Earlier this year, during an episode of "Red Table Talk," Jada Pinkett Smith got matching tattoos with her co-hosts, daughter Willow and mother Adrienne Banfield Norris, of lotus flowers on their forearms. Celebrity artist Dr. Woo did the honors, with Pinkett Smith enthusing in a subsequent Instagram post, "Thank you @dr_woo for your patience and generosity of your craft and spirit."
She added, "Now I want a sleeve!!!!" The super-feminine design shows the flower in three different stages of blooming, with Willow explaining on the show, "The lotus represents spiritual enlightenment, and we hear this saying, like, 'Through the mud grows the lotus.'" She noted the design captures where all three women are in their different stages in life, too.
It was Pinkett Smith's first tattoo, alongside her mother, but evidently, it got the actress's juices flowing since she's now started a sleeve on her arm in earnest. The "Magic Mike XXL" star took to Instagram to share a photograph of her brand-new ink, admitting, "I always said I would get a sleeve at 60 but tomorrow is not promised. Soooo ... I'm starting to build my sleeve now."
Pinkett Smith explained the design honors "the divine feminine journey within and without." The delicate new piece sits comfortably alongside her lotus flowers, suggesting the actress and mother is aiming for an ultra-feminine sleeve overall, but we'll just have to wait and see what she adds next.
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