What’s so amazing about this whole henna body painting is how the artist did the painting directly on Alex’s hand and arm. No sketches nor outlines whatsoever were drawn on the skin. But then, that’s why Speedy brought Alex to that artists’ lair in the first place — so that her dragon could be done by a real artist.
So, if you’re planning on visiting Boracay and getting a henna body painting there, the artists selling those skulls and bugs across the entrance to the Mandarin Spa really do a great job. 
22 Responses
dhayL
March 26th, 2008 at 3:27 am
1pretty neat huh!
Jean
March 26th, 2008 at 5:34 am
2That’s a great tattoo, no allergic reaction ? I’m always wary of henna tattoos because I hear that some places use some other chemicals in place of henna and those alternatives trigger allergic reactions.
rhodora
March 26th, 2008 at 7:54 am
3Nice dragon. It’s also on summer breaks when I allow my daughter to have henna body paint on her arm or sometimes, ankle.
I’m sure you and your family had a great time, Connie. I was able to visit Boracay in the summer of 2003 and stayed in a hotel atop a hill, overlooking the ocean. Hay, kelan kaya mauulit yun.
Lette
March 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
4Really great pics. Please keep them coming!
Connie Veneracion
March 26th, 2008 at 11:00 am
5Yep, dhayL, great design. I was surprised actually because the samples I often see are rather common.
None, Jean, fortunately.
Rhodora, you know, I would have been happier if the hotels and restos were farther away from the beach, like towards the hills. The beach would be less suffocating that way.
Lette, ah yes, gosh, I can have a new blog entry everyday for weeks just to post all the pics hehehehe
faye
March 26th, 2008 at 11:39 am
6Wow! the father approved and took your daughter to get those tats? Cool Dad! B-)
Em Dy
March 26th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
7Connie, what exactly is a dreamcatcher?
By the way, love your new header and the colors of your page.
florskie
March 26th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
8good day sassy and great pics, i do wish i can visit boracay in the near future.
dream catcher is more like a charm (american indian charm), they are placed above the doorway near the bedroom, it filters bad dreams (did I got it right sassy?), em dy there is a book by stephen king titled ‘the dreamcatcher’, was made into a movie years ago.
Connie Veneracion
March 26th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
9faye, the dad wanted one too hehehe
Em, click the dreamcatcher link. Wikipedia article.
Florskie, yep, that’s it. The kids have a few small ones but nothing as large as the one in the photo.
iskolar111
March 26th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
10We need to recharge our batteries once in a while. Someday I’ll visit Boracay but in 3 days time I’m off to Israel and Egypt for 15 days vacation. Our group of 100 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parishioners will visit the holy sites including Mt. Sinai where Moses received the 10 commandments and of course the pyramids of Giza. My wife for sure will shop in Cairo.
Connie Veneracion
March 26th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
11iskolar111, Egypt is one of my target destinations too.
BlogusVox
March 26th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
12Dreamcatcher? In Boracay? I thought this is a Native American culture. What are they going to think of next? Camel rides around the island perhaps.
I remember when we were small, my father brought us there. That was the time before the “poca shell” craze. Where the locals invites you to have lunch with them and drink buko juice without paying for it. Before the hotels, the nightspots and the rides. When Boracay was still pristine. That kind of experience makes a lasting impression in your mind.
Now a days, I just go there to accompany friends and relatives who haven’t seen it yet.
Connie Veneracion
March 26th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
13“Dreamcatcher? In Boracay?”
LOL even in Baguio.
BlogusVox
March 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
14Ms.Sassy, there are a lot of places in Aklan that are not known to tourists yet. One is a garden inside a forest. Besides the lush greenery, the open-air restaurant is serving ice-cold beverages. The main attraction is a spring. Water coming out of an underground river is so cold; they chill cases of beer in it. Another is a seven-tier waterfall in one town and a white-water rafting in another. And of course the mangrove eco-system park in Kalibo.
Do I sound like a travel agent?
Connie Veneracion
March 26th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
15BlogusVox, okay, you now have my undivided attention. Where is that? I wanna go there.
BlogusVox
March 26th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
16The garden is in Lezo, the waterfalls is in Tangalan and the white-water rafting is in Libacao. The eco-system park is along the seashore of Buswang, a barrio of Kalibo.
If my schedule for vacation next year won’t have any hitch, I’ll be in the Philippines around March. I’ll be glad to show you all these places.
auee
March 27th, 2008 at 5:25 am
17Ohh tattoo, kahit henna lang I want one
But growing up Tatay scared me sh*tless about them so my brain keeps going haywire when I attempt it.
I like those bugs, are those for real? Even those skulls? Now I want one. Tamang-tama my sister is going to Boracay next week & she’s my Ate so…hehe
Jet
March 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
18ok… ang di ko maintindihan e kung bakit, with everything that you’re narrating and showing here, what’s standing out for me is how beautiful Alex’s hand/arm is… hahaha!
just humor me ok? take it from a nearly-arthritic old woman na may built-in dragon sa braso. I believe it’s also called uhmm… ‘ugat’
tell alex to take care of her hands unless you’re worried she might interpret that as never having to wash dishes while living with you… harharhar!!
Connie Veneracion
March 27th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
19BlogusVox, wow, that really makes me want to go back to Aklan.
Auee, sabi 2 weeks daw nagla-last yung henna. One week and Alex’s dragon is fading fast. The bugs and skulls are REAL. Ang mamahal lang.
LOL Jet, do you know that my mother’s cousins used to tell me never to wash dishes because that would ruin my hands? Washing baby bottles made things worse. LOL But at least I can brag that Alex inherited her hands from me and not from Speedy.
Kotsengkuba
March 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
20wala akong makita trace ng ballpen before the henna? kung wala nga, magaling yung artist kase usually the artists would sketch the pattern first before applying the henna itself. at ang haba nun dragon, magkanong inabot nyan?
auee
April 7th, 2008 at 3:54 am
21I got the beetle/bugs
Got my sister to buy them for me.
One week nag-fade na?? Baka two weeks pwera hilod hehe
dhayL
April 7th, 2008 at 4:03 am
22i’ve always wanted to get a tattoo, but I was afraid na mapagalitan ng parents..that was my thought 9 yrs ago, now married for 6 yrs, my husband has 6 tattoos, but he’s afraid of the dentist! sabi ko on my 30th bday, i’ll get one, so we’ll see
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