The Nadine Daff Project

Bring your costumes to life with a temporary tattoo...
10% off halloween tattoos! (Link in bio to book)

Other costume ideas (men with tattoo edition):
- John McClane in Die Hard (as seen)
- David Beckham
- Mike Tyson
- Danny Trejo (Machete)
- Post Malone (I actually have a bunch of stencils for that one)

What are you dressing up as? (Putting mine in the comments)

Disclaimer: Objects on IG may seem more glamorous than they appear.

I’m an open book, ask whatever you’d like.

Sending Good Vibes xx

Hands up if you’re tired of adulting 🙋🏻‍♀️

Temporary Tattoo, Cute Tattoo Ideas, Tattoo Ideas, Small Tattoos, Small Tattoo Ideas

Meet Dan, cosplay enthusiast, kindred spirit & all around dope human.

I’m a sucker for themes & dedication to thought-out costumes, and I was destined with the mission to turn Dan into a Tokyo Maji Gang Member (from the anime show Tokyo Revengers).

We kindled over our shameless parallel COVID weight gain & sheer obsession over our pet children (yes they are children!).

Wanna know what the cooler thing is? Dan creates pretty badass geometry work (check it out: )

It seems both him & I have this habit of picking up hobbies & skills, only to be bored sheer seconds later like filing for taxes.

How was Dan’s cosplay get-up??

Pic 1, 2 or 3? What’s your pick?

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Tattoo Storytelling: This is - lead signer of a musical duo where Arab Fusion & jazz blend as perfectly as caramel macchiato.

Leen's lyrics hit deep, inspired by her journey as a Syrian-Canadian immigrant fleeing war - a tale too familiar to Syrians & Palestinians.

We translated one particular lyric to one of their songs ‘T**i’ into this temp tattoo design. ‘Titti’ poetically expresses the emotions of someone who’s left their homeland reflecting on their past life in that country.

One lyric goes: “قمرنا واحد يا بعاد” - “even from a distance, we gaze at the same moon.”

It's the notion that while we leave our families & homes behind, the one constant is the same moon we all look up at.

So, we created a septum tattoo design with an eye at its centre & a full moon as the pupil, symbolizing how we all gaze at the same lunar sphere.

Check the T**i music video on their page to hear more of the lyrics that unfold like a story & experience of countless immigrants & refugees who left home.

Image 3, 4 or 5?

Let me explain…

I'm lost as an artist. I'm talking 'bedouin goin' through a sandstorm' lost.

My botanical designs don't receive nearly as many requests as being treated like a photocopier for clients who wanna replicate something they Googled.

We're bombarded as artists & creatives to “find your unique style”, but frikkin easier for you to say. What if no one asks for it?

Do I continue wallowing feeling like a rejected bad organ transplant? No, thanks.

And so I'm looking to evolve my art with what's in demand - minus compromising my vibe. Cause yes I'm an artist, but I'm a businesswoman too, kay?

So help a sister out & comment with your pick…

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P.S. Images are not my own designs, simply a source of inspiration from other artists via Pinterest.

P.P.S. would've credited original artists if I knew who they were.

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I miss the old Instagram where you can post a single image & not get penalized because it's not a reel...

But yeah whatever, here's a photo of a sunflower temp tattoo design I did - because I haven't always been a rule-follower & screw you Instagram. I'll post a photo if I want to. It's not my fault you have an identity crisis.

Do you like the old or new Instagram?

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P.S. how dope is this blazer by my cousin - A clothing line that makes me wanna be a Gen-Zer (don't tell anyone I said that out loud lol!).

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☽ Which botanical is your favorite? Swipe to see...

1) Blooming rose
2) Anoeme
3) Peony
4) Sunflower
5) Geranium
6) Jasmine

What's your vote?

Moon ☾ or the sun ☼?

That's it, that's the caption.

I have a deep profound appreciation to the moon. It's glimmering rays, it's Swiss-cheese like texture, the gentle beams.

But I'm like a goddamn sunflower, chasing any cast of sunshine to feed my soul like photosynthesis.

What about you?

A dark starry night sky with a beaming moon? Or a blue-paint-like sky with the basking sun?

Agree or disagree: crystals always have & always will contain healing powers.

➵ side effects include: high energy & good vibrations

The hubby - for the life of him - would never leave any premise without his amethyst purple stone. It's like his own little version of being protected from the 'evil eye'.

And for months I'd tease him on his superstitious nature! But somewhere along the line, when my brain started to feel as emotionally messy as a taco from a rundown food truck, just being in the presence of one of his crystals instilled this weird sense of assurance.

I mean yeah, it's some grade A hippie mambo jambo for ya... but they don't call it placebo for nothin!

Anyway, what are your thoughts? Crystals, healing or just a bunch of voodoo crap?

