Tattoos are synonymous with pain, well, for the masses anyway. Not for 18-year old Kimberly Vlaminck, however, who went to her local tattooist in the hope of having three stars near her left eye as a gift from her father.

After stating she wanted three small stars, she fell asleep, clearly unaffected by the procedure. When she woke some time later, she was horrified to discover 56 stars all over her face!

See the full story and pictures, and the next time you visit your tattooist, we suggest you stay awake!

Let us know what you think by adding your comments..

We all know that celebrities often like to indulge the phrase “if you’ve got it, flaunt it”, but very few escape ridicule when they look online the next morning.

Megan Fox, the American actress and model, however, may be fairly satisfied with what she saw on a host of websites today as she had breakfast. She arrived to the British premiere of ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ at Leicester Square on Monday evening looking typically stunning in her designer black dress, but what the excitable paparazzi really enjoyed were her array of tattoos on show for the world to see.

Fox, 23, who has also starred in Bad Boys 2 and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, currently has eight known tattoos, including her fiancés name “Brian” on her lower hip and a picture of Marilyn Monroe’s face on her right forearm (above).

We love Megan Fox and all her tattoos, and particularly the one of Marilyn Monroe. Check out our previous blog posts of people who have good and bad celebrity tattoos.

And, see our Celebrity Tattoos for fantastic temporary designs that all you favourite celebs are sporting!

Derby’s famous Tattoo, Body Art and Music Festival is arriving in town next month, and is the perfect weekend for some weird and wonderful sight seeing!

The two-day extravaganza will host a plethora of body art enthusiasts, body artists, bands and families who just want to have good old fashioned fun. Over 8,000 visitors are expected to enjoy the entertainment, and again the Derby Assembly Rooms will provide a wonderful show.

It all kicks off on the 18th & 19th July, and we hope to make the trip! There a loads of tattoo events coming up over the next few months, so we will keep you posted where and when they’re happening…

There comes a time in one’s life when one contemplates having a tattoo. The moment can pass as quickly as it arrives, but when the temptation is there, it can lead to some catastrophic results!

So, we’ve selected a handful of some weird and wonderful tattoos that can easily terrify as they do impress….You decide…….

Quite an ‘interesting’ array of pictures, I’m sure you’ll agree?! But, if you can do better, send in your images to mytats@tattoofashion.com and we will put them up.

That is definitely two sides of the world I’ve not seen before……

We appreciate that the world of tattoos and art often merge, but this has to be one of the most bizarre fusions to date.

Retired teacher Geoff Ostling (below), who currently lives in Sydney, Australia, intends to donate his colourful, and clearly costly, tattooed exterior to the National Gallery in Canberra when he dies!

As much as we love tattoos, we think that hanging the skin of a deceased tattooed man for all to see may be taking contemporary art to the extreme. That said, it would look rather nice in the office….

If you’re not keen on having your entire body covered in permanent tattoos, then you can always have fun with our temporary Flower Tattoo Designs and many, many more great patterns!

In one of our March blog posts we informed you that household favourite Barbie would be celebrating her 50th birthday with a collection of temporary tattoos that can be applied to her body.

Well, we now have pictures of her sporting her new tats and doing so with the glamour and professionalism that we expect from her!

The doll’s maker, Mattel, are adamant the move will bring Barbie, and her brunette rival Nikki up to current trends, although there are no plans to give Ken any tattoos!

We appreciate that this new look Barbie has divided the world with peoples views, but temporary tattoos have been around for decades (who remembers having hours of fun with the pop star tats you got free with Smash Hits?!), so as long as children are careful, safe and educated then there is nothing wrong with a bit of harmless fun!

Check out our temporary Celebrity Tattoos and Fairy Tattoos for even more ways to have fun!

It seems that our hen night temporary tattoos have already made their way into this particular hen party, and I’m sure you’ll agree they look great!

We want to see more of your hen night pictures, especially if they involve our fantastic tattoos. A party just isn’t a party until you start tattooing everyone in sight; armed with a cloth in one hand and a camera in the other!

Send your photos to mytat@tattoofashion.com

In the meantime, check out our superb Hen Night Temporary Tattoos so you can start to prepare for the big night out.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Pop princess Kylie Minogue won’t be asking herself “Je ne sais pas pour quoi?” after her boyfriend, Andres Velencoso Segura – the Spanish Supermodel – has expressed his love by having her name tattooed below his hip.

What she may ask herself, however, is what will happen to the tattoo if and when they break up? A close source to the Aussie singer has retaliated to people commenting on the 10-year age gap, by stating “Andres knows how insecure the 10-year age gap makes her feel and this gesture has really boosted her happiness.”

We certainly hope so. With so many celebrities having tattoos applied to express their undying love and lust to the world, we just hope that Kylie and Andres go the distance, or there could be some “tears on my pillow”. Well, maybe not…

Well, it may well be for Lindsay Lohan. After her very public split from DJ lover Samantha Ronson recently, the Hollywood socialite has got herself a new tattoo as part of her rehabilitation.

The 22-year-old actress has had the words “Everyone’s a star and deserves the right to twinkle,” surrounded by yellow, blue and green stars inscribed on her wrist.

The words, once spoken by dazzling starlet Marilyn Monroe, is yet another tribute by Lohan who last year recreated Monroe’s famous 1962 nude photo shoot for a New York-based magazine.

We think that Lohan is a star, but let’s just hope that she doesn’t twinkle too bright and burn out…..

We probably all know someone who has either a Chinese or Mandarin character for a tattoo, as these designs are perfect for illustrating a name of a loved one or a favourite saying with an air of mystery.

In Asia, however, the trend is the exact opposite as the tattoo population are choosing English characters and translations due to it being more appealing, both aesthetically and stylistically.

Zhang Hui, who lives in Beijing, has the name of his ex-girlfriend in Roman letters between his shoulder blades. “It’s better looking and is simpler than Chinese,” he said.

It is only in the past few years that tattoo parlours have become more mainstream in China’s capital, and although the industry is still unregulated, it is thriving with scores of tattoo enthusiasts now making the most of the fad.

Some of our favourite pop stars, including Britney, Justin and Angelina sport Chinese-themed tattoos, while celebrities in the East are opting for English and Greek letters to exhibit to the world.

Whatever your preference, we just love the fact our alphabet is in such high demand!