Best Women Tattoo Designs - Information and Popular Designs

Women's tattoo designs have grown enormously at a fast rate. Even just twenty years ago you were just starting to see women with tattoos, and most of these women kept them in discrete places so they could cover them up.

One of the very first women to sport tattoos was Betty Broadbent in 1927. She became known as the first tattooed lady; displaying her body art with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. Not only was Betty the first to have a full body tattoo, but she was also the first to have her self tattooed by the electric tattoo machine.

Now in 2010, you can pretty much find a tattoo parlor in every city, as well as women sporting some pretty great tattoo designs all over the world.

Tattoos in general are now available in more colors and with pretty much any kind of design you like. If you are going to an exceptional tattoo artist, they can pretty much duplicate anything you like.

Women's tattoo designs over the years have pretty much evolved from simple 'names' and 'roses' to outrageous designs like 'flowers down the back', 'the tramp stamps' and 'angel wings'.

Also, women are no longer getting tattoos that they keep hidden. Tattoos are shown in more visible places, and are considered 'sexy' in modern day society.

Some of the more popular tattoo designs for women are:

• Shooting stars
• Butterflies
• Angels
• Fairies
• Flowers
• Chinese Symbols
• Hearts

Some of the more popular places on the body for a tattoo include:

• Lower Back (Tramp Stamp)
• Side of Torso
• Ankle and Top of Foot
• Wrist
• Front Side of Hips
• Belly Button Area

Chinese Tattoos Tips

I just saw a Caucasian woman with a Chinese tattoo that says, 'love birds' in Chinese. But that's what she thinks. When read in the Chinese context, it means either you love birds or and you are a bird lover! On the naughty side, it can also mean you love the male organ, you know, the reproductive one. If you don't believe me, trying showing it to anyone in China or Taiwan.

So it is really crucial for Westerners who want to tattoo Chinese characters on their body to really know what it means and symbolize. The Chinese calligraphy may look impressive, especially when combined with a Chinese dragon tattoo, but get it wrong and you may be looking like a clown with a puzzle tattoo instead. And by the way, Chinese tattoos are not Japanese tattoos. Some characters may be the same, but most of them have different meanings in the different cultural context.

For those thinking of inking the Chinese characters tattoos, I would suggest consulting a Chinese speaking tattoo artist before the procedure. Unless you want to look like a victim of a practical joke, it's better to get it right the first time because tattoos are permanent and removal can be painful. Chinese tattoos with just the characters or writing alone can look quite boring unless the calligraphy is done tastefully, which is rare unless the tattoo artist is trained to write and have practiced Chinese calligraphy for a period of time.

I would suggest combining it with Chinese symbols to give a better impact. The Chinese phoenix tattoo is a very powerful symbol for women and the Chinese dragon is a good one for men. Both are mystical creatures from Heaven and symbolize power and luck. If you are more ambitious, you can put all the twelve Zodiac tattoo signs on your back. But you better be tall for this project.

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