The Henna Tattoos!

 In my last post I told that I'd taken henna tattoos, and here they are! I really like how they turned out, I just said that I want the tattoo to start from my index finger and go up my arm. Same on my feet, I just said were to start... I pretty much gave free hands to the artist. ^^

The picture above is taken on the same day I took the tattoos. It was orange at first, and it has darkened to dark brown. The first two pics are taken today, so you can see the difference. :) You might also notice that my nails are different too, but more about that in another post! ;)
Here's some pictures my sister KarzU took while I waited for the henna to dry... Btw, she also took henna tattoos, she'll put pictures to her blog soon, I think. ;)

On my hands, the tattoos go like spiral up my arm and there are swirls in every finger. On my feet the tattoos go up to my ankles. I love my tattoos, but it's also nice that henna tattoos are temporary, they'll last probably 1-2 weeks, it depends very much of your skin. Also the final color of the tattoo depends on person, mine turned out very dark. On my palms the tattoos are almost black... :D I feel very arabic now! ^^
Red henna doesn't have side-effects and it can be used as hair colour also (my mother colours her hair with henna). Although I can only speak based on my own and my friends experiences, some people might be allergic to henna, but I have nothing negative to say.
Anyway, though the red henna is safe to use, I want to say that don't take black henna tattoos! There are often some dangerous chemicals used to make the colour dark, and they can cause very strong and painful allergic reactions on skin. I've heard some scary stories about that, and you can also find some icky pics from Google about the results of taking a black henna tattoo. o_o
So, don't try black henna tattoos! I have nothing negative to say about red henna tattoos, though. ^^
And then some pictures I took before the tattoo darkened:

Left hand...

...and right hand.

Otin siis hennatatuoinnit pari päivää sitten! :D Ensimmäiset 2 kuvaa on otettu tänään, muut silloin kun tatska oli vielä melko tuore. Aluksi se oli oranssi, mutta se on nyt tummunut tummanruskeaksi. Kämmenissä kuviot ovat melkein mustia... ^^ Sitten siinä on muutama kuva jotka siskoni otti kun odottelin hennan kuivumista.
Tykkään näistä todella paljon! Kirjoitin tuonne ylemmäs punaisen hennan hyödyistä ja mustan hennan haitoista, mutta en jaksa enää kirjoittaa niitä uudestaan... Vinkkinä vain, että älkää ottako mustia hennatatskoja, niistä voi tulla allergisia reaktioita ja muuta kivaa. o_o Punaisesta hennasta ei sen sijaan pitäisi tulla mitään, ainakin minulla on siitä vain hyviä kokemuksia!