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Celebrities like Shawn Mendes and Selena Gomez are sporting body art of some kind, from tiny markings to full sleeves. There are even stars who've gotten inked for their significant others and famous dads who wear permanent tributes to their children on their skin. Keep reading to see all the celebrity tattoos, then check out a bunch of real-people tiny tattoo ideas!

Hailey Baldwin adorned her hand with these beautiful tattoos in 2019.

Dua Lipa had the words "Future Nostalgia" inked on her upper left arm, which is the title of her upcoming album.

Cardi B has a massive red-and-blue peacock on her thigh.

In 2017, Paris Jackson honored her late father, Michael Jackson, by getting the word "Applehead" on her left foot. "Applehead" was a term of endearment that she, her brothers, and those close to Michael would call him.

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Kylie Jenner shared her meaningful new tattoo in 2015.

Selena Gomez got a tiny tattoo on her back in Summer 2014.

Harry Styles has two swallows tattooed on his chest that he got back in 2012. He told Us Weekly at the time that they symbolize travelling because his former band, One Direction, travelled so much.

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Two of Harry Styles's larger pieces are a rose on his elbow and a traditional ship on his bicep. He also has a mermaid below the rose and the names "Jackson" and "Arlo" (for two of his godchildren) that he got after this photo was taken.

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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner honored their late dog, Waldo, with these matching tattoos.

Sophie Turner got a rabbit inked on the back of her arm, though the meaning behind it is unclear.

In 2018, fans noticed that Zayn Malik got a pair of eyes inked on his chest. I don't know about you, but those eyes sure look a lot like his ex Gigi Hadid's.

Billie Lourd honored her late mom, Carrie Fisher, with a matching ankle tattoo in 2017. The ink includes a crescent moon, a planet, and a star, which Carrie famously sported on her right ankle.

Kevin Jonas paid tribute to his wife, Danielle, by getting a tattoo of the tulle dress she wore in the Jonas Brothers' "Sucker" music video.

Demi Lovato's first tattoo was the words "You Make Me Beautiful" in cursive on her right rib cage, which she got before turning 18 years old. "It's a Christian song, so some people are like, 'Who's that for?' And I'm like, 'No, it's for God.' I was 16. And I got it in some tattoo artist's apartment," she told iHeart Radio in 2014. "It was so sketch [...] but I wanted to get tattooed so bad. I do things out of rebellion. So that was like one of the main reasons why I got it so young."

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We love the size of Selena Gomez's tiny neck tattoo, a lowercase "g" for her younger sister Gracie.

"Vanessa" is a genus of butterfly, making Vanessa Hudgens's tattoo extremely fitting.

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Zoë Kravitz says the anchor on her bicep is her favourite tattoo.

Rihanna's lower-chest tattoo pays tribute to her late grandmother with a stunning Egyptian goddess.

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Selena Gomez got matching arrow tattoos with her pal Julia Michaels in 2019.

In 2019, Halsey got the number "929" written on her knuckles. It likely symbolizes her birthday, which is on Sept. 29.

Ashley Benson's "squish" tattoo is an homage to her girlfriend, Cara Delevingne. "Squish" is one of the model's nicknames.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner got these adorable matching Toy Story tattoos in 2018.

Noah Cyrus got a butterfly inked on her wrist as an homage to her mom, Tish.

Ariana Grande's Chihiro design is a sweet tribute to Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 film Spirited Away.

Bella Hadid got a tiny rose tattoo on her left arm.

To mark the end of Pretty Little Liars, Lucy Hale got a light bulb tattooed on the back of her arm.

The Lizzie McGuire star got a rose inked on her arm in August 2019.

Kylie Jenner and former BFF Jordyn Woods got matching "M" tattoos on their fingers in May 2016.

Harry Styles has a giant butterfly inked on his stomach.

Shawn Mendes has a sparrow tattooed on his right hand. The design was done by Livia Tsang, a Toronto-based tattoo artist.

