the four beers she had while getting the tattoo done. "It's mommy's day off!" she says. Amen.

And with that, we conclude this season of America's Worst Tattoos. We hope you'll think twice before your first -- or next -- experiment with ink. 

Walking Tattoo Billboard Hostgator Dotcom Is Rethinking Those Face Tattoos

05/16/2013

 

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Well, this is one for the ages: A few years ago, a man named Hostgator Dotcom got the bright idea to license off areas of his face so that brands could tattoo their URLs on him. He'd be a walking advertisement for whatever they wanted to sell. Surprisingly, quite a few companies took ol' Hostgator up on his offer.

 

Hostgator, previously known as Billy Gibby, is now covered with brand tattoos and URLs, but he's started to really regret his decision. So he made an appeal to the public to have the tattoos removed. It appears that one generous porn website is going to help him out. Porn site Cam4.com is ponying up $4,000 to help him clear his face by paying for Hostgator to get laser tattoo removal treatments -- but only to remove their logo. 

This definitely seems like a case for America's Worst Tattoos, though Hostgator may be a bit of a lost cause. In an interview with Vice magazine, he said he'd happily sell advertising space on his funeral casket, if anyone was interested. "Yeah, I’m planning on selling advertising space for my funeral. I plan on living for a long time, but I thought it would be funny to have a funeral entirely sponsored by websites." Well, funny is one word for it.

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America's Worst Tattoos: Best Friends, Exes and Dubious Donuts

05/11/2013

Bobby, or Bobby Pickles as he likes to be called, got a tattoo commemorating his friendship with his friend James. Only…it's really bad. Really, really bad. Pickles (and just in case you forget his name, he's wearing a shirt with his name on it.) Pickles loves Bukowski (of course he does), so he settles on a Bukowski-themed tattoo. It's going to be difficult for tattoo artist Jeremy Swan, and Pickles is making it more difficult. He's trying to interview Jeremy as he's giving the tattoo.

From Wedding Dress To Throw Pillows? A Company That Will Transform Your Wedding Gown

05/10/2013

San Diego, California, attorney Lindsey Radoff bought a $3,500 Vera Wang wedding gown when she got married in 2010. The dress was gorgeous, but Radoff didn't know what to do with it after the wedding. "I thought, 'We spend so much time picking out a wedding dress or bridesmaid dress and we just let them sit in a closet," she told ABC News.

And that's how her business Old Borrowed New Reborn was born. Radoff, along with her twin sister Jennifer Berman take wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses and turn them into sweet mementos and keepsakes. They've turned gowns into baby blankets, throw pillows, sachets and more.

"All of us hold onto these dresses; we have one girl who was a bridesmaid 10 years ago and she never parted with it," said Radoff. "We made a really cute throw pillow and picture frames. We've done lingerie from the dress. We've revamped their gown into a cocktail dress." 

The point for Radoff is that something so important should be used again and again.After all, if you spend forever shopping for it, shouldn't you get more than one use from it?

What do you think? Would you have your wedding dress turned into something else?

Worst Celebrity Tattoos: Round Three

05/09/2013

We did some more digging, and found a bunch more terrible celebrity tattoos -- some that might fit perfectly well on America's Worst Tattoos. But which tattoo is the worst? Well, that's entirely a matter of opinion. And that's why we've selected some of the most embarrassing celeb tats for you to vote on. We've already posted round one and round two (and you can still vote on those!). Here's five more appalling tattoos to consider. After the jump, this week's top five worst tats. Vote for the worst!

Would You Get Your Dog Tattooed? Because That's A Thing Now

 

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Tattoos have gone way mainstream -- no longer the purview of salty sailors or motorcycle gangs, you can find them practically everywhere (and even here on TLC!) So it was only a matter of time before the tattoo craze took off in other, wackier directions. Like dog tattoos. Yup. Now your Lady and the Tramp can have a tramp stamp.

 

Pet groomer Jorge Bendersky created temporary, animal-safe tattoos that can be applied to pooches. Bendersky's custom designs are stenciled on, affixed with clear-drying non-toxic glue. It's then sealed in place with hairspray. The tattoos last up to a month.

“Just because the weather is getting warmer, and dogs are getting their hair cut short, is no reason to lose the glamour,” says Jorge, who might have spent a little too long around the dog tattoo chemicals. 

Meanwhile, a bill has been introduced in New York to ban permanent pet tattoos, a practice which is (thankfully) not widespread, but is nevertheless terrifying.

So tell us: Would you get your pet a temporary, humane tattoo?

Would You Get Married In A Dress You Already Own?

05/07/2013

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Over the weekend, British actress Keira Knightley wed her beau James Righton in a ceremony in France. The bride wore flats -- but she also wore something else: A dress she'd been seen in more than four years ago. Fashionistas were atwitter because Knightley's short pink wedding dress looked an awful lot like a Rodarte dress she wore to the BAFTA film awards in 2008. And that was while she was still with her ex-fiance, Rupert Friend.

Yes, That's A Wedding Dress Made Out Of Divorce Papers

How's this for cynical: 15-year-old Demi Barnes, of West Sussex, England, won a wedding dress design contest -- by constructing a gown out of divorce papers.

I wanted to create a wedding dress with meaning,” Barnes told ABCNews.com. “For me, the dress represents that too many people rush into marriage and end up getting divorced. I love the irony of the idea.” Yes, it's definitely ironic!

Barnes used more than 1,500 papers for the project, and it took her two days to construct in all. The clever garment is currently on display at her school, and will eventually come home -- though it may require her family taking the front door off their house!

Click through to see a video of Barnes' dress!

TLC's 5 Questions With: Megan Massacre

05/02/2013

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What would you ask some of your favorite TLC celebs if you had the chance? We thought about it and came up with about 20 questions. Then we realized that 20 questions is an awful lot of questions to answer, and whittled it down to five. Welcome to the inaugural article in our new "5 Questions" series.

First up: the glamorous, gorgeous and super-talented star of NY Ink and America's Worst Tattoos, Megan Massacre. Megan's making the world more beautiful one tattoo at a time. We asked her a few must-know questions. Check 'em out below!    

1. What are you wearing?

It's 6:37 pm and today I am still in my pajamas, because I am at home working on art all day, not because I am sleeping all day, I swear! I rarely make art in anything else but my PJ's haha.

America's Worst Tattoos: Stick Figures, Straight Edge & Dismal Dragons

04/29/2013

This week on America's Worst Tattoos we meet Alex, who got an unfortunate dragon tattoo when he was 16. He enlists his BFF Galo to go with him to visit tattoo artist Tim. Tim is going to banish his dragon to the background, as he tattoos a gorgeous skull with an eye over it.