Re: Venice Beach Nightmare~!

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: : Okay so Frankie and I are visiting Los Angeles (where I'm from) and : we : : took the token walk down Venice Boardwalk the other day. Can I : tell : : you there were about 10 henna vendors, all promoting and selling : BLACK : : HENNA to the unsuspecting visitors? UGH i was totally pissed! I : : stopped and talked to one....he told me that 1 in 100 has a : reaction : : to the black henna, and of course that he is ALLERGIC to the : natural : : brown henna. WHATEVER. i would be suprised if this guy had any : idea : : how to make a regular batch of natural henna. phooey. : : anyhoo, it was depressing. their setups, the unsuspecting : customers, : : and they were really shady. $5-$15 to have a latin american guy do : a : : henna design on me, what's fun about that? most of the designs we : saw : : were totally sub par.....i have henna on my hands and some guy : asked : : me if i got a henna kit for Xmas...UT UH!!!!! : : oh well, what can i say...i have to say the worst things i have : seen : : in festivals were nothing compared to the venice beach scare. : seems : : that their most popular designs were tribal and chinese : : calligraphy...nothing that was traditional (which i guess is ok) : but : : the other thing that was interesting was their displays...NOTHING : : SPECIAL. : : this is a warning to all those people who thought or are thinking : : about having a black henna done at venice beach. the henna artists : : (if you can call them that) don't give a SHAT about whether or not : you : : have a reaction, period.......they just care about the money. : : i've 1/2 a mind to make a bunch of posters and put them up along : the : : boardwalk down there w/pics of PPD burns, grr. : : okay enough ranting! : : miss you guys... : : MySTiE : : http://mehndimyst.freeservers.com : I love your site!!! I went several months back to the Erotica Show : in NYC I know a few tattoo parlor vendors offered Black Henna. I : aksed if she did the red henna. Oh, it is too messy to bring. What : she couldn't bring a spray bottle of new skin? So I passed. But this : black henna thing is everywhere. I always find, knowledge is power. : The difference between those "vendors" at Venice Beach and us, WE are : Artists. THEY are vendors. Big difference. Meaning yes we do : festivals and such, but we love our art. they are out to make money. : So I hope you & Frank had a good holiday!!! I did. Blessings, : christine

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