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The singer got the number three in Roman numerals on the side of her wrist to commemorate her father, who passed away in June 2013. "I have the number three in Roman numerals on my wrist and that was a number that was very significant to my birth father because he loved [race car driver] Dale Earnhardt," she told iHeart Radio. "So when he passed away I got the number three tattooed on me to remind me of him, and also because I love Dale Earnhardt. That's like the most redneck tattoo I have, by the way!"

Justin Bieber got this tattoo to celebrate the release of his Purpose album, which shares the same name.

Shawn Mendes's guitar on his right arm was his very first tattoo. In 2016, he told Ellen DeGeneres that the guitar itself is made of the woods reflecting on the water and the neck of the guitar is a sound wave connecting to the Toronto skyline. The sound wave is actually his parents and sister saying, "I love you."

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Miley Cyrus was candid about the loss of her dog, Floyd, who died in April 2014. In July, she and a group of friends paid tribute to her beloved animal by getting Floyd's image and a personal message tattooed below their arms.

In October 2012, Justin Bieber got an owl inked on his left arm that "signifies wisdom."

Rihanna has two different designs on her hand: Maori tribal designs and chevron lines. The abstract image was inspired by henna.

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You might remember Demi Lovato covered up what she called her "vagina tattoo" with two grey and black roses by artist Bang Bang. The original ink was actually of a lip print.

Miley Cyrus has a dream catcher tattoo on her rib cage.

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Miley Cyrus added an inscription to the inside of her left forearm that reads: "So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." The quote is from a speech given by President Theodoure Roosevelt in 1910.

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Shortly after revealing that she had relapsed in her song "Sober," Demi Lovato debuted a "Free" tattoo on her right pinky finger on Instagram stories. She also revealed that her team got "Free" tattooed on their pinkies. "The team that tats together stays together," she captioned one of the photos.

Vanessa Hudgens had a colourful butterfly drawn on her neck at NYC's popular Bang Bang parlor in February 2011.

Miley Cyrus has a bunch of mini tats on her fingers.

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Rihanna got her personal motto, "Never a failure, always a lesson" tattooed on her right shoulder, backwards, in grey ink.

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Rihanna got a cluster of stars tattooed on her back.

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Shawn Mendes asked his fans during his Illuminate days in 2017 for help coming up with a tattoo idea to commemorate the album and tour. He ended up getting a lightbulb on his right arm with blue flowers.

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Justin Bieber has mom Pattie Mallette's birthday inked in roman numerals on the right side of his chest.

One of Shawn Mendes's fans tweeted a photo manipulation of him tatted with a butterfly flower hybrid that made its way to Shawn himself. He loved the tattoo so much that he later got it inked on his body.

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Kat Von D inked Miley Cyrus with a miniature version of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical heart in March 2013.

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Zac Efron surprised Tokyo fans in December 2011 with a newly inked motto "YOLO," which stands for "you only live once," on his right hand.

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Miley Cyrus added to her ink collection with an inner lip tattoo.

Hilary Duff added another tattoo to her collection when she got a matching red heart ink with her best friend in 2014.

Kat Von D gave Miley a new crisscross tattoo.

On the back of his left arm, Harry Styles has a skeleton wearing a tux and top hat, two hands shaking, and the words "Silver Spoon." There's also a little guitar and Pink Floyd's logo in this region.

The first tattoo Justin Bieber ever got was a seagull on his left hip. "It's based on this book that my whole family read," he explained to GQ in February 2016. "I wanted to make sure it wasn't visible. It's basically about this seagull who wanted to be more than just a seagull."

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Justin Bieber got the word "Believe" on his left forearm in honour of his second album of the same name in June 2012.

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Justin Bieber and his dad, Jeremy, got matching tattoos that say "Yeshua" on their ribcages in May 2013. Yeshua is the Hebrew word for Jesus.

In an interview with GQ in February 2016, Justin Bieber revealed that the dark-haired angel on his left arm is, in fact, ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez. "This is my ex-girlfriend," he said while referencing the ink. "So I kinda tried to cover her face up with some shading, but people still know."

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Demi Lovato has the words "Let Go & Let God" across her feet.

Demi Lovato debuted her lion head ink on Snapchat in April 2017.

