{"id":46970,"date":"2017-07-14T04:05:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=46970"},"modified":"2017-07-14T04:05:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:05:53","slug":"beauty-beginners-guide-superstar-kat-von-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=46970","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty Beginner’s Guide to Superstar Kat Von D"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kat Von D is that rare celebrity and beauty mogul who is known by every member of your family, despite generational differences \u2014 though maybe not for the same reason. The creator (and face) of Kat Von D Beauty is your vegan sister’s hero (all of her cosmetics are cruelty-free, and she’s way outspoken about animal testing), your father’s favorite tattoo artist, and your mom’s preferred reality TV show glass-ceiling breaker on Miami Ink <\/strong>and L.A. Ink<\/strong>, and, for you, she might be all of these things as well as the genius who gifted you with Everlasting Liquid Lipstick (best matte lippy ever<\/em>).<\/p>\n

But just who is this multitasking dynamo, and how did she get to be so badass?<\/p>\n

Kat was born Katherine von Drachenberg in Mexico to parents of Argentinian descent and lived there until age 4, when her family made the move to Los Angeles. She became classically trained in piano at age 6 and credits her older sister with helping to influence her musical taste, which broadened in her teens to include rock and punk bands like Metallica and Misfits.<\/p>\n

Her love of hard rock music is something Kat says has inspired her artistic expression throughout her life \u2014 and that expression started way early. She got her first tattoo at age 14 and quit school at 16 to pursue a career as a tattoo artist. This might sound like the beginning of a story with a really unhappy ending, but Kat was determined and talented \u2014 (and lucky!) \u2014 and these qualities caught the eye of Ami James, owner of Love Hate Tattoos in Miami, who hired Kat, which led to her being cast as a member of the reality TV show Miami Ink<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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