Face tattoo didn’t always have such a wide acceptance as it has now. In fact, there was a time when it was considered rather a drab than anything else and was absolutely banned if you wanted a great job. However, the time has changed now (depending on where you live too!) Thus besides the societal normals, the art of getting inked has evolved too and now people view it from the view of having a talent in the craft. With the artists who have gained expert skills in craft and with their varied backgrounds, the styles have become totally intriguing with more elegance and prominence in designs. As for the face designs, they might be small but hold pretty high standards.
Just because Kendall Jenner dawns a beautiful face tattoo or Justin Bieber has many tattoos on his face which he loves to glorify, it does not mean that it has become a negative or high flow trend. Just like with any other kind of tattoo on the body parts, this face tattoo design is also about the design in itself, that is, the execution, precision, and a style statement that is personal to the individual. Your personal style must speak through itself when getting these kinds of designs.
Thus we have created a list of celebrity face tattoo designs that will give you a host of ideas inspired by the celebrities that you love and each of them reflecting their own personal style. Thanks to these celebs that face tattoos have now become much more acceptable than it was, let’s say a decade ago. There are much variety of designs that you can pick from but for now, let’s see if these celebs and their face tattoo designs can inspire you to get one yourself:
1.The Game Star Face Tattoo
Following the death of Bryant in a plane crash in January, The Game inked a tribunal tattoo for him right above his eyebrow which symbolizes the sideways number 8 that could stand for an infinity symbol and thus Bryant’s infinite moments in the journey. He also has the LA Dodgers logo with a teardrop right below his eyes too which adds to his number of face tattoos.
2. Post Malone Face Smiley Tattoo
Post Malone is one such rapper who likes to add tattoos to his whole face. His famous tattoos include the phrase “Always Tired’ and barbed wire on his forehead. He also has a bunny (which is a playboy sign and a smiley with “x” eyes under his eye where he also has the infamous quote tattooed.
According to Post Malone likes to cover himself in ink because he feels that he is “an ugly-ass mother—–,” and the ink “maybe come from a place of insecurity.” Post Malone told in an interview, “I don’t like how I look, so I’m going to put something cool on there so I can look at myself and say, ‘You look cool, kid,’ and have a modicum of self-confidence when it comes to my appearance.”
3. Lil Wayne Tear Drop Face Tattoo
Lil Wayne has inks all over his profile, that includes elements like a cross, stars, the word “misunderstood,” 17, and more. The rapper has many inks on his face, that might include a peace sign, the region of Africa, and the expressions “I Am Music.” The father of four, who issued his 13th album called Funeral, in February 2020, also has the words “Fear God” printed in a script font inked on his eyelids. Besides this, the “I Don’t Sleep” rapper has at least 86 tattoos, according to multiple trusted sources all over his body which are also most iconic in the industry!
4. Gucci Mane Face Icecream Tattoo
As funny as it might sound but Gucci Mane notoriously has an ice cream cone on his cheek right under his eye. The “Lemonade” rapper has one of the most eccentrics inks in the Hollywood industry which is an ice cream cone and which first waves in 2011. The ink is “a reminder to fans of how he chooses to live his life. Cool as ice. As in ‘I’m so icy, I’ll make ya say Brr,'” his spokesperson commented in a recent interview.
5. Lil Pump Face Rocket Tattoo
Lil Pump has an alien, a UFO, a rocket ship, 17, and more tattoos spread all over his face. Overall, the rapper has more than 25 tattoos all over his body. Most surprisingly, one of the substantial amounts of tattoos is on his face.
6. Presley Gerber Face Misunderstood Tattoo
Presley Gerber lately got the term “misunderstood” inked right below his eye. “Most and a lot of people can get a facelift, change genders, lip injections, etc and it’s offensive to say anything in today’s age but I get a little face tattoo and now people love to hate me…,” the model, who is the offspring of Cindy Crawford, posted his picture with this caption on Instagram.
7. Lil Xan Multiple Face Tattoo
Lil Xan has many face tattoos, that include a beautiful eulogy to his fellow Mac Miller. The SoundCloud rapper, who shortly dated Noah Cyrus before their climactic social media separation, has three zs tattooed right below his eye, right over the term “LOVER” in all caps. Lil Xan has a different design over his eye which comes out to be, “Memento Mori,” which alters to “Remember that you will die,” which gave a eulogy to Mac Miller after his death. Lil Xan got the Latin expression “Memento mori” over his eyebrow after his compatriot and fellow rapper Miller went away from this world in September 2018 because of an overdose. The expression coarsely interprets as “Remember you will die.”
