People often ask me what they can do to help their henna last longer. Here's a photo showing that rubbing / scrubbing / anything that exfoliates the skin is the worst thing for henna. Look how much my FitBit watch completely wore away my henna when the rest of it is still looking quite fresh!
check out the new updated designs! download new 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 fair prices [...]
I've tried a LOT of different ways of booking clients. Finding efficient ways to book clients is kind of my thing. I've taught entire classes at henna conferences on how to integrate different online systems to create a smooth client booking workflow. Up until about two weeks ago, I was a HUGE advocate of building [...]
It has come to my attention that there is precious little information out there about comparing dye release times of different henna powders, at least for body art use. Apparently most of the info out there is for mixes for hair, which do include things like apple cider vinegar (which body art mixes don't use [...]
I am so excited to finally share the news I have been holding onto for almost a year!!!!! I AM OFFICIALLY A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! In a physical, printed book you can hold in your hands, as an author/artist contacted by a publishing company as an authority on the subject matter!!!! With three other fantastic henna [...]
I am writing this recipe that I reconstructed based on my birthday week dinner at Blackie's (formerly Blackie's Bulldog Tavern) in Smithfield RI. I'm posting it to my website because this is what will probably live on long after I've lost the piece of paper I've written it down on, and this way maybe you [...]
Here's the Dungeon and Dragons Demogorgon / Demodog monster from Stranger Things. It's not too often that I get to do horror themed henna... but when a young lady comes up to you wanting Mystery Henna (tm) wearing a stranger things tshirt, super smudgy black eyeliner, and black skull leggings.... you ask her if she [...]
I made this graphic to support the Etsy Strike of April 11-18, 2022, as there didn't seem to be enough social-media-shareable ones that gave the full message succinctly and without self promotion. Sign the petitionPut your Etsy store on vacation mode / don't buy anything on Etsy April 11-18.Encourage others to do the same. Little [...]
I'm so excited to be able to do your henna again!!! I am writing today to share that I am now fully vaccinated, and thus ready to do your henna! I am sticking primarily to individual appointments, for the time being, as those are still the safest while we wait for enough others to be [...]
Meeting Alka Joshi I had the pleasure of meeting and doing henna on author Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist, at the Spring Fling Henna Conference. She read an excerpt from her book, which we all enjoyed. She then told us about how it was basically her exercise in writing an storyline for how [...]
