By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor
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Depending on where you live, you may be able to find a henna tattoo artist who specializes in applying these natural and temporary body decorations. If you have the flair and flexibility or are unable to find a nearby henna tattoo specialist, you might want to try your hand at applying the natural products on your own hands or other body parts.
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HennaCaravan said
on 2/24/2008 Be sure to use fresh body art quality henna, therapeutic essential oils, not aromatherapy grade, clean your skin well, strain your lemon juice , leave the henna on 4-6 hours, avoid water for 24 hours, and you should have good results.
These tips will help you achieve great henna
HennaCaravan said
on 2/24/2008 Be sure to use fresh body art quality henna, therapeutic essential oils, not aromatherapy grade, clean your skin well, strain your lemon juice , leave the henna on 4-6 hours, avoid water for 24 hours, and you should have good results.
These tips will help you achieve great henna
HennaCaravan said
on 2/24/2008 Use fresh henna powder from a reputable supplier, strain your lemon juice, clean your skin, leave the henna on for 4-6 hours, avoid water for 24 hours, and use high quality essential therapeutic oils, not aromatherapy grade oils for best results.
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Sandika said
on 9/29/2007 To wrap for overnight wearing of paste (to insure a darker, longer lasting design), I use paper surgical tape (1"-wide) wrapped well. Works great and is much better than a non-porous wrap which can make you sweat and smear the paste... something you don't want to do after all that hard work! :o)
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 Try lavender or cajeput essential oil instead for your terp. Use sugar or honey in the henna paste itself to get it to stick onto the skin longer. Definitely lemon/sugar seal it to make it stick to skin as long as possible. If caffeine doesn't bother you, try mixing paste with black tea or coffee. Never, ever let anyone put black henna on you -- anything with PPD chemicals mixed in is bad news. Try different applicators: hand rolled mylar cones or j-bottles or icing bags. Before showers or going swimming or hot tubbing, protect your henna stain with tiger balm, olive oil, almond oil or Vaseline -- but avoid baby oils and hand lotions. Try mixing your pastes with different powders: henna from Yemen will be different from Pakistan, etc. Mix, match, play!