Popsugar Beauty Tiny Tattoos Are Barbed Wire Tattoos Back? The 90s Beauty Trend is Here Are Barbed Wire Tattoos Back? If Dua Lipa is Any Indication, Yes 18 November 2021 by Kelsey Castañon Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur Beauty trends from the 1990s are seeing a mass resurgence this year. Retro tattoos like barbed wire designs are also gaining popularity. Barbed wire tattoos can take many forms, from armbands to tiny knots to Dua Lipa's heart design. In 1995, Pamela Anderson famously sauntered onto the red carpet with a barbed-wire tattoo wrapped around her left bicep. This all but etched her image from "girl next door" to newfound "bad b*tch" in place, and quick, catapulting the spiky design into big-time trend territory for years to come. (She would later get it removed via laser, in 2014.) Now, in case you hadn't noticed from the surge of mullet haircuts, thin eyebrows, and brown lip liner, 90s beauty is back, baby — and it seems the tattoos of yore aren't trailing far behind. Of course, today's barbed wire tattoos needn't be mutually exclusive with armbands; in fact, the modern take on the tattoo trend can include fine-line needlework or tiny wire knots anywhere from your ankle to your ribcage to your wrist. Dua Lipa got inked with a barbed wire heart on her forearm, for example, proving the style can come in many forms. You just have to consider: do you want it easily hidden or out in the open? Big or small? Up or down? (Only slightly kidding with that last one.) Either way, the design can be rich in meaning. While symbolism behind any tattoo is deeply personal, a common thread for barbed wire specifically is that it represents strength, resilience, and courage — and that, dear readers, is something that never goes out of style. See some of our favourite iterations below. Dua Lipa's Barbed Wire Tattoo Image Source: Getty / Gilbert Carrasquillo Lipa has a heart-shaped barbed-wire tattoo on her left forearm by Los Angeles tattoo artist Sean From Texas that she got in 2018, proving the design can be minimal and edgy. Check out more tattoo ideas below. 1 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo on Ankle View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ophélya - Tattoo ⛓🥀🦋 (@ophelyajeandat) 2 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo Armband View this post on Instagram A post shared by Good Thanks! (@goodthanks.studio) 3 / 11 Barbed Wire Line Tattoo View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝙅𝙊𝙉𝙉𝙔 𝙂 • Macondo BK (@jonnyg123) 4 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo Wristlet View this post on Instagram A post shared by ash 🍊 (@p0melow) 5 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo With Hearts View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bink Tattoo Workshop (@bink.tattooer) 6 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo on Rib Cage View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madabouttattoo (@madabouttattoo_) 7 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo on Hand View this post on Instagram A post shared by asa (@ink.and.the.fool) 8 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo on Forearm View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chloe (@_youreyeah) 9 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo on Upper Leg View this post on Instagram A post shared by Slobodan Ristovski (@slbdnrstvsk365) 10 / 11 Barbed Wire Tattoo on Side View this post on Instagram A post shared by Grimaldi (@dhdr.art) 11 / 11 Tiny TattoosCelebrity TattoosBeauty TrendsTattoosDua Lipa