another freebie day....I am exhausted!

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Posted by Willowhawk on July 9, 2001 at 21:41:15:

Ok....hopefully the picture will show up this time. This is one of
CCJ's dragon patterns. This is on my husband's back.

I spent all day Sunday recuperating from a barbeque I attended on
Saturday. The hostess is a friend and had expressed her desire to
have 'a little something' done. So I mixed up a batch and took it
with me, figuring I would do some mehendi on the people there.
It was a beautiful day, and I started out by doing a design on the
back of my hand and then covering it with liquid glitter which seemed
to make a good sealant, plus looked absolutely amazing in the
sunlight.
One couple brought 8+ girls with them (ages 8-17). The girls were
really excited and most sat patiently waiting thier turn. The oldest
ones were asking questions and eventually 2 of them became my
lemon/sugar dabbers and papertape wrappers, which was tremendously
helpful.
3 of the younger girls were an absolute nightmare. I must pause here
and say...Kree, your method of charging to correct smudges is one I
will definately be adopting from now on. Even if it's a freebie
piece!
The 3 youngest...oy!!! One girl let the paste dry and did not come
back to be l/s'd or wrapped. She removed the dried paste after about
1/2 hour and came back 2 hours later to have another piece done. I
don't think so. I was not too happy with her.
Another girl would not stop smearing her design, and wouldn't stand
by the fire to let the paste dry. She even grabbed one of my extra
bottles to try to fix it herself, when I wasn't looking! She would
smear the design then come whine to me "it's smeared and it's not dry
yet"...after fixing it 3 times, when she came back the 4th time, I
just wiped part of the design away and wrapped it. Then I told her
to go play.
The last girl, and probably the worst, was the one who decided that
since I was offering this for free...why not get as many designs as
my good nature would allow. Her sister even told her to stop being
so greedy and tried to get the point across that 'free' doesn't
mean 'abundance'. This girl left with at least 4 designs on her, and
was trying to have a 5th one. She found my liquid glitter (by going
through my henna box :( and wanted to know why I was the only one who
had glitter and "I want another one, but with glitter"...to which I
had to politely tell her "I have glitter because I haven't wrapped my
hand. I can do this because I know how to move around with dried
paste on my body because I do it often." Ugh! Get out of my henna
box, and my face....lol.
It was one of the teens birthday, and she had picked one of CCJ's
dragons' for me to do. Just her luck it was the one I had recently
done as a back piece on my husband. So, the birthday girl got a very
beautiful dragon, all along the shin bone. Very pretty and the same
design as the picture above.
This very sweet woman sat waiting patiently, thinking she would be an
imposition if she asked to have anything done. So I made sure she
had something beautiful done on her. I took a picture of her leg,
and other than the glittery piece on my hand, it was the only other
picture I took all night.
At 3am (yes, 3 in the morning) I finished the last piece of mehendi.
By that time I had lost count of how much mehendi I had done. I know
it was a few more than 25 though.

Oh, and I did get to finally see someone who had recently had
black 'henna'. One of the teen girls asked me if I could go over
this design she had on her arm. As soon as she lifted her sleeve, I
saw that it was not real henna, but the black death. We had a long
discussion about black 'henna' and Henna. She read all the info I
had, saw the horrific pictures and I hope is sufficently armed in
knowledge now.
The really ironic thing (at least to me)...she had this black 'henna'
done at CHURCH!!! And to top it off, the chinese lettering
supposedly says..."Trust in God"...roflmao!!!
Blessings,
Justine Willowhawk

Magical Mehendi

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Wow!!! Beautiful work! (n/t) shaon 02:22:21 7/10/2001 (0)
good deeds, and a gorgeous dragon! what a talent you are! (n/t) Alissa 22:49:37 7/9/2001 (1)
- ty both! n/t Willowhawk 20:39:43 7/10/2001 (0)

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: Ok....hopefully the picture will show up this time. This is one of : CCJ's dragon patterns. This is on my husband's back. : : I spent all day Sunday recuperating from a barbeque I attended on : Saturday. The hostess is a friend and had expressed her desire to : have 'a little something' done. So I mixed up a batch and took it : with me, figuring I would do some mehendi on the people there. : It was a beautiful day, and I started out by doing a design on the : back of my hand and then covering it with liquid glitter which seemed : to make a good sealant, plus looked absolutely amazing in the : sunlight. : One couple brought 8+ girls with them (ages 8-17). The girls were : really excited and most sat patiently waiting thier turn. The oldest : ones were asking questions and eventually 2 of them became my : lemon/sugar dabbers and papertape wrappers, which was tremendously : helpful. : 3 of the younger girls were an absolute nightmare. I must pause here : and say...Kree, your method of charging to correct smudges is one I : will definately be adopting from now on. Even if it's a freebie : piece! : The 3 youngest...oy!!! One girl let the paste dry and did not come : back to be l/s'd or wrapped. She removed the dried paste after about : 1/2 hour and came back 2 hours later to have another piece done. I : don't think so. I was not too happy with her. : Another girl would not stop smearing her design, and wouldn't stand : by the fire to let the paste dry. She even grabbed one of my extra : bottles to try to fix it herself, when I wasn't looking! She would : smear the design then come whine to me "it's smeared and it's not dry : yet"...after fixing it 3 times, when she came back the 4th time, I : just wiped part of the design away and wrapped it. Then I told her : to go play. : The last girl, and probably the worst, was the one who decided that : since I was offering this for free...why not get as many designs as : my good nature would allow. Her sister even told her to stop being : so greedy and tried to get the point across that 'free' doesn't : mean 'abundance'. This girl left with at least 4 designs on her, and : was trying to have a 5th one. She found my liquid glitter (by going : through my henna box :( and wanted to know why I was the only one who : had glitter and "I want another one, but with glitter"...to which I : had to politely tell her "I have glitter because I haven't wrapped my : hand. I can do this because I know how to move around with dried : paste on my body because I do it often." Ugh! Get out of my henna : box, and my face....lol. : It was one of the teens birthday, and she had picked one of CCJ's : dragons' for me to do. Just her luck it was the one I had recently : done as a back piece on my husband. So, the birthday girl got a very : beautiful dragon, all along the shin bone. Very pretty and the same : design as the picture above. : This very sweet woman sat waiting patiently, thinking she would be an : imposition if she asked to have anything done. So I made sure she : had something beautiful done on her. I took a picture of her leg, : and other than the glittery piece on my hand, it was the only other : picture I took all night. : At 3am (yes, 3 in the morning) I finished the last piece of mehendi. : By that time I had lost count of how much mehendi I had done. I know : it was a few more than 25 though. : : Oh, and I did get to finally see someone who had recently had : black 'henna'. One of the teen girls asked me if I could go over : this design she had on her arm. As soon as she lifted her sleeve, I : saw that it was not real henna, but the black death. We had a long : discussion about black 'henna' and Henna. She read all the info I : had, saw the horrific pictures and I hope is sufficently armed in : knowledge now. : The really ironic thing (at least to me)...she had this black 'henna' : done at CHURCH!!! And to top it off, the chinese lettering : supposedly says..."Trust in God"...roflmao!!! : Blessings, : Justine Willowhawk
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