'I'm 90% covered in body ink - people judge me but having tattoos doesn't make me a bad mum'
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A mum-of-two says parents "pull their children closer" when they see her in the street and stare at her extensive body ink - which stretches from her head to her toes. Kyla, who is a self-confessed tattoo addict, has spent approximately $330,000 [£240,095] on ink designs which cover around 90% of her skin. While she and her partner are obsessed with her tattoos, Kyla admits that people have called her a "circus freak" and says she has been kicked out of restaurants because of them. She has even been accused of being a bad mum because of her look.
The tattoo model, who also has several piercings and loves getting tooth jewels , told YouTube's Truly TV that she was raised in a Mormon church. "It was very conservative, strict, so I wasn't allowed to do a lot of thing I wanted to do growing up," she admitted. She wasn't allowed to express herself through her clothing or look, so as she got older she began experimenting and hasn't looked back.
The mum, from Illinois in the US, says she now sometimes gets tattooed twice a week. "I never in my life pictured that I would be this heavily tattooed," she confessed. Her partner, Vampiro, is also heavily inked. Kyla claimed: "We've been kicked out of restaurants for having face tattoos, before I even open my mouth we're assumed to be bad parents." "We're actually very normal, just like everybody else," she added.
She admits the worst reactions are online. Kyla said: "The most common comment I see is - 'you were so beautiful until you ruined yourself with tattoos'." She added: "None of that stuff bothers me - it's not for attention, I just like the way I look.".
