Just imagine the horror. You find out that Chinese symbol on your hip actually meant ‘Haricot Beans’ instead of ‘Harmony’? Eeeek, and I bet it won’t make you feel any better to find out that this has happened to many a celebrity.

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Who’d a thought it? I mean, we all know Prince Will is a fan of David Beckham’s but still…  Prince William apparently told his navy colleagues that he was keen to get an upper back tattoo like David Beckham’s angel but thanks to his girlfriend, he has been put off the idea. Kate, it seems, [...]

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You’d have thought Rihanna would be the last person to want to have a tattoo personifying violence, given recent events with one time boyfriend Chris Brown. However, the lovely lady has turned up with a discreetly placed handgun tattoo. She apparently had her favourite tattoo artist, Bang Bang, flown from his home in New York [...]

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We know David Duchovny has a thing about tattoos marking important events in his life. His and wife Tea Leoni’s little fifteen month old girl gave her parents the fright of their lives when she nearly died. Happily, little Madelaine recovered and David’s joy on hearing the news had him rushing out for a tattoo. [...]

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Another very popular design for tattoos is one based on your horoscope sign. There are 12 zodiac signs which depend on when you were born. The zodiac has also been the subject of a frenzy of fabulous full body art that is painted on. The results are staggeringly awe inspiring but unfortunately the designs are [...]

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Amy Winehouse has a medley of tattoos adorning her body already, some would say rather haphazardly but her latest tattoo has people talking and not all are being critical. She was spotted recently sporting an odd combination design on her back, an American eagle behind a stars-and-stripes ankh cross. Amy’s favourite tattoo parlour is in [...]

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She’s 50 and she is still courting controversy. Barbie has outdone her headline grabbing skills, forget the one tattoo on a Barbie, the pregnant Barbie doll friend and flat chested teen Barbie. Now we have a proper full on tattoo artist Barbie.

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One of the more popular classifications of tattoo designs all over the world is based on the Chinese horoscope. Astrology is one of the earliest Chinese arts. It has been influencing the Chinese for centuries and most of us today are familiar with its 12 animal signs. The Chinese horoscope is based upon philosophical and [...]

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I have been looking at designing my own tattoo and I would like one that has some meaning but is abstract. I think I want something that means something that is relevant to me that is neither a picture nor in writing.
I started out looking at Japanese and Chinese sayings and symbols. I like the [...]

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