Tattooing Freckles On Your Face Is The New Beauty Craze, And They Look Surprisingly Beautiful
Ever looked in the mirror and thought, "Hey, I really want to cover my face with tattoo freckles?" No? Well, me neither, but as you can see from the pictures below, a lot of other people clearly have.
Freckle tattoos, otherwise known as "freckling", seem to be quite a big thing these days, and even though the idea of cosmetic tattooing isn't exactly new (eyebrow tattoos anybody?), people seem to like these tiny ink freckles because of their semi-permanent nature. Although they look quite obvious at first, they gradually fade to look more natural over the course of a few months, and they apparently disappear completely after about two years. What do you think? Would you get them? Let us know in the comments below!
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My daughter Jillian Stannard....does amazing permanent makeup ! Shes done freckles. Love them!
Wait...false eyebrows, false lashes, false freckles...and this girl is a natural beauty??? WHY???
Some definitely looked better than others, not just cuz some were still new, but more about the placement...if it were my face, I think I'd like to make my own little dots for the artist to fill in...#just sayin'
Need some blackhead solution for that skin problem. Pretty eyes tho
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A lot of these don't look natural. They just look like blackheads or like you got sprayed in the face with ink
I understand that people think freckles can be cute, but for crying out loud they have fake tats that use dye and look really natural. Why on earth get that as a real tattoo?!?!?
Load More Replies...Why does everyone keep posting hate comments?!!?!?!?!?! In my opinion they're cute and the majority of the photos are right after they get them. You realize that it's going to look different after it's fully healed after a day or two.
If one has nothing friendly to comment - dont do it at all, there are photos how they are implanted, before and after healing,- everyone is able to look at it and makes up their own mind,- I adore them, had them as a kid, wanted to bleach them away.... didnt liked them then, still have them, they are cute now ;)
They would be more believable of all over the face not just cheeks and nose.
What a poor job this tattoo artist is doing... they look so blatantly fake, they make the whole face uncomfortable to watch
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These look so cute! They totally fit her face and ginger hair color :)
You might as well put a tattoo on your forehead that reads, "Look at me, I'm stuuuupid".
You may as well have just tattooed that on your face with this ignorant comment.
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why do they keep dotting the nose so much? and I don't think freckles r that black either
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I think she looks nice! The tattooed freckles on her actually look natural and she is able to pull it off. If you don't like it that's your problem.
Load More Replies...who cares? she's likes it and feels confident thats all that should matter!
THEY LOOK AMAZING IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL
i don't understand why they didn't try drawing the freckles on their faces with make up before TATOOTING THEIR FACES!!!
She actually paid to look like this? Looks like a toad, & not a cute one.
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Why does everyone keep posting hate comments?!!?!?!?!?! In my opinion they're cute and the majority of the photos are right after they get them. You realize that it's going to look different after it's fully healed after a day or two.
who cares? she's likes it and feels confident thats all that should matter!
that face expression brings it to the whole new level of "oh god why" ....
I think she's hanging upside down? Which doesn't do your face any favors. Gravity, you know.
Load More Replies...I think that gravity would be "taking" her hoodie and everything else as well...? And I think it would not be responsible for the duckface anyway.
I have freckles, now after years of covering them up I can proudly display them! Lol! My daughter has beautiful natural freckles. These look so fake.
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who cares? she's likes it and feels confident thats all that should matter!
Load More Replies...Why does everyone keep posting hate comments?!!?!?!?!?! In my opinion they're cute and the majority of the photos are right after they get them. You realize that it's going to look different after it's fully healed after a day or two.
This is one of the worst. Why do they think this looks good?!?!? Just use a light eyeliner to put freckles on, wash em off and if you want them again, you can do it again, that way it isn't permanent.
They're not permanent, they fade away after a few months and completely go away 2 years. But I agree it looks horrible and I can't believe this is happening.
Load More Replies...Seriously that just looks like blackheads like she don't wash her face ,I'm sorry I think this one is kinda ugly !!!
Looks like one hell of a black head breakout. I wonder when people see this, they just want to pop them!!
stupid idea, just expose yourself to the sun, the damage will come naturally
Freckles just don't come from sunlight, it's natural and genetic. I have freckles all over and instead of creating, it just makes them darker. Some people are not meant for freckles. Even if you go in the sun. You'll just get sun burned first.
