But white-ink tattoos have become an overnight success with a host of celebrity
followers from supermodel Kate Moss to actress Lindsay Lohan.

The permanent designs are applied with a regular tattoo gun, yet use ink that is thicker and of a higher quality than normal to stand out on the skin.

Lindsay Lohan (left) and Kate Moss have white-ink tattoos

Model and reality TV star Jasmine Lennard, 22, has become the latest celebrity to have one done, spending £100 for the words a more appassionato (love passionately) to be inscribed on the inside of her right wrist in white ink.

Jasmine went to the Shamrock tattoo parlour on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, a popular haunt for celebrities including Victoria Beckham and Angelina Jolie.