Are you planning to get a body pierce sometime soon? Here are a few tips to make sure it’s been done neatly and is infection-free.
1. Ask around for a referral. Is there someone that has been to one and would recommend their expertise? If not, and you’re looking online, check for client reviews. That helps too.
2. Check that the person at the store has got clean hands and groomed nails before you allow them to insert that piercing needle into your skin.
3. Is it a fresh needle? If it’s not …

Madonna’s done it, Liv Tyler’s done it…heck, even Joe Schmo down the street has probably tried it once! No, we’re not talking about some kinky fetish here; we’re actually referring to mehndi. Mehndi, mehendi, or henna, as it is more popularly called, has become quite the rage ever since Hollywood and the entertainment industry embraced it around the mid-1990s.
However, while people of the west have only recently awakened to this new ‘fad’, we mustn’t forget that it isn’t really new at all. In fact, the art of henna has practically …