Load More Replies...the human body needs sunlight, ever heard of vitamin d? you don't have to expose yourself to the sun for 12 hours a day... a little bit now and then should do it.
Some of these drawn on freckles are a nice touch, but overdoing it like this can lead to an extremely unnatural look. Almost looks like acne
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I feel the need to wipe that dirty spots off her face. It's not cute.
It looks like they were dabbed on with a brown crayola marker. I wish they had been so that she could just wash it off!
none of these even look like natural freckles. I don't get it. Ive never liked my freckles, no way in hell id pay to have more
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Because they love it, is it complicated? Don't do if you don't like it.
Load More Replies...No, she looks as though she's covered In bad black heads. Should have gone with a way lighter tone for her skin!
Beginnings of chicken or small pox? Hope the healed version looks better.
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if freckles are not in your genes, you can burn to the bone in the sun but never get them. I have 1 (one!) freckle and it looks really weird when there is only one at my nose. I wish I had more of them naturally, not from tattoo
Load More Replies...Anna, on a serious note, freckles are mutated skin cells that can do lots of things,....some bad. If you don't get freckles, be thankful, because your chances of contracting skin cancer are better than most. They may look nice when you are young, but later on, who knows.
Opps, I forgot to insert "not", as in "Not" contracting skin cancer are better than most. My Bad! :(
That’s not how it works. Usually only get freckles on your arms hands in lower back face however usually just happens with ultimate sunburn you don’t really get freckles on your face from the sun
Why are you sorry?! Lol :)
Load More Replies...These will look more natural once they heal but I think the placement is bad. They are to close to her eyes and seem too evenly spaced
I'm sorry but they don't look natural even when they heal . My daughter has freckles and they are not as neat as these
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Don't do it to yourself. Learn from mistakes of other people.
the blobs are too big to be freckles... and there are too many of them..
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That actually looks the most natural 😮
Need to be lighter! Why are so many people getting freckles that are 10 shades too dark for their skin lol
You can dislike but please don't be mean, she's a very beautiful girl actually. Living with acne is very difficult, if the freckles can help her to feel pretty, well I think it's a good thing.
It's not bc of the acne. It's just a bad tattoo
Load More Replies...She was beautiful,she looks like she drew on a face with a sharpie,so lame.
She's pretty, (I don't like the freckles tattooed though) but isn't one of her eybrows a different size?
wow that is some serious nitpicking, that's just so not necessary about her eyebrows, this is why girls hurt themselves trying to look "acceptable", because of ridiculous nitpicking like this
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Why would you have them on your cheeks like that?!! That's not how they naturally appear, if you have them on your cheeks then you tend to have them all over your face!
Load More Replies...anything fake nearly always looks fake. Always! Blackheads? check. Cute freckles? Where...?
Well, along with the neck it is a statement. Just not sure what it is... possibly, I just helped a tattoo artist pay their rent.
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Ok, if you're only going to do that many, it definitely doesn't look real. Why do it at all?
Agree, apparently having blackheads is no longer something you want to get rid of.
I'm noticing a trend among these girls. Fake eyebrows, fake eyelashes, and now fake freckles. Stop f*****g with your faces and see a therapist!
I want them to put a photo up of someone with real freckles just to see if it made them look fake lol.
she's likes it and feels confident thats all that should matter!
Load More Replies...Seriously, i have natural freckles and i would do anything to look like her instead
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Why would you do it when its going to look really awful before it heals? Even after it heals it doesn't exactly look great.
"SO freaking cute!"? Um, NO. she's beautiful, but they look like blackheads
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Why does everyone keep posting hate comments?!!?!?!?!?! In my opinion they're cute and the majority of the photos are right after they get them. You realize that it's going to look different after it's fully healed after a day or two.
I don't understand why they post the swollen just after tattoo images? And honestly these people need to find new hobbies..
Call CDC, & isolate her from the general public quick! Apparently smallpox is making a comeback.
Everything about her is fake...fake eyebrows, fake eyelashes, fake freckles. Maybe she needs to see a therapist about her insecurities. Might save her some $$$.
