Rihanna Gets A New (More Personal) Tattoo


 Rihanna is well known for loving the ink. But her new tattoo is a little reminder to herself, without the message for the rest of the world.

The 21-year-old has gotten a new tattoo on her collarbone, printed in a dark gray, and written backwards. The words: Never a failure, always a lesson.

    “I asked her why she wanted that and she said, “It’s kind of my motto in life for everything. Instead of considering things to be mistakes, considering them lessons,” the artist who did the ink, Keith ‘Bang Bang’ McCurdy said.

    “She said that she wanted to do it in grey, rather than black, because she wanted it to be more subtle.”

I like this tattoo. I am not usually big on the obvious and tacky ink jobs that Rihanna seems to enjoy, but this one has a purpose, and while it is in an obvious place it looks a lot less so with the lighter colored ink.

Much better than the bold ‘Rated R’ tattoo between her breasts.