Need help with bridesmaid that has lots of tattoos!

texas1805

One of my good friends has A LOT of tattoos. A 3/4 sleeve and on her chest and on her legs. How am I going to cover these up? Using make up will smear on to everything else including my dress which will ruin everything for me. To cover them with the dress i would have to have long sleeves floor lenght! There are no cute dress like that! I haven't asked her but I close to her and I was in hers!! Please help me!! Thanks so much!!!

NewbyBride

If she's your friend, you should accept her tattoos and all!

rachelge

I have tattoos and I used to be a cheerleader when I was in college, I had to cover my tattoos because I have them on both ankles and on my shoulders and they were visible.  I went to WalMart and found a product called Sally Hansen legs.  It's actually like an airbrush pair of pantyhose and it looks natural from far away.  I had to use a couple layers because my tattoos are really colorful, but when I covered my whole leg with the stuff, I actually thought I looked great because you could even see pronounced veins.  Although it does rub off slighty I would at least give it a shot because the bottles are only about 4 dollars.

I understand your dilemma and if the bridesmaid is okay with it, that's fine.  I had to cover my tattoos when I was in my cousins wedding and it was fine with me.  I can understand people being rude to others for tattoos and I was happy to save myself the rude looks and be able to have fun. It's just the way your present the request to the bridesmaid.  If you all are really good friends you should easily be able to find a solution to this situation.  Good Luck!

katie312

One of my bridesmaids has a few tatoos that aren't very visible; however, she just got a very visible one last month. I thought of asking her to cover it but waited afew days to get over the shock. It really is part of who she is and it adds a bit of a bad ass element to our conservative catholic wedding party.  Your friend might be very understanding about covering them but make sure this is something you really want to bring up becausse it might upset her.  In opinion, it's not worth it.

CA2MT4EveR

I'm not even going to be nice.  Why?

1- Because this is about the third post about tattoos in the past week
2- Because it is simply rude to tell someone you don't like the way they look and you want them to change that.
3- Because it is superficial and people need to get over the fact that other people have tattoos.  They do not mean someone is bad, a criminal, a hussy, or any other stupid judgement people place on someone with tattoos.
4- Because tattoos have nothing to do with religion.  Crosses are probably the number one thing tattooed in this world, so why would a church be against it, unless they strictly follow the book of Leviticus in the OT
5- Because if you are that concerned with the image someone else may think, or talk about, then you should not have asked the tattooed individual in the first place.

katie312

I've been told you can't be burried in a Jewish cemetery if you have a tattoo (unless it's self designed or something). I might be totally wrong, but if the wedding is in a synagogue, religion may have something to do with covering them.  Or my friends were just messing with me when I was a teenager and this isn't true at all...

lindsaytorgersen

Forget what everyone else thinks. If YOU don't want them seen have them covered up. This is YOUR day... not you BMs. I am sure if she asked you to, you would. If she has a problem with it you either have to suck it up or remove her from the wedding. One of my wedding party members has 4 tattoos and I have asked her to see if we can find a way to nicely cover them up. Just because she put them on her body doesn't mean you like them and doesn't mean you care about her or love her any less. I have a tattoo and I would cover it up if I was asked.

aerinpegadrak

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_need-bridesmaid-lots-of-tattoos?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:8a4d66a3-e24a-469b-9551-8e08ee12e29cPost:a1c0acd8-38ad-4b20-81c6-164ee8e90506">Re: Need help with bridesmaid that has lots of tattoos!</a>:
[QUOTE]Forget what everyone else thinks. If YOU don't want them seen have them covered up. This is YOUR day... not you BMs. I am sure if she asked you to, you would. If she has a problem with it you either have to suck it up or remove her from the wedding. One of my wedding party members has 4 tattoos and I have asked her to see if we can find a way to nicely cover them up. Just because she put them on her body doesn't mean you like them and doesn't mean you care about her or love her any less. I have a tattoo and I would cover it up if I was asked.
Posted by lindsaytorgersen[/QUOTE]
It stops being YOUR day once you involve other people.  At the very least, it's yours and your FI's day.  But that's only if you elope.

You sound like a pretty crappy friend.