Body Art

[tinyjo]

I spotted a henna tattooist when I was walking across Westminster Bridge on Friday and I was really tempted to get one done, despite my well known aversion to writing on my hand or anything like that. But, as usual, I couldn't decide what to get or where to get it. I'd like something in black only, small and pretty. Any suggestions? What would you get (or have got) ?

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[truecatachresis.livejournal.com]

A barcode, on your wrist.

[elleblue.livejournal.com]

I saw a henna tattooist on Cornmarket the other week, and that set me thinking, too. I'd probably go for something on or around one ankle (a little leafy anklet or something) if I ever decided to go for one myself.

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[(Anonymous)]

Don't do it at all unless you get an allergy test first. Many, many "henna tattoos" are not pure henna but often adulterated with organocarbon and/or mercury-based compounds which can lead to permanent scarring.

Try it at home with a kit first and see if you like it at all!

(I would get a small, simple, curly dragon-like emblem if I were that way inclined, but I trust my body as it is and don't need to modify it. Clothes are adequate for the whole body-decoration, self-expression, and modification thing, and they're so easy and transient and washable!) :-)

Henna tattoos.

[dotty.livejournal.com]

You may check with my LJ friend The_Bead as he actually *does* Henna tattoes and he can advise you on the pros and cons of the thing and where to get it done if you decide to do it... He may even do it for you but you got to check.

One more thing...

[dotty.livejournal.com]

Did I say he lives in Oxford and works in Biochem?