I'll bet the tattoos look infinately better on you than the beard would have. I love tattoos on women, even though it's an oft topic of derision here on Freep.
They do not have to like tattoos. I just choose to display me artwork on my body instead of the wall. Lenny Dwayne (RIP) put it best, he said "Tattoos are putting a little bit of your inner self on your outer self.".