Mom Tattoos Makeup Onto 14-Year-Old Daughter’s Face

by Verena von Pfetten | 12:35 pm, August 26th, 2010

 

File this one under: Horrible, No Good, Really Bad Parenting Ideas. A mother in England has allowed her 14-year-old daughter, pageant queen, and aspiring model to get makeup tattooed on her face.

Sophie Watson, who already holds 22 beauty pageant titles and dreams of being both a singer and an actress, had eyeliner, lip liner, a fake beauty mark, and her eyebrows tattooed with makeup. Watson’s 29-year-old mother, who is a beauty therapist, says she sees no problem with the procedure. She told Closer magazine, “I wasn’t overly worried and, once she’s got an idea in her head, there’s no stopping her.”

Well, yes, actually, there is actually a way of stopping her. The procedure requires parental consent for those under the age of 18, which Watson readily gave. While the effects actually only last about five years, we suspect the emotional and psychological impact could have permanent repercussions. What kind of message does it send to a 14-year-old girl if her mother agrees that a semi-permanent cosmetic procedure is required for her to look “beautiful”?

That’s not to mention the positive reinforcement of the idea that one should suffer for beauty. Sophie told the magazine that the eyeliner was the worst part. “I started crying because the thought of a needle being that close to my eye freaked me out.”

[via The Northern Echo and ITN.]

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