I don't know what's more ugly, the fake freckles or that porcupine she's wearing on her eyes..
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We can fly to the Moon and shortly to the Mars, but still it's to soon to create realistic freckles tatoo.
It's because they're not spacing them correctly, that's not how freckles look naturally! And the sizes differ, and the tone varies.
Load More Replies...To get free of the tangled wildermess of the hair, follow the breadcrumbs, or more permanently, the tattoos.
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Why does everyone keep posting hate comments?!!?!?!?!?! In my opinion they're cute and the majority of the photos are right after they get them. You realize that it's going to look different after it's fully healed after a day or two.
who cares? she's likes it and feels confident thats all that should matter!
yes! you took the words out of my mouth! I can't believe this is a thing!? these girls are so beautiful, what are they thinking?!
Load More Replies...Waayyy too even. Everyone will know it's fake. I get freckles in summer and they look nothing like that
They look like someone measured the space between each freckle. They look too evenly distributed to look natural
...but, then again, the nature is big greatness, lol. :)
Load More Replies...Really?! Nobody seems to like to read the prologue first. The half of these comments wouldn't be here, if people just READ. The freckles are semi-permanent. They will COMPLETELY disappear after about two years. Mean while they gradually fade to look more natural over the course of a few months. Read people, read first.
Load More Replies...Except these particular ones will never look natural even when they fade because of their overly symmetrical placement, shape, and distribution.
Freckles are cute, I get it....but these tattoo artists really need to learn how to do it so that it looks natural. Way too concentrated and even and all the same size !
They are semi-permanent. In two years they are gone.
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A redhead? Seriously? A redhead feels the urge of tattooing FAKE freckles?
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You are the worst person for saying that dude srsly why are you saying things like that say something possitive
Bruh chill tf out it's their choice. I honestly have to wonder if you have joy out of this
The one shaped like a heart will always give away that you paid someone to repeated stab your France with needles to get the freckled look lol
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Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.
this is so stupid! seriously? ink in your face just to have a look? buarg
This must be the first tattoo post on Bored Panda where negative comments are not downvoted. Normally, people stand up and say "It is their individualism", "respect their personal choice" etc. To be honest, these "10+ Typographic Tattoos" will also mostly fade into nothing readable within a few years, but criticising those would get yourself bashed.
Load More Replies...Woah, yeah, I'm surprised at the negativity too. The only problem I see is the execution of the tattoos: too many on the nose and too symmetrical. The girls and tattoo artists probably didn't know what they were doing, since it's not common. If you google some more pics, you can find some very well done freckles, with more spacing and a more natural feel. Maybe they were going for a more synthetic look. Aside from that, it's just another way to experiment with your look. I've seen some awful tattoos, and I'd rather see someone get these fake freckles (if properly planned out and done well), but that's just personal taste. I think freckles are cute. People are probably just freaking cause it's an unfamiliar idea, and it replicates a genetic feature. People go crazy over body image stuff. Why can't a person just have fun experimenting with looks without it turning into a body image/insecurity topic.
Tattooing freckles on yourself is like tattooing a "scar" onto yourself or, taken extremely far, tattooing yourself a different color entirely. These folks deserve the mockery they're receiving.
I agree, but don't forget about Japan, where currently having uneven teeth is trendy 😄
There is any other reason to ink yourself besides to have a look? :D:D
This has to be the dumbest thing I've seen in 2017... idiots. And just when I thought I've seen all kinds of stupid, here we are... proving me wrong, again.
They say idiots are everywhere. Now they're idiots with freckles.
Load More Replies...The few that look realistic don´t suit the peopple. Freckles suit when if you get them naturally.
They probably do lighten up over time but still, I would never get it done in a million years
As someone with freckles naturally, this totally baffles me. Beautiful, clear skin, and you go and do this to yourself. Ridiculous.
