Lucy Hale's tattoos may be tiny and sometimes hard to spot, but the Katy Keene actress has racked up an impressive collection, some dating back as far as 2012. All but one of her tattoos can be found from the waist up, which may come as a surprise if you're use to seeing her on TV, since they're usually covered by makeup!
Hale has 16 tattoos, four of them being matching tats she has with important people in her life, like her older sister, best friend, and even the Pretty Little Liars cast (yep, you read that right!). Her most recent artwork includes not one, but two tattoos; one being her dog's name inked in cursive and another the years her nieces and nephews were born. We know — super adorable!
To learn more about the meanings behind Hale's tattoos — like the elephant she got on a whim in Cambodia or the tat she got after a crazy breakup — keep reading! Plus, it makes for great inspiration if you've been dreaming about getting one yourself.
Lucy's Bow Tattoo
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Hale's first tattoo dates back to 2012 when she got inked by tattoo artist Dr. Woo at the Hollywood-based Shamrock Social Club. In an interview with Maniac Magazine, she shared that the inspiration for the bow came from wanting to do something rebellious and crazy after a breakup.
Back in 2016, Hale and her Pretty Little Liars costars got tiny tattoos at the Shamrock Social Club in Hollywood to commemorate the highly successful show. And if you look closely, you'll notice the thoughtful placement of all of six tats: their "shhh" fingers!
Under her breast, Hale has "Courage, dear heart" in cursive writing — a line from C.S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We don't know the exact year she got the tat, but Lucy has photos dating back to 2015 sporting the cursive quote.
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Lucy's Sun Tattoo
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On the left side of her back, Hale has a tiny sun tattoo. She and her sister got matching sun tattoos in memory of their grandmother, she shared in a 2017 interview.
While visiting Cambodia with charity organisation Ripple Effect in 2018, the actress made a pit stop at local tattoo parlor Bayoon Tattoo to get an elephant tat.
According to an interview, Hale got the crescent tattoo on the right side of her upper back just because!
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Lucy's Evil Eye Tattoo
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When it comes to evil, Hale isn't playing around. In 2017, the actress went back to visit her favourite tattoo artist — Dr. Woo — for an inked evil eye near the back of her right ankle.
Because two is better than one, Hale and her sister got a second round of matching tattoos in memory of their grandmother: "I love you" in her handwriting. Hale also shared some kinds words about her sister, admiring how strong of a mother she is and that their grandmother is now "even more a part of us" and their sisterly bond.
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Lucy's Lightbulb Tattoo
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Hale dished to PeopleTV in 2017 that, at the time, her most meaningful tattoo was a lightbulb she got inked on the back of her left arm above her elbow — once again done by Dr. Woo. She explained that her name means "as of light" in Latin, and although she also has a tattoo of the word light, the lightbulb is a direct representation of her name.
From the Bible, Hale chose the verse "Catch the foxes for us" from Song of Solomon 2:15. The writing is inked on the right side of her rib cage.
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Lucy's Atticus Quote Tattoo
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Hale and her best friend Annie Leonard have matching friendship tattoos of a quote from their favourite poet, Atticus, which reads "Love Her but Leave Her Wild". The pair got inked in September 2018 by LA-based tattoo artist Winterstone.
We don't know why, but Hale has since deleted her Instagram post illustrating possibly one of the prettiest tattoos we've seen on her. Luckily, her tattoo artist Rob Green shared a photo in 2018, so we can still marvel at its beauty!
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Lucy's Zodiac Sign Tattoo
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Hale added a Gemini constellation cluster tattoo to her impressive tiny tat collection in April 2019. Located on her upper right bicep, the artwork is very faint — making it difficult to make out — but includes her zodiac sign coupled with a star constellation. And of course, the ink was done by the one and only Dr. Woo.
This summer, Hale added two more tattoos to her growing collection. On her Instagram, she captioned the artwork gallery, "for my loves," with emojis of a dog and three kids. The name tattoo is a tribute to her dog Elvis and the number sequence — "14, 16, 20" — is a nod to her sister's three children Glenys, Lula, and Oliver.
