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Henna By Heather’s Recipe for How to Mix Henna Paste Make your own Mehndi! What you need: 100g Artistic Organic Henna Powder 1oz cajeput essential oil a bottle of lemon juice 1. Put henna powder in a bowl that you’re going to dedicate to henna mixing. 2. Mix in lemon juice. Start with 1 cup […]
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Which tape henna artists are using to do tape resist in Mauritania has long been a mystery to so many artists who were interested in trying it. I know I personally have tried *every* medical tape I could get my hands on, and still found it super frustrating and had very little success with doing
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Caring for your Henna Design: You just had awesome, all-natural henna applied, probably at an event like a festival or a wedding – now what? How do you take care of your mehndi art to ensure it gets nice and dark, and lasts a good long time? Four easy steps for taking care of your
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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
Beautiful henna design books by Victoria Welch just published! Read More »
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
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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
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I’ve come to realize that my year and my feelings about work are incredibly predictable at this point. My henna year gets its official kickoff in March, with the Henna Gathering conference. All throughout March: Things are coming together! Final plans being made. A year’s worth of planning is finally feeling like it’ll come to
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Hello! This is Heather of Henna By Heather, and today I’m going to demonstrate for you a design that’s really simple and quick and elegant and beautiful. The way that I figured out just how quick this design was: This week when I was doing a couple of private parties, I started doing this design
What should I tip my henna artist? People often ask me what they should tip their henna artist, and it usually feels a bit awkward to answer that question, as they are often basically asking me what I would like to be tipped… So I figure I will write up some guidelines here so that
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