These "Live Leaf" Tattoos Are the Coolest Ink You'll Ever See

By Kelsey Stiegman,  Cosmopolitan

This floral body art couldn't be any more true to life.

Elegant floral designs are on basically every girl's tattoo wish list, but this crazy way of inking them is about to blow your mind.

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Rita, an Instagram-famous tattoo artist from Ukraine, uses actual flowers to permanently ~beautify~ her clients. See, instead of sketching a tattoo outline on transfer paper first, Rita applies ink directly to a dried plant and presses it onto skin. Then she tattoos over the stamp for a stunningly accurate rendering of the bloom. 

Watch:

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The final look: 

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Sooo cool! Now check out some of her other totally gorgeous pieces and start hoping Rita makes a trip to a tattoo parlor near you. 

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