Patterns for Beautiful Brides and Glamorous Guests features 21 pages with line art drawings and photos of 44 hand designs for brides, bridal parties, and guests. We love this book because it has something for everyone! We call it the one-stop-shopping wedding book - this is the only one you'll need to take with you [...]
check out the new designs updated for 2021! download 2021 designs & template Have you ever done mehndi for a Chand Raat event? Well I have, in the past, about ten years ago, and I once swore I would never do one again. It seems that everyone wants henna, but no one wants to pay [...]
I was surfing around the internet, and was so pleasantly surprised to see this beautiful photo of the henna Selena Gomez got recently! It is very adorable, with her nickname "Sel" in cursive script with a little trail of stars. I would like to make one thing very clear about this photo for [...]
PPD - Not for Me!lyrics by Olena Wilshanetskysung to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"by workshop participants at the Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket, RIled by Heather Caunt-Nulton Is it made with PPD?Not for me!Not for me!Black is made with PPDand it can burn my skin.Henna should be deep rich brownOnly brownPretty [...]
I hate The Summer Self-Henna Dilemma. Do I do something AWESOME for myself that I will think is really fun and a challenge to do, pretty to wear, and cool to get a photo of for my portfolio, which I wouldn't have time to replicate in a festival setting if you begged me to? Or [...]
I love the way henna designs can be shaped by people to have whatever meaning they intend, and the way it helps create cultural bridges by bringing people together through the love of the artform. I think that Gina Wright's Mehndi Moko project is a really great example of this! Gina traveled all the way from [...]
Candied violets are a very special treat; in France they are considered a delicacy. Since violets grow quite easily, you can probably find some in your yard, a neighbor's yard, or a nearby park or forest. These edible flowers come into bloom in April and May, and are at their peak for a brief while. [...]
Note - I have since updated to a 100% WordPress based site. Note dated 8/26/15 upon importing old posts to new site. ----- Since my long-beloved Blogger has forsaken me and no longer allows for me to export my blog to my own website unless I host with Google (which I don't want to do!), [...]
Henna Videos subscribe to future videos on YouTube - check out my channel How To Mix Henna Paste : How to do henna tattoos / mehndi body art How to do an Indian-Arabic Fusion Bridal Mehndi / Henna Hand Design, complete with helpful annotations: Henna Tattoos / Mehndi Body Art Videos - any requests? [...]
The C-section rates (especially in Brazil) are currently so high that Latina (primarily Brazilian) immigrants covering up c-section scars are currently the #3 biggest group of potential clients who call me about individual henna appointments. They follow only brides and people trying out tattoos. For women who had their babies abroad to be such a [...]