Every artist's tale: pick up sketchbook, scrolls Pinterest, feels uninspired, decides "I'm too busy to draw anyways" - RINSE + REPEAT!

Who else has been on that wagon? Promising yourself you'd illustrate more, then go all bullet-dodge 'matrix style', that even Keanu Reeves would have nothing on ya.

Yeah, not cute.

Well no more! I came up with a 20 illustration prompt to be completed within the month of October so that your brain no longer feels like left-over scrabble chips when it comes to decide on "what to draw?".

I mean, I know the original rules of inktober is to draw something every single day, but I'm showing some grace here & reduced it to just 20 illustrations in 31 days. Am I reasonable or what?!

Wanna support the cause? I'd be as excited as finding an unexpected $5 in a jeans pocket if you can share this + get it circulatin'.

1 - 5, which is your fav?

I get my artistic whims if I’m either in the mood to practice OR drawing my feelings like it were a diary of a hormonal teenager (yep I’ve never outgrown that).

➵DRAWING 1: I’M SUPERWOMAN
Funny story! I was heading to a so-called Toronto beach (cause let’s be real it can barely be classified as that) & decided to cycle despite wearing a long-laced kimono that a hippie-version superman would wear. Lo-&-behold, it got stuck deep between the cycle gear. I thought it was a goner as I clogged my way trying to untangle this idiotic mess.

Strangers 1 by 1 attempting to help leaving disgruntled to no avail. 45 minutes & one extremely stubborn mind later, I detangled it, without a single tear, scratch or stain. I was fu***ng superwoman. It might seem small & silly, but every time I find myself in a new web of problems, I remember back on the day I managed to untangle something no one else could.

➵DRAWING 2: BLOSSOM OUT OF POCKET
This illustration doesn’t make sense to most people. Before reading on, take a second to think about your own interpretation (& comment below).

Florals & leaves typically can’t grow without sun or water. Yet somehow, we find them seeping through street cracks as you walk on a pavement. If they can blossom in the worst of conditions, so can I - even out of my own dark & hollow back pocket.

➵DRAWING 3: BUTTERFLY
This one’s sorta typical but it’s not a cliché for no reason. I was going through a downer after parting ways with a project I was involved in. It felt like I lost a wing… & yet even out of every loss, new things can blossom & this is my reminder for that.

➵DRAWING 4+5: MOTHS
Not much of a story here. I like mystical looking things & wanted to practice my shading techniques to make my illustrations more lifelike. Not every drawing has to have meaning. Right?

So which is your fav?

4 Instagram captions that will get people engaging with your posts

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MUST HEAR advice for the entrepreneur trapped in a full-time job…

It’s a catch-22. Can’t afford to leave but can’t afford to stay. So how do you get out of this chicken or egg situation?

Most entrepreneurs look at social media like it were the only lifeboat on a sinking ship.

Like if you pooled all your leftover energy on evenings & weekends to post content - that’s your way out of your soul-sucking job.

And queue the Taylor-Swift range of emotions when it doesn’t work, causing you to retaliate by avoiding to post all together cause f**k it - it’s not working anyway. Right?

You do not have a marketing problem! You have a SEARCHABILITY problem.

The issue is people who are consuming social media are there to mindlessly scroll - switching off their brains like they were trying to save off an energy bill.

NEWSFLASH! They're NOT there to buy.

What you need is to get discovered by potential clients who are already in the mindset of purchasing & scouring the internet to find the service you're offering.

Ironically, social media isn’t the way to do it.

Wanna know what is?

That’s something I’m sharing in a new series I’m starting called “Business 101 in 5 minutes”.

You give me JUST 5 MINS of your time Thursday
next week & I promise by the end you’ll leave knowing how to get discovered in the most automated, laziest way possible.

DM Me Business 101 & I'll send you the details.

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MUST HEAR advice for the entrepreneur trapped in a full-time job…

It’s a catch-22. Can’t afford to leave but can’t afford to stay. So how do you get out of this chicken or egg situation?

Most entrepreneurs look at social media like it were the only lifeboat on a sinking ship.

Like if you pooled all your leftover energy on evenings & weekends to post content - that’s your way out of your soul-sucking job.

And queue the Taylor-Swift range of emotions when it doesn’t work, causing you to retaliate by avoiding to post all together cause f**k it - it’s not working anyway. Right?

You do not have a marketing problem! You have a SEARCHABILITY problem.

The issue is people who are consuming social media are there to mindlessly scroll - switching off their brains like they were trying to save off an energy bill. They’re not there to buy.

What you need is to get discovered by potential clients who are already in the mindset of purchasing & scouring the internet to find the service you're offering. Ironically, social media isn’t the way to do it.

Wanna know what is?

That’s something I’m sharing in a new series I’m starting called “Business 101 in 5 minutes”.

You give me just 5 minutes of your time Thursday next week, I promise by the end you’ll leave knowing how to get discovered in the most automated, laziest way possible.

