Candice Bettison

Where did you have the tattoo done?  Haunted House Tattoos and Piercing, London

Who did it? Andro (he is also my fiance and I am his apprentice)

What is the design of? The one on  my leg is just a cluster of stars done in dots and in the last star  is the Tibetan Knot, then there is a picture that captures one of my Borneo flowers done in dots with a swastika spiral in the centre, then there is the maze design done in dots, which is a maze of swastikas, it's the Japanese pattern for good luck,  and below it is a lotus flower. Then there is the Tibetan mantra down my arm, which was designed by a well-known Tibetan monk here in London, called  Tashi Mannox, and he designed it for me, and its a mantra for good health and good luck basically.

Why did you choose the design?  I love Tibetan art and mantras, basically I am obsessed with anything Tibetan, and I also love swastikas, for the good meaning that they originally had before someone took the symbol and made everyone think it was a bad one. In Buddhist beliefs, it's the four elements of the earth and that is what I believe as well as it being a sign of good luck. I also have an obsession with stars.

How do you feel about the tattoo now? I still absolutely love all my  tattoos and have never had any regrets, and intend to carry with many more.