No need to be a copy cat!

I must admit that most tattoos featured on celebrities do look awesome, and it's a great way to be inspired for a great tattoo design. But that doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be treated like a fashion statement.

Normally people tend to follow the latest fashion trends from high profile celebrities, but when it comes to following their tattoo designs it does become classified as having no originality.

You may see a tattoo on a celebrity and think "oh it's so cool! I want the exact one" but it's probably not going to mean anything to you in 20 years time.

But if you're a huge fan of a celebrity and they happen to have the most coolest tattoo you have ever seen, I would think about why you would get it.

Because tattoos have different meanings to everyone, especially their design. So they may have their tattoo for whatever reason, but you would be getting it because it looks cool.

When I was in the process of searching for my own tattoo design I did see a few celebrity tattoos that I really liked. But I wouldn't of copied the exact design I would of change it and made it my own.

These days it is very easy to notice the "common" tattoos that everyone seems to be getting.. maybe because it's popular and a lot of people like it, or it's been worn on more than one celebrity. I'm talking about a tattoo referred to as the "tramp stamp" a tattoo worn by women on their lower backs.

The reason why it is called this, is due to the "rebellious" nature that most woman carry while having this tattoo. Not only is it one of the most popular and common places for woman to get their tattoos but most of the time they tend to be along the lines of the same designs or similar.

Preferably designs such as butterflies, dragonflies, fairies and so on. It may seem like a great idea at the time, but do you really want a tattoo knowing that so many more women have the same or similar design in the same spot? There's just no meaning towards that.

I wanted my first tattoo when I was 16 and I was apparently 100% sure on the design and the place on where I was going to get it done. I wanted a butterfly on my lower back. Now when I told people about my idea they would say "you're getting a tramp stamp!" I didn't even know what that meant at the time, but as I grew older I lost interest in the idea.

Now that I look back on it I'm so glad that I didn't go through with it, otherwise I would be regretting it so much.

So it goes to show that if you're really serious about getting a tattoo and want it for the right reasons, then you would think about not copying someone else's because it looks great, or some celebrity has it. You would get it because it means something to you.

Love_G