Archives for February 2010

Kat Von D is the increasingly tattooed, allegedly dysmorphic host of a show that celebrates ink, and lots of it. Her show features a group of adults in denial of the fact that they are grown up. High school melodrama unfolds as the new season features.

An incensed Corey who takes issue with a self-righteous Aubrey, who was caught dead to rights actually talking some sense into an overweight, dim potential client at the ol' tattoo parlor. If this is your thing, tattoos and grown ups acting as if they were enrolled at Ridgemont High School with Jeff Spicoli, here you go:

TLC announces that Kat is forced to act like a business owner in this edge of your seat episode which aired Thursday at 10pm / 9c, as LA INK rolls into Season 3. Kat is forced to take sides when a long-simmering feud explodes between Corey and Aubrey. Then, Kat's sister Karoline announces a sudden departure leaving Kat short handed at a critical time in the shop.

Following the success of the Kat Von D for Sephora color collection, launched last year, Kat Von D, owner of High Voltage Tattoo and star of TLC’s realty TV show “L.A. Ink”, recently introduced a fragrance line of her own.  The first two fragrances, aptly titled Saint and Sinner.

To conceive of the fragrance packaging design, Sephora’s San Francisco-based merchant team engaged Maesa Studio. In addition to the design, the Studio managed the package design, engineering, development, manufacturing, and procurement, providing a turnkey finished good to Sephora.

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L.A. Ink's Kat Von D and MTV's Bam Margera hosted the release of the "Element X Kat Von D Collectors Series Skateboard" at the Active Store in Westwood.

The event featured a special performance by band Revolution Mother.Fans lined up several hundred deep to have their Kat Von D styled skateboards and other items signed in Westwood.

I like to dress up in a suit when I cover television because I take it seriously and want to show respect for the craft.

I couldn’t help but feeling a little square standing before Kat Von D though. At a Discovery Networks party.

She was definitely the most lavishly dressed personality, but the tattooed host of L.A. Ink made me feel cool sitting in the corner with her.

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Heidi Montag loves her surgeon, and after Kat Von D showed off her new look, some may be wondering if she gets paid for referrals.

TLC reality darling Kat Von D of L.A. Ink loves to show off her ink. So many thought she’d be the last girl to succumb to a plastic surgery makeover.

After all, being covered in ink isn’t exactly the Hollywood look Heidi Montag of The Hills was trying so hard to achieve when she got her 10 procedures last November.

However, recent pictures of 27-year-old Kat Von D indicate she may have indulged in some of the same procedures as Montag, including a brow lift and rhinoplasty.

The brow lift as atypical for her age since brow lifts are typically done to correct the affects of gravity and aging on the eyes: “

Heidi’s board-certified plastic surgeon also performed several procedures that aren’t typical for 23-year-olds.

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