Henna Art, Articles & Experimentation by Elaine
So yesterday I got like fifteen compliments on my hair in less than two hours as I was running around town doing work stuff. I figured I should include a pic of how it’s looking, since it’s apparently so stellar!
It’s not a week and a half since application, but it’s getting pretty mellow. When I [...]
Out and about this morning, I must have gotten a dozen compliments on my hair in less than two hours. I guess it’s at its peak color — just four or so days after reapplying it!
It’s weird, I’ve never gotten so many comments on my appearance before. Sure, one or two people usually tell me [...]
So last night I decided to henna my hair again, because the roots were starting to show. As reported by other henna heads, the second application layers over the red tones and turns out absolutely gorgeous. Not a hint of orange to be seen! It is pretty bright — almost fire-engine red — but that [...]
Don’t forget to check out the gallery — I’ve been a busy bee this week, but haven’t felt the need to dedicate a post to each piece!
This is the best henna I’ve done to date!
The design is from Darcy’s book. The paste is the one I made the other night. The sealer was Maxx’s fabulous half-glue, half-lemon juice mix with some glitter thrown in, generously dabbed on with two Q-tips. I blowdried it, and it was so well-protected and flexible that [...]
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After working with Darcy’s great mix all weekend, I finally had a pretty decent idea of what a good paste consistency is. I mixed some up last night, adding more and more and more lemon juice (but only a small bit of sugar and honey, and not too many essential oils), stirring the hell out [...]
After doing henna all weekend… my butt hurts! It’s pretty sad when you get sore muscles from doing something where you’re sitting down the entire time.
This weekend rocked! I did henna with Darcy at a bat mitzvah and a school fair. It was kind of freaky just jumping in and doing it, but I had so much fun that I completely lost track of the time both days.
I was too busy to take photos, which is probably a good thing. [...]
I realized that I never posted all of my hair photos. Now that it’s nice and mellowed out, in its final color, I think I can! I hear that repeated applications deepen and darken the red color, but if you’re a blonde (like me) and you henna with chamomile and a bit of lavendar (like [...]