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Hello there... My name is Gina...
I have been doing henna since August of 2007. I wanted to bring an
henna, it would be a perfect thing to give. I have always been able to
draw and figured it would be easy.
I picked up a sharpie and found my first victim!
I loved the way it looked. I started practicing
on myself. Still using sharpie, I managed to
pretty much cover myself limb to limb with
henna designs.
Not knowing where to actually buy henna, I
started researching. I finally found a place
in Beaverton that sold premixed henna. I
bought a couple of them and started
tattooing as many of my friends that I could
get my hands on to
practice. I also started
studying like crazy.
I poured through books
and images online to get
tattoo ideas.
After several months of tattooing everyone in sight, I started getting calls
from people who were wondering if I would do a special henna for them.
Most of them insisted on paying me for my time. Eventually I had the
opportunity to run a small henna booth during the "First Thursday" art
gallery walk that happens once a month in the Pearl District here in
Portland.
After working most of my life in either a restaurant setting, or a call
center I knew I wanted something more for myself. I have owned and
operated a restaurant here in Portland so I know how much I enjoy
running my own business. That and realizing how much people liked my
art and henna style and how much joy doing henna brings me, I decided
to quit my job and do henna full time.
I quickly learned how to mix my own henna to make sure my clients
always got a rich dark beautiful stain.
Here is a picture of my henna
8 days after application. This tattoo
is now 18 days old and after several
days of scrubbing is just finally faded
mostly away.
So that's it. Right now I am focusing on increasing my already broad
range of henna designs, getting new clients, making friends, and
converting my garage into a fun henna studio to do tattoos and take
pictures in.
Hopefully within the next year or 2, I would like to make a trip to India to
study henna and take pictures!
Thanks for your interest in my henna.
Bye for now!
Gina Garbero
I have been doing henna since August of 2007. I wanted to bring an
henna, it would be a perfect thing to give. I have always been able to
draw and figured it would be easy.
I picked up a sharpie and found my first victim!
I loved the way it looked. I started practicing
on myself. Still using sharpie, I managed to
pretty much cover myself limb to limb with
henna designs.
Not knowing where to actually buy henna, I
started researching. I finally found a place
in Beaverton that sold premixed henna. I
bought a couple of them and started
tattooing as many of my friends that I could
get my hands on to
practice. I also started
studying like crazy.
I poured through books
and images online to get
tattoo ideas.
After several months of tattooing everyone in sight, I started getting calls
from people who were wondering if I would do a special henna for them.
Most of them insisted on paying me for my time. Eventually I had the
opportunity to run a small henna booth during the "First Thursday" art
gallery walk that happens once a month in the Pearl District here in
Portland.
After working most of my life in either a restaurant setting, or a call
center I knew I wanted something more for myself. I have owned and
operated a restaurant here in Portland so I know how much I enjoy
running my own business. That and realizing how much people liked my
art and henna style and how much joy doing henna brings me, I decided
to quit my job and do henna full time.
I quickly learned how to mix my own henna to make sure my clients
always got a rich dark beautiful stain.
Here is a picture of my henna
8 days after application. This tattoo
is now 18 days old and after several
days of scrubbing is just finally faded
mostly away.
So that's it. Right now I am focusing on increasing my already broad
range of henna designs, getting new clients, making friends, and
converting my garage into a fun henna studio to do tattoos and take
pictures in.
Hopefully within the next year or 2, I would like to make a trip to India to
study henna and take pictures!
Thanks for your interest in my henna.
Bye for now!
Gina Garbero
| 15258 SW Millikan Way Beaverton, OR 97006 (503) 975 - 9070 gina@pdxmodernhenna.com |