Claire Hobson, a permanent makeup artist from the UK, lost her beloved dog Patch after 20 years together, and decided that she wasn’t ready to let him go. Instead of just taking his ashes with her everywhere she went, she decided to have his ashes mixed in with her semi-permanent eyeliner – so he could still see the world through her eyes.

“I was about to go to Dubai to move there. I was living between countries and I thought, ‘I don’t want to put his ashes in a suitcase,'” Claire said on ITV’s This Morning program. “I thought, ‘Oh, I’m getting my eyeliner tattooed and I’m sure people have their loved ones tattooed into body tattoos, so why not just have it in my eyeliner?'”

Hobson knew her idea was a bit “bonkers,” but she approached a close makeup artist and they agreed to oblige. The fact that they had recently lost a pet as well probably played a part in that decision as well. They mixed a bit of Patch’s ashes into the eyeliner ink and proceeded to needle into Claire’s eyelids.

“Dogs, they’re loyal, they’re consistent, they show up every single day and they kiss you when you come home from work and, like, it’s the purest form of love,” Hobson said. “There’s no malice. There’s no manipulation. They’re happy to see you every single day for 20 years.”

Although the eyeliner tattoo isn’t permanent, it does last a few years, and when she eventually needs a touch up, she has more of Patch’s ashes to use. “He’s going to be there a long time,” the makeup artist said.