8. Kat Von D Face Star Tattoo
Kat Von D has a bunch of stars on the left part of her face. Von D is also a tattoo artist herself who also hosts shows on TLC. She said that the star tattoo which begins from her forehead and covers her under-eye “is a symbol of being able to be heavily tattooed and still carry yourself in a feminine way,” according to her in a recent interview.
9. Kehlani Face Paper Airplane Tattoo
Kehlani is famous for her beautiful tattoos that include the phrase “Espiritu Libre” which means a free spirit along with others on quite visible parts of the body. However, her most iconic tattoo si the airplane tattoo right under her eyes, on her cheekbones. She also has four small dots beside the little paper plane tattoo, two on each side.
10. Aaron Carter Face Greek Tattoo
Much of Aaron Carter’s face is done with beautiful ink designs. In most recent times, Carter got a picture of the Greek mythology character, Medusa. The medusa tattoo begins from his forehead and covers his cheeks going through the part under his eye too. “Medusa is my protector. If you want to come at me with some negativity, my Medusa will stare you in the eye and turn you into stone,” he made a statement in a recent interview.
11. Amanda Bynes Face Heart Tattoo
Amanda Bynes has a simple black ink heart tattoo on her cheeks. She has it done with simple black ink that is placed right under her eyes. Since this picture, she has also inked one more heart which is right above her eyebrows. She is not too active on social media but she shared her heart tattoo pictures with the rest of the world.
12. Anwar Hadid Face Dots Tattoo
The three tiny little dots below the eyes of Anwar Hadid, who is a model and brother of supermodels Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid, are just some of the most unique designs that he has on various other parts of the body. He also includes a cross-chain necklace that encircles his worst and a number 55 which is there on his chest. He also a phrase that reads “the world gold” on his neck. “I have so many weird tattoos that at one point meant something to me, but no longer do,” he told in an interview quite recently. “I find it so beautiful that at one point I could have cared about something so much to have gotten it tattooed on my body. I have to respect who I was at that moment,” he continued.
13. Offset Face Kulture Tattoo
The Migos member, Offset has several face tattoos along with other ones on his whole body. He also has “Kulture” written which is the name of his daughter with his wife Cardi B in script font which is placed between his cheeks and jawline. Besides this, he also has some great designs under his eyes.
14. Mike Tyson Face Tribal Tattoo
You can’t speak about face tattoos without mentioning Mike Tyson and his famous face tat. In his 2008 documentary, Tyson, the boxer announced he got the tribal pattern on his face because he assumed it was “cool,” according to some popular and trusted source. The tribal design is unique and goes under his eyes. He continues, “I just thought it was hot,” he said.
15. Tekashi 6ix9ine Face 69 Tattoo
Notorious rapper Tekashi 6ix 9ine is no alien to getting inked, especially on his face— in fact, it might be important to his trademark. He has varieties of the numbers 69 located all over her body as well as others that include Billy the Puppet from Saw, spiderwebs, and more.
16. Trace Cyrus Face Cross Tattoo
Miley Cyrus’s brother, Trace Cyrus seems to compete with his sister with his own designs. His face has many designs that include a cross under his eyes and the word “Ashland”, some stars, and a rose is done in black ink.
17. Travis Barker Face Blessed Tattoo
Travis Barker, recognized as the drummer for the popular band Blink-182, is practically masked in tattoos. His face, apparently, is no exemption. He’s got the word, “Blessed” below his eye, an anchor, and last but not least, a star right on his face which looks unique.
18. Justin Bieber Face Cross Tattoo
Justin Bieber really has two face ink designs, the first of which is has a tiny cross near the bottom part of his eye. The small cross by his left eye is so ingenious, it took fans ages to even find it. This photo revealing the tat came into the media in August 2017, but this one confirms it all the way behind in May 2016. The cross comes as a gift and skill of JonBoy of Bang Bang tattoo shop in New York City, a famous tattoo designer amidst the celebs. He has also made Justin’s other tattoos which includes another one of his face tattoos.
19. Birdman Multiple Face Tattoo
Throughout his profession in Hollywood and the music industry, Birdman has had no lack of face tattoos. The rapper spread on his head and face a glorious amount of tattoos, that might include everything from stars to teardrops and across, amongst loads of others.
