I’ve always loved henna, it’s beautiful, classy and so feminine. Hand tattoos are so beautiful and I’ve thought about this for a long time, especially because of my profession. Finally I decided to make my henna permanent!
At first, I was hesitant to get the work done on my hand, but here is what changed my mind. I lost a close friend recently, spent a fair amount of time with him in the hospital as he was dying… as I thought and reflected on this loss, I decided that life was too short to keep on worrying about what others would think and say…
So I went to Planet NY, in Poughkeepsie, and spoke to Greg, told him what I wanted, brought in pictures. A couple of weeks later I was back to get tattooed. He was great, listened to me. He carefully incorporated an old wrist tattoo and was very accepting of the changes I wanted. The best part: he was totally excited to do this because it was so different than the rest of his work. Since, he’s added a paisley to the left and we’re talking about more… more… more…