So I've always wanted a tattoo, but there were a few problems about it: my skin is very sensitive, so I was afraid real tattoing might cause problems, and I don't think I could decide to have only one design on my sking forever...also, there's the problem of pain real tattooing involves...So you migh imagine how happy I was when I discovered that henna is temporary and can be done at home. BUT, unfortunately, my first experience with henna was a bad one. Or should I say, a black one? I think you can figure out the rest :/ We were on holiday and thought it would be fun to get temporary tattoos from this street artist who used PPD which I didn't know back then. Yeap. A REAL bad experience. And a stupid thing from me not to check online what original henna looks like before I went to get a tattoo. I did that only afterwards when I was searching online how to do henna tattoos on my own cos I liked it, and I've stumbeled across an article about black henna that lead me to figure out what I've been tattooed with. :( Luckily, I figured I had black henna on my skin after only a few hours, so I've washed it off with water and alcohol and put loads of antibacterial cream on it and so avoided some major damages. Athough my skin was all red underneath...but now, 3 days later it looks lot better and is healing nicely, no bumps, blisters or anything. Thank God....
Now, I refuse to let the stupid fake black henna make prejudices in my head about the real henna...and I still really want to do temporary body art on myself. :) And I still absolutely love those photos of henna art I've on this webpage.
But I'm still a bit afraid, since my skin is sensitive, about would real normal henna cause some reactions. I know it shouldn't, but...? How can I check if I'm allergic or something...? And how do I know which henna is real when I'm buying it?
Ehm, I know my questions are not specific, in fact I know they're a real mess, but I guess the real question is: How do I start?
with henna art, I mean? :)
thank you so much for replies ;)
T.
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