20. Rick Ross Unique Face Tattoo
Rick Ross is clearly ready to take all the risks when it comes to face tattoos. In fact, he has plenty of designs that include both his face and body. In 2015, he got at least 5 face tattoos at a New Jersey tattoo studio on different locations of his face that includes Miami Heat Crest, The letter W, and cross symbols.
21. Ceelo Green Cross Face Tattoo
CeeLo Green’s face ink is not much noticed by his fans but he actually had many tattoos on his face. He has a cross done in black ink tattooed on his eye and even the world TRILL which is placed right on his ear amongst the other tattoos on his face.
22. Sinéad O’Connor B and Q Face Tattoo
Though this listicle contains celebs who do not regret having face tattoos under the eye at all, she is the one who thinks that she shouldn’t have gone as far as getting herself a face tattoo. In 2013, Sinéad O’Connor presented to the world, two new face tattoos, a “B” on her right under the eye and a “Q” on her left under the eye. The words were reportedly intended to recall the contention she had with ex-Brendan Quinlan. After less than a year, she also said got her tattoo surgically removed because according to others, the ink had become “stupid [expletive] on my face.”
23. Brooke Candy’s Numerous Face Tattoos
Brooke Candy has multiple tattoos as her Face tattoo designs which look absolutely gorgeous. Here is a list of all that she has:
- “EVERYTHING DIES” on her hairline
- mysterious script on her hairline
- barbed wire on her hairline
- spider on her forehead
- the emblem on her forehead
- spiderweb on her forehead
- four dots on both of her eyebrows
- trident underneath her left eye
- skull and crossbones on her left temple
24. Halsey Queen Face Tattoo
Halsey got the Queen of Diamonds playing card logos inked right near her ear in June 2018. “Thanks for my first (and only hopefully lol) face tattoo,” she wrote to expert Noah Lee aka Nal who created her design.
In her Instagram post, she captioned this picture with the lyrics from the latest song “Caste” in which she refers to her becoming the queen of the castle that is the music industry and finding a place for herself. She writes, “I’m headed straight for the castle / They wanna make me their queen.” More precisely, it’s regarding taking back some of the potentials from male managers who believe that a female artist should look and behave in a particular style to satisfy the public. She composes in her lyrics, “an old man is sitting on the throne that’s saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut.” Thus with this tattoo, she strengthens her aspect of being a woman to take her place in the world.
25. Kash Doll Star Face Tattoos
Kash Doll has a small star design on her face which she wraps up with makeup.
26. Angie Doll Simple Face Tattoo
Ängie has the word “angel” tattooed on her forehead with simple bold font done in black ink.
Kehlani has a design of a paper airplane done in black ink and just the outline of it on the outside corner of her left eye.
Kehlani has the Queen of Hearts design from a deck of cards inked on the left side of her face in the exterior part of her ear. She made this design in August 2015 and did it with black ink only. A similar design is done by Halsey in the same position.
In February 2012, Allison had “WTF” (What The Fuck) inked near her brows on her forehead by her sister Melissa Marie Green. This design is made in blacklight ink, which implies that it can only be seen beneath ultraviolet light and is “hidden” in most normal situations.
29. Linda Perry Tear Drop Face Tattoos
Linda Perry has a small teardrop tattoo done with simple black ink below her eye.
30. Dita Von Teese Mole Face Tattoos
The beauty mark that you generally notice near the left eye of Dita von Teese is actually a tattoo. She although wanted a star but she got this dot when she was just 17 years old. She says that the tattoo shop talked her into having a mole instead which she’s very thankful for now. She explains in an interview, “You have to understand that I was pretty eccentric. I was always drawing hearts and stars in that spot,” she said in Inked Magazine. “I went in thinking I wanted a star there, but they wouldn’t do it. They were like, ‘We’re not putting a star on your face.’ They were the voice of reason,” she continues.
Amber Rose made a statement with her name tattoo right on the forehead. She has the names of her sons inked. Her forehead tattoo was taken to be quite a bold move by her fans and she even backlashed at her haters for it. Her son’s name is Slash and Bash which is the nickname for her. She made her tat in February 2019.
32. Travis Scott Free Face Tattoo
The famous rapper, Travis Scott wraps up this list of celebrities with face tattoos for having multiple tattoos on his face. Not just his face, he has multiple tattoos on the rest of his body too. But his most iconic tattoos include “free” below his eye and an anchor near his left ear. He also has a tribal design that is placed along the side of his forehead.