A journey vlogger documented the stunning aftermath of her $50 lip blushing process in Colombia, which she stated was 'not price it' even after the swelling subsided

• A creator went mega-viral for documenting her $50 lip blushing process in Colombia.
• The semi-permanent tattoo is supposed to boost the colour of the lips and provides a extra full look.
• After the swelling subsided, she stated the outcomes weren’t what she wished, and it wasn’t well worth the ache. 

A journey vlogger who chronicled her expertise getting lip blushing — a semi-permanent tattoo that enhances the hue of the lips — has gone viral for showcasing the alarming aftermath of the process.

However even after the swelling subsided, the creator stated the tattoo, which value $50 and was performed at a “fancy” institution in Colombia, finally wasn’t price it because of the ache, prolonged therapeutic course of, and unsatisfactory outcomes, she informed Insider.

In her preliminary TikTok video, with 13.7 million views, Kaylen, who declined to reveal her final identify amid issues for future profession prospects, took viewers alongside along with her to her Might 5 appointment. On the way in which there, she shared that she was already having some second ideas and that she preferred the way in which her lips regarded naturally.

“Whereas I used to be getting the numbing factor, I used to be like, ‘OK, I undoubtedly ought to go house,’ Kaylen stated on TikTok. “However I didn’t go house.”

She wished a pink tattoo, however the tattooer insisted on a deep crimson that she stated would fade to pink — to which Kaylen finally agreed. She stated she cast onward regardless of her doubts due to a good friend had gone to the identical store and raved concerning the outcomes.

The applying course of itself was so painful she “needed to beg her to cease,” Kaylen stated in her video. And when it was full, Kaylen’s lips ballooned massively, which turned an particularly jarring look with the ruby pigment. “I simply regarded the worst out of anybody I’ve seen get this finished,” she added.

‘I noticed I truthfully identical to myself the way in which that I’m,’ Kaylen mirrored later

Kaylen, who’s 23 and based mostly in Georgia, informed Insider she left her job as a social media strategist in February to discovered a bunch journey enterprise and grow to be a content material creator. She has been in Colombia for 2 months, and did not have any misgivings about getting a beauty process abroad as a result of “so many individuals do,” she stated.

Residing off the grid and spending her days unplugged on the seashore additionally meant Kaylen was blissfully unaware of getting gone viral for 2 days till a good friend alerted her.

Commenters have been shocked by the outcomes and clamored for updates. “My DMs are simply flooded with individuals being like, ‘Are you OK?'” Kaylen informed Insider. “‘Why did you do that? How may you do that to your self?'”

The swelling had gone down by 30% that night, she stated — sufficient that she was capable of exit dancing at a nightclub. The subsequent day, the swelling had gone down utterly, however the reddish tint started peeling away and her lips regarded “form of purple,” she stated in a follow-up YouTube video. The colour grew “darker and darker,” she up to date viewers.

Kaylen informed Insider that she’s discovered a lesson about talking up for herself given the practitioner’s insistence on the crimson ink. “I do not dislike it. I do not hate my outcomes or something. It is simply not the outcomes that I went in for,” she stated.

However even when the outcomes had been higher, she’s undecided she would advocate it.

“My verdict is that it’s not price it,” Kaylen stated on YouTube, citing the ache, swelling, restoration time, and peeling she needed to endure. She additionally famous the process might be far dearer within the US, which makes it even much less justifiable. (Lip blushing therapies within the US can run sufferers lots of of {dollars}, if not over a thousand {dollars}.)

“I am joyful I kinda had a fail and did not get my desired outcomes, as a result of it confirmed me to be extra appreciative of my pure appears to be like,” she informed Insider. “I noticed I truthfully identical to myself the way in which that I’m.”