I do not understand this trend. I can understand that having a tattoo is interesting and beautiful to look at, and yes, some of these do look pretty. But the biggest thing is: They are fake. Why does that matter? Well, freckles are natural, therefore the people who tattoo this on their face completely miss the point. Freckles are beautiful, "because" of the natural way it developed. Show more love for the facial skin which you already have. Another strange thing about these tattoos are that it's a "trend". Trends are temporary, a tattoo is permanent. Removal is possible, but it doesn't turn out nice all the time. If you want to try a tattoo out, try henna or jagua (for darker skins), since these are also temporary, just like a trend. If you want a permanent tattoo, choose wisely and choose from something you feel you really want to have on your skin, a thing that tells a part of your own story. The moment you choose something that is a trend, can be a thing you will regret later on.
I'm not so sure this is a trend. Like the "Glitter Beards" and other stories, I sometimes think that people are trying to start a trend on this site rather than show one. This could be nothing more than an advertisement for tattoo freckles offered by a tattoo artist.
Load More Replies...That doesn't matter if the correct naming isn't "trend" or not, in my opinion. The fact remains that it's related to a trend and more importantly: this is a temporary thing.
Some of them are charming, and some of them look like clogged pores (Sorry)
They are newly applied, still swollen.. need to see them 2-3 weeks later
Load More Replies...this is so stupid! seriously? ink in your face just to have a look? buarg
This must be the first tattoo post on Bored Panda where negative comments are not downvoted. Normally, people stand up and say "It is their individualism", "respect their personal choice" etc. To be honest, these "10+ Typographic Tattoos" will also mostly fade into nothing readable within a few years, but criticising those would get yourself bashed.
Load More Replies...Woah, yeah, I'm surprised at the negativity too. The only problem I see is the execution of the tattoos: too many on the nose and too symmetrical. The girls and tattoo artists probably didn't know what they were doing, since it's not common. If you google some more pics, you can find some very well done freckles, with more spacing and a more natural feel. Maybe they were going for a more synthetic look. Aside from that, it's just another way to experiment with your look. I've seen some awful tattoos, and I'd rather see someone get these fake freckles (if properly planned out and done well), but that's just personal taste. I think freckles are cute. People are probably just freaking cause it's an unfamiliar idea, and it replicates a genetic feature. People go crazy over body image stuff. Why can't a person just have fun experimenting with looks without it turning into a body image/insecurity topic.
Tattooing freckles on yourself is like tattooing a "scar" onto yourself or, taken extremely far, tattooing yourself a different color entirely. These folks deserve the mockery they're receiving.
I agree, but don't forget about Japan, where currently having uneven teeth is trendy 😄
There is any other reason to ink yourself besides to have a look? :D:D
This has to be the dumbest thing I've seen in 2017... idiots. And just when I thought I've seen all kinds of stupid, here we are... proving me wrong, again.
They say idiots are everywhere. Now they're idiots with freckles.
Load More Replies...The few that look realistic don´t suit the peopple. Freckles suit when if you get them naturally.
They probably do lighten up over time but still, I would never get it done in a million years
As someone with freckles naturally, this totally baffles me. Beautiful, clear skin, and you go and do this to yourself. Ridiculous.
I do not understand this trend. I can understand that having a tattoo is interesting and beautiful to look at, and yes, some of these do look pretty. But the biggest thing is: They are fake. Why does that matter? Well, freckles are natural, therefore the people who tattoo this on their face completely miss the point. Freckles are beautiful, "because" of the natural way it developed. Show more love for the facial skin which you already have. Another strange thing about these tattoos are that it's a "trend". Trends are temporary, a tattoo is permanent. Removal is possible, but it doesn't turn out nice all the time. If you want to try a tattoo out, try henna or jagua (for darker skins), since these are also temporary, just like a trend. If you want a permanent tattoo, choose wisely and choose from something you feel you really want to have on your skin, a thing that tells a part of your own story. The moment you choose something that is a trend, can be a thing you will regret later on.
I'm not so sure this is a trend. Like the "Glitter Beards" and other stories, I sometimes think that people are trying to start a trend on this site rather than show one. This could be nothing more than an advertisement for tattoo freckles offered by a tattoo artist.
Load More Replies...That doesn't matter if the correct naming isn't "trend" or not, in my opinion. The fact remains that it's related to a trend and more importantly: this is a temporary thing.
Some of them are charming, and some of them look like clogged pores (Sorry)
They are newly applied, still swollen.. need to see them 2-3 weeks later
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