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Cara Delevingne's snake tattoo was designed by Amber Heard and wraps subtly around her wrist.

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Dakota Johnson's right shoulder is adorned with three little birds, which are one of at least five tattoos the star has.

In Stay Strong, a documentary Demi Lovato recorded after rehab, she revealed she got the word "Faith" inked right below her elbow, with Lauren Martin, a friend she met during treatment.

In June 2017, the singer debuted the words "Better at 70" above his left kneecap and explained the meaning behind the new ink on Instagram. "I look back at a lot of things in my life, mistakes, insecurities, and although I have felt I've wasted a lot of time it also makes me want to be better faster!" he wrote. "For me personally I want to work everyday to be BETTER AT 70."

The Harry Potter actor posted a selfie in 2016, where these two poked fun at his "XI" tattoo. "A lot of people ask what my tattoo means. Now you know. @milliebobby_brown #XI #Eleven," he wrote. If you've seen Netflix's hit, you know Millie plays a badass character named Eleven, who audience members couldn't help but fall in love with. It looks like Matthew is a card-carrying member of the Stranger Things fan club just like the rest of us.

Neil Patrick Harris got his first tattoo to celebrate the fact that his hit Netflix show, A Series of Unfortunate Events, was renewed for a second season in 2017. "We got picked up for Season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events," he captioned a photo of the ankle tattoo on Instagram. "I got this to celebrate. #firsttattoo #anklebone #oof #olaf #scampstamp @andersonluna @unfortunatetv @netflix."

Zelda honored her late dad, Robin, with a hummingbird tattoo on her hand in 2016.

Macklemore celebrated his baby girl Sloane's first birthday by getting her name tattooed on his chest in 2016.

Ed got a giant lion inked on his chest to represent "every part of my career put into one." He also thinks "it looks cool and I don't really care if anyone else does too."

The "Dooo It!" singer opted for a tribute to her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. He shared a photo of Miley's choice — the word "DAD" on her foot — on Twitter in 2017, writing, "This may be the best Tattoo i've ever seen @mileycyrus."

Selena and the 13 Reasons Why stars all got semicolon tattoos in 2017, which were done as a tribute to the drama's deft handling of suicide.

Brooklyn got his first tattoo in 2017 and documented the whole process on Instagram. "Thank you so much Mark x just like dads," he captioned a photo of tattoo artist Mark Mahoney hard at work on his arm. He also posted a few more shots of the process as well as the finished product: a Native American chief wearing a traditional headdress.

Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson Jr. paid tribute to his late dad by getting a tattoo of him on his calf. He debuted the new ink on Instagram in 2017, and the illustration shows Michael in one of his most iconic moves wearing a black suit complete with a red shirt, black suspenders, and a white sequined glove.

The "Sorry" singer unveiled his new eagle tattoo on his Instagram Story in 2017, and it looks a little familiar. In between his "Son of God" stomach tattoo and the word "Purpose" sits a giant bald eagle, similar to the one Rihanna has on her chest.

Kelly Osbourne has multiple pieces on her back including a star on her neck and the words "I love my mommy" in French.

Rapper Eve became known for her breastbone paw prints.

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Jessica Szohr has a cherub and the numbers "29:11" and "4:13" etched on her foot.

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Drew Barrymore has the outline of a little bird tattooed on the inside of her right arm.

Following Nick Cannon's April 2008 nuptials to Mariah Carey, he was spotted with "Mariah" prominently displayed on his back.

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Evan Rachel Wood has a geometric shape with vines inked on her inner right leg.

Adriana Lima has a tribal design and shooting star tattooed on the inside of her right ankle.

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Hayden Panettiere accidentally misspelled an Italian-language tattoo on her back. It's supposed to be a direct translation of the phrase "to live without regrets."

Adam Levine has a tattoo sleeve on his left arm and a large tiger design placed on his right forearm.

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Charlize Theron and her mom got matching koi fish tattoos in 1991 — the ink on her back right ankle is the Japanese symbol of love.

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Brooke Shields has a tiny flower on her left ankle.

