This Moroccan fusion design took about 20 minutes to complete, and is a good example of intricate work that can be done quickly because it uses standard elements that are among the artist’s favorite. It’s perfect for a party where we’ve got a decent amount of time to spend with each person. The design is
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A quick little festival design at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
Simple Henna With Flower – On Trend! Read More »
This traditional Indian bridal mehndi design is an interpretation of a design by Asha Savla, an Indian henna artist working in Mumbai. It is from her book Vivaah 3. It features Radha dancing over fire. The design was done on Marlene of Henna on Hudson at the Henna Gathering.
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I’m posting this photo as a prime example of what bridal henna can be done in a two hour appointment. It’s got full coverage on the palms, using moderately intricate repeating elements, and much lighter coverage on the backs of the hands. Importantly, it’s made up of elements that are my favorite go-to bits that
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This bride was a real joy to work with! She came to me with very concrete designs of what she wanted. Actually, she had spent many hours researching her henna, and is an artist herself. She drew up these patterns herself, and asked me to interpret them for her. I really stayed very true to
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Sun Moon & Stars celestial henna theme – with a flowery twist! This design was done at a party where we had five minutes per person. Flowers and swirls are great for speedy henna, and it was fun to put a moon at the center of a big, boistrous flower and scatter a few stars throughout. When
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Henna Roses are very popular! People ask for roses in their henna a *lot*. After years of trying to figure out a rose style that I liked doing that was also fast *and* quite unmistakably was a rose, I finally settled on this. This photo was taken when I got my first DSLR camera and
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I’ve had to make a tough choice while building out this new website… do I do EVERYTHING before making it live, thus meaning I keep the in-progress website under wraps for many months? Or do I share the new website, which has *such* better functionality and design than the old one, as soon as the
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This henna design was a joy to do! She put in a request for a Ganesh at the last minute, so we were able to work it into the cuff on the second hand. I love the bold flowers on the fingers – it’s a bit of a bold Khaleeji fusion twist added to an
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This henna design was done on a fellow artist at a henna conference. Henna conferences are awesome because everyone there really understands the importance of sitting still to have the best possible design done on you *and* trusts their fellow artists to just do whatever they’d like. This is how henna magic happens. You can
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