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DANIELLE MUSTARDE GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH TATTOO ARTIST NOUVELLE RITA
PHOTOS NOUVELLE RITA, LAIS PEREIRA, DANIELLE MUSTARDE
I’m at No Regrets tattoo studio in east London feeling excited and a little nervous – but not for the reason you think. This will be my third tattoo, but the first I’ve chosen “just because I like it” – deep meanings and significant life events aside. “Often the first and second tattoo someone gets, they’ll spend a lot of time on, but after that it becomes less of a big deal,” Nouvelle Rita tells me. “All tattoos end up with a special meaning eventually, even if you don’t want it to.”
Based in London but originally from Setúbal in Portugal, Rita, 30, has racked up a following of over 77,000 on Instagram – and understandably so. Her style is unlike any other tattoo artist I’ve seen. From the moment I stumbled across her, I had to have her handiwork on my body. Fast forward two years, and there I was, face-toface with my #tattoocrush.