Ryan Gosling has the cover of his favourite children's book, The Giving Tree, placed on his left shoulder.

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Sienna Miller has had a set of three stars in a triangle shape on her upper right arm for at least six years.

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Evan Rachel Wood has the initial of her love, Jamie Bell, tattooed on her ankle. Evan has nine tattoos — and counting.

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David Beckham showed off his sleeve of tattoo during the 2nd Annual Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.

Lana Del Rey has the letter "M" inked on her left hand.

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Kelly Osbourne got her head tattoo in June 2014.

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One of Nicole Richie's most recognised tattoos is the pair of angel wings on her shoulder blades. She often shows them off in backless dresses and tanks.

Kelly Osbourne has multiple tattoos on her left arm including an anchor and script.

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During a trip to Beijing, China David Beckham showed off his tattoo to his fans.

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Nikki Reed has Russian script tattooed under her right arm.

Justin Timberlake has artwork on his arms and his legs. The singer's left calf is inked with a Chinese symbol meaning "music" and an astral band which has his sun sign symbol featured in the middle of the band.

Audrina Patridge has a colourful strawberry snake tattoo on the back of her neck.

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Kelly Osbourne has two skull and crossbones tattoos on both of her feet.

Charlize Theron sports a small flower on the top of her right foot.

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Melanie Griffith made her love for husband Antonio Banderas permanent in 2000 with a tattoo of his name on her arm.

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Jenna Dewan has a pair of wings tattooed on her upper back.

Christina Aguilera has her nickname "Xtina" inked on the back of her neck.

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Jenny McCarthy tweeted her new foot tattoo of a rose.

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Malin Akerman and her friend got matching puzzle piece tattoos.

Britney Spears has a pair of dice tattooed above her left inner wrist.

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Alyssa Milano has a Buddhist symbol on her back.

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Lea Michele has butterfly tattoos on her right foot.

One of Nicole Richie's first tattoos was an anklet design, with a cross.

It was reported that Jamie Foxx got the design on his head to celebrate his 40th birthday.

Kelly Osbourne got a small red heart tattooed on her left pinky finger.

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Victoria Beckham has David Beckham's initials, "DB," on the inside of her right wrist.

Nicki Minaj has Chinese characters running up her arm.

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The singer has the word love tattooed on her inner ear.

Kate Hudson has an outline of a tiny star on her left foot, near her big toe.

Evan Rachel Wood has a famous Edgar Allen Poe quote, "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream," inked between her shoulder blades.

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Katy Perry and Russell Brand got matching tattoos on their inner arm in 2010. It means "go with the flow" in Sanskrit.

Alyssa Milano sports a chain of roses around her right ankle.

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Zoe Saldana's right foot tattoo is Arabic and apparently means, "I want to ask her."

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Mary J. Blige belts out big hits, and when it comes to tattoos she goes big. Mary has a large cross on her left arm and her name on her right.

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Mena Suvari got a lion's head with the words "word, sound, power" on her upper back in 2008.

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Victoria Beckham has a Hebrew scripture meaning "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, who grazes among lilies" inked on her neck. David has the same tattoo on his left arm.

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Drew Barrymore has the word "breathe" tattooed on her inner left wrist.

Scarlett Johansson picked a colourful sunrise scene in 2007. She's since said, "It makes me happy when I look at it."

Kyra Sedgwick showed off her new tattoo at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The tribal ink is formed from two K's, an S and a T, the first initials of her kids and husband.

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Penélope Cruz has her favourite numbers, "883," tattooed above her right ankle.

Angelina Jolie's back features Buddhist text. It's reportedly a recitation meant to protect her and son Maddox. It reads, "May your enemies run far away from you. If you acquire riches, may they remain yours always. Your beauty will be that of Apsara. Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides."

Josh Kelley put a lot of thought into his forearm tattoo. He tweeted about the ink in November 2011 saying, "My wife's b-day is Nov 24 and Naleigh's is on Nov 23 so her 23 is in Korean and the sagittarius symbol in the middle." Josh had the work done at LA's Studio City Tattoo.

