Hair tattoo ideas

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Black and white photo of a leg in bed with a grey shaded rose, flowing hair and a rose design, plus script lettering running down the side, in a botanical and lettering style.

Roses and flowing hair sleeve with script on a leg

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a paper aeroplane with a dotted loop trail, placed on the back of the neck near the shoulder.

Paper aeroplane with dotted trail on the neck

Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark hair, red roses and a pearl necklace across the shoulder and upper back.

Woman portrait with red roses and pearls

Realistic portrait tattoo of three faces across a thigh, shaded in black, grey and skin tones.

Three realistic portraits on a thigh

Close-up of a neck behind an ear with the words never lose yourself in black script lettering running diagonally across the skin.

Never lose yourself script on the neck

Woman profile in a hand mirror on a back

Woman seen from behind on a beach with a small fine line wave tattoo on her upper back, between the shoulder blades.

Small wave tattoo on upper back

Fine line black ink tattoo of a girl sitting on a swing on the inner wrist, one of a matching pair on a second wrist.

Matching girl on a swing tattoos on wrists

Colour tattoo of a crouched figure within a green crescent, with pink and red lily-like flowers and a dark plume, on a shoulder blade.

Crouched figure with lily and crescent on back

Colour tattoo of a skull wearing flowing lilac hair and red roses, with small skulls beside it, in a neo-traditional style on the upper thigh.

Skull and roses in lilac hair on the thigh

Realistic colour tattoo of a grinning face with stitched skin, red eyes and wild hair on the front of the leg near the knee.

Realistic grinning face on lower leg

Fine line tattoo on the outer thigh showing a red line drawing of a woman's head with flowing hair above a navy line drawing of a standing figure.

Red and blue line figures on a thigh

Vintage pin-up woman in corset on a calf

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a standing figure with arms outstretched and hair blowing, on the outer thigh.

Figure with outstretched arms on a thigh

Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a woman's face under a wolf's head, with one hand resting beneath her chin.

Woman and wolf portrait on a thigh

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a wolf's head over her head, braided hair tied with red ribbons and leaves, on the outer thigh.

Wolf-headed woman portrait with braids and leaves

Solid black silhouette tattoo of a mermaid with a raised arm and tail on the inner wrist.

Mermaid silhouette on a wrist

Two sketch-style tattoos on thighs: a left thigh with a woman's face, a sailing ship, a red rose and a bird, and a right thigh with a red-haired woman in black line and watercolour wash.

Sketch-style portraits on two thighs

Black and teal mermaid silhouette tattoo with swirling teal and black vines on pale skin.

Mermaid silhouette with teal tail and vines

Woman seen from behind holding a sunflower stem, with a colour botanical sunflower tattoo with green leaves on her upper arm and shoulder.

Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder

Black and grey tattoo of a fairy with butterfly wings and swirling tendrils on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.

Winged fairy tattoo on upper back

Coloured illustration of a skeletal mermaid with a skull, flowing hair and fishbone tail, holding an open shell with a pearl, drawn as a tattoo design.

Skeletal mermaid holding a shell

Small solid black tattoo of a cartoon head with a bob haircut and black-rimmed glasses, with a tiny yellow accent, on the outer forearm.

Cartoon head with bob and glasses on a forearm

Wolves and a woman on a full arm sleeve

Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman raising red boxing gloves, with leaves, a flower and SELF MADE banners.

Pin-up boxer with SELF MADE banners

Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo reading Do I dare disturb the universe across the nape of a neck, with hands holding hair above it.

Handwritten quote on the back of the neck

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by teal hair, octopus tentacles and peach shells, on the upper arm.

Woman portrait with teal hair and tentacles on upper arm

A woman holding a white mug shows a black and grey traditional style tattoo on her forearm, with a fist and leaf shapes.

Black and grey traditional forearm tattoo

Woman's profile with roses and a vintage car

Black script lettering tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with a long braid falling over her left shoulder.

Script quote tattoo across upper back

Colour tattoo of a featureless female silhouette with red and orange flowing swirls and a purple outline, on the outer thigh.

Woman silhouette with flowing swirls on thigh

Black and white line drawing of a horned skull wearing a rose and leaves in flowing hair, with a ribbon banner, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.

Horned skull with rose and flowing hair

Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and swirling vines with Chinese characters above, across a woman's back, seen from behind.

Rose and vine tattoo on a woman's back

Black and grey drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, a rose in her hair and a second rose beneath her face.

Sugar skull portrait with roses

Black and white photo of a woman with hair covering her face, showing small fine tattoos on her upper arm and forearm.

Small arm tattoos on a woman in a bralette

Colour tattoo of a mermaid with a teal scaled tail on the ankle and top of a bare foot, standing on wet sand.

Mermaid tattoo on the ankle

Black line drawing of a mermaid with long wavy hair and a curling fish tail, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body part visible.

Mermaid with flowing hair line drawing

Pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by a fan, with a rose at the bottom and a flower in her hair, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.

Woman portrait with rose and fan design

Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with dark hair, a polka-dot flower and a red shell top, with a red-to-green tail, on the thigh.

Pin-up mermaid with shell top

Blue pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a stag with blossoming branches for antlers above a woman's face framed in a circle, in a neo-trad style.

Stag and woman in a circle with blossom branches

Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a red anatomical heart in an ornate blue and gold frame on the inner forearm, with a second tattoo partly visible near the wrist.

Anatomical heart tattoo on a forearm

Black outline tattoo of a stylised face wearing red and blue 3D glasses, with a curved smile below, on the calf.

Line drawing of a face in 3D glasses on a calf

Four-panel progression of a realistic portrait tattoo of a man's face with dark floral shading below, on the outer thigh, moving from purple linework to full colour.

Realistic portrait tattoo on thigh, in four stages

Realism tattoo of a woman's face merged with a tiger's head in orange and black, on the outer thigh.

Woman and tiger portrait on a thigh

Black and grey drawing of a seated fairy with dark shaded wings, a curled swirl tail and flowers at the base, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.

Seated fairy with shaded wings

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of translucent pink and teal hearts and bubbles with a crescent moon and leaves on the inner forearm.

Hearts and bubbles on a forearm

Colour outline tattoo of a mermaid with red hair, a purple shell and a blue to green tail on the lower leg.

Mermaid tattoo on a lower leg