Jamaican cruise, black henna, and an informed decision
Posted by Kim on June 8, 2001 at 19:37:47:
Hi all,I'm feeling really good right now...a friend from work just back from
her cruise and she just had to tell me about her experience in
Jamaica.
She says they were out sight-seeing and came across a booth
advertising henna tattoos. She was with her two teenage daughters and
four teenage nephews. They all wanted to get a tattoo so they stopped
by the booth. When she saw that they were using black henna she
bluntly told the man that it wasn't real henna. He assured her it was
and she again told him that safe henna should be green and stain
brown not black and what he was using was very harmful. He then got
defensive and said he was using india ink, not PPD. She decided not
to take any chances and left.
The reason I feel so good about this is beacuse this woman knew
absolutely nothing about henna until she saw a design on my hand and
asked me about it. She then asked if it came in any other color and
at that point I told her of the dangers of PPD black henna. She has
the attention span of a flea so I was surprised to hear she
remembered. I guess I able to paint a big enough doom and gloom
picture for her.
That's 6 people saved from potential harm...thanks to Jeremy, CCJ,
and all the wonderful people on this forum I was able to give my
friend this info so she could make an informed decision.
Thank you,
Kim
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Kenzi 22:40:23 6/8/2001
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