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Jessica Alba has a flower vine tattooed on the back of her neck.

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Drew Barrymore has a large cross covered in vines on her right ankle.

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Eva Longoria celebrated her marriage to Tony Parker by getting his basketball jersey number, nine, tattooed on the back of her neck in 2008.

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Pamela Anderson started a trend in the '90s with her barbed wire arm tattoo.

Megan Fox's tattoo reads, "We Will All Laugh at Gilded Butterflies."

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Nicole Richie has a pink bow tattoo on her neck with her last name inked underneath.

Mary J. Blige has her own name inked on her right arm.

Angelina Jolie sports a "know your rights" tattoo on the back of her neck as a declaration of her support for human rights.

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Heidi Klum had "Seal" and four stars, one for each of her children, tattooed on the inside of her left arm in 2008 to commemorate her fourth wedding anniversary with her then-husband, Seal.

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Britney Spears has a permanent kiss on her right inner wrist.

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Kate Moss has a small anchor tattooed on the outside of her right wrist.

Jessica Szohr has a rose on her right arm.

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David Beckham has the names of all three of his sons, Brooklyn, Cruz, and Romeo, tattooed on his back.

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Jessica Biel has a small tattoo of a dove on the right side of her stomach.

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Johnny Depp has many tattoos, including his daughter's name on his chest.

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Singer Lana Del Rey has numerous tattoos, and on her right hand the saying, "trust no one" and on her left "paradise."

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Lea Michele has two musical notes from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" on her left shoulder.

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Shortly after her VMA meat dress appearance in September 2010, Lady Gaga debuted a unicorn on her upper left thigh inscribed with the title of her album Born This Way.

Angelina Jolie has all the coordinates of her children's birthplaces tattooed on her left arm.

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Malin Akerman's large lotus flower on her back represents her Buddhist upbringing. The lotus flower is an important Buddhist symbol, as the flower grows without roots.

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Scarlett Johansson paid tribute to the Big Apple by getting a "I Heart NY" bracelet tattooed on her wrist.

Ryan Gosling told W magazine in 2010 of his various arm tattoos, "I like when [tattoos] look bad, but no one will do bad tattoos. So I did one myself. That's why it's bad. I'm waiting to get old — I think old guys with tattoos look good."

Justin Timberlake has a large cross tattoo on his upper left shoulder.

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Reese Witherspoon showed off her hip tattoo, a star with blue swallows on either side, during a Hawaiian holiday in 2011.

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Michael Bublé has his son's name tattooed on his wrist.

Angelina Jolie sat for Thai tattoo master, Sompong Kanphai, in Bangkok in 2008 to get her tiger ink.

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Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting showed off her freshly inked Roman numerals of her wedding date in 2014.

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Benji Madden showed his love for wife Cameron Diaz with a large chest tattoo.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has a small outline of a heart near her wrist.

Lindsay Lohan showed off her "shhh" tattoo in Singapore.

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Amanda Seyfried's naughty tattoo says "minge." She told Chelsea Handler, "It means vagina and kind of proud of it. It's my nickname... and it's slang in England."

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Following the foot steps of Rihanna and Selena Gomez, Adele got her first tattoo done by Bang Bang in NYC.

Jaime King has her last name inked on her back.

Lea posted this new ink after her grandmother passed away.

Angelina unveiled this forearm tattoo during a Cambodian trip in late 2015.

David's sweet ink was "designed" by his daughter, Harper!

Kaley used this tattoo to cover the one she got to commemorate her marriage to Ryan Sweeting, from whom she's since divorced.

Lady Gaga honoured David Bowie shortly after he tragically passed away in 2016.

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Drew got this tattoo just before announcing her divorce from Will Kopelman in 2016.

Lea inked herself in loving memory of the late Cory Monteith.

The former Game of Thrones star has a tattoo on his forearm that roughly translates to "be always drunk."

Angelina first showed off the massive new tattoo during a trip to Cambodia.

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Adam Levine got a massive back tattoo of a mermaid holding a skull.

The letter "A" behind Adele's right ear is said to be a tribute to her son, Angelo.

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