Comments on: A Personal Aside

By: coral-seas

coral-seas — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:09:14 +0000

I love henna. Gill's post prompted me to blog a retrospective on the henna party I attended in India, April 20007. If you would like to you can read it here. CA

By: Kerri

Kerri — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:03:51 +0000

that looks great!

By: Nicole Roussos

Nicole Roussos — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:49:50 +0000

That looks amazing! I can’t believe it can last so long, either.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:28:21 +0000

and pleasepleaseplease make sure it’s real henna; especially if you get it done by someone you don’t know at a beach resort, or something, some people will put Very Bad Chemicals (the carcinogens you can find in some hairdyes, also known as PPD) to get a “black” stain. Jill’s looks like the red-brown stain you get from real henna, so I’m not worried about her party.

I’m sorry, really, to bring this up, I hope I’m not throwing cold water on anybody’s enthusiasm – but I also love henna design and want it to stay safe and LEGAL in this country! Go here: http://www.hennapage.com for more info than you can possibly use.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:03:00 +0000

I LOVE Henna! We get henna kits at the health food store and do it ourselves! See here:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2844693394_00e046b8eb.jpg
for a photo of my own hand, that I did…I can only do my left
hand, I can’t draw on my own right hand!

If you get a kit (I highly recommend this), be sure to get the kind with a little bottle with a metal straw-type tip….the cone bags you cut the tip off of are way too hard to use!!!!!

Don’t forget the eucalyptus oil and lemon sugar sprays, they help make the henna last longer!