Comment ‘tell me the secret’ & I’ll dm u the details!

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WHAT IS BUSINESS THERAPY?
It’s a free business support group growing with service-based entrepreneurs that have larger than life mentality.

WHO’S IT FOR?
For the hard-working serial entrepreneur who feels like their current job is just an ‘in-transition’ career point - but feel trapped because of money.

SO WHAT HAPPENS EXACTLY?
There’s an online session that occurs every Thursday cross-alternating between a free business/marketing class & networking with other entrepreneurs.

The motive is to help you go from hidden gem to booked out creative all the while mingling with like-minded people to expand your network.

HOW TO JOIN?
Comment below ‘let me join’ & I’ll DM you the details!

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What hiring a $3,000 lawyer taught me...

I don’t know what the Grinch had on us, but last Christmas I almost got deported. The details on that is for a whole other time, but I literally pulled off a “fresh prince” cause my life got flipped turned upside down!

In 48 hours I had to pack up my entire life in a lonely little carry-on & say adios to the Armenian lover boy, the white-blanketed streets & gravy filled poutine. My heart was as crushed left-over mosaic pieces.

We came across a highly-rated immigration lawyer who agreed to work with us on Christmas day in a 48-hour window for $3,000. And there was no guarantee it was gonna work. For all we knew, that money was as good as a vanishing tetris line.

Hratch & I were in a conundrum... keep our money & have me deported or become $3,000 poorer for my fighting chance to stay.

We decided to hire with fears resembling a late period.

Instantly from just one phone call, we were 95% confident I was gonna stay. Our lawyer might’ve as well been a fortune teller cause that’s what ended up happening.

My entire life I was fixated on COST but not outcome. I was so conditioned to find the ‘more affordable’ option or DIY s**t myself cause saving a few hundred dollars was the more “responsible” thing to do. This money worship is the whole reason I felt stuck like an air-tight peanut butter jar lid.

Paying premium for a lawyer not only got us out of this tangled web of a mess, but set us up for my entire immigration process. Because of that experience, I prioritize value over cost.

What about you? Was there ever a time you made an uncomfortable purchase but ended up being worth it?
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Help us settle a couple’s argument...

In a “sort of” attempt at not being biased (but who are we kidding? we know I’m right), here’s what happened...

Both Hratch & I had a flight to the U.S. a couple of hours apart.

One of us is an avid-organizer with checklists ranging from paper notes to phone apps, the other is a we’ll-do-it-at-the-last-minute packer, can you guess which is which?

FACT: Nadine has a bag pack (that Hratch often borrows)

FACT: Hratch left his passport in said bag pack (instead of a drawer like normal people *ehem*)

FACT: Nadine unknowingly flew with Hratch’s passport

And so ensues a frantic day of cross-coordinating a passport handover from country to country in a 5 hour time window. SIGH.

Who’s in the wrong here? Are you team Nadine or team Hratch?

The most uncomfortable $30 I ever spent...

Meet Rebel... my pretty statuesque sculpture who’s energy is nothing short of badassery. She cost me 30 moulas & it was the hardest money I ever parted with.

$30 is an equivalent of just 2 happy meals, but somehow I felt insanely irresponsible spending it on a sculpture that served absolutely no purpose. That’s what the frikkin dollar store is for!

It’s weird cause I ain’t cheap.. I’ve spent upward of $5,000 on coaches + courses - knowledge that can typically be accessed on Youtube for FREE. But when it came to remotely spoiling myself, spending any money let alone a dollar seemed too much.

I’ve kept the exact same clothes ever since college clinging to its last breath, filled with varying-sized holes you’d think it’s Swiss cheese. All because I can’t ‘common sense’ myself enough to spend a little money on a much needed shopping spree.

And that’s what Rebel is for. To remind me that it’s ok to splurge every once in a while.

Are you like me? Ever felt guilty while spending?

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I FU***NG HATE INSTAGRAM!!!

Believe me, the irony of posting this on Instagram is not falling on me.

For 3 years I slaved over this app, you’d think I was training for the Egyptian military.

And I got fu***ng good at it too.

This account once had 11.2k followers (that’s with a K!).

But watching my account grow, I felt that same impending doom of a cab fare ticking up while you wait in paralyzed traffic.

No matter how many followers I had, I still felt as unwanted as the first & last pieces of toast. So I deleted all 11.2k followers & said hasta-la-vista to the endless content creation nights.

This page will no longer be a pit of desperate need to please followers or creating content that gets the most likes or saves.

I’m making this my visual diary, so join the ride - I’ve already started the ignition & cranked up the volume to ‘bohemian rhapsody’ (mamamia let me goooo)

If you hate instagram too, we should be friends.

P.S. I’m constantly deleting new followers. I intentionally keep this page small to know you as PEOPLE (not followers).

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