How do I choose the right henna?
Following on from yesterday’s post about choosing the right henna for your needs, here is another infographic I have designed to help you. Click on the link below and it is all yours! How do I choose the right henna
Henna for hair: Find out how to get rich red hair that shines with health!
Introduction “Hennaed hair is the best known secret” for healthy beautiful hair that some women have known about for countless generations. If you admire red haired celebrities such Christina Hendricks and Amy Adams or feel like channelling your inner Boudica or Elizabeth I, you might be wondering how you can get vibrant natural looking red hair for yourself. With a myriad of products and colours available at hair salons and chemists it can be impossible to work out what to…
Henna Stain Progression
Introduction Henna is magical! It starts off orange and darkens to an almost pitch black colour on the palms, and dark brown elsewhere. The peak colour is reached at 48 hours after application. This chart shows you the colour change process of a henna stain on different areas of the body – click on the image to see a full size and readable version. Where to get great henna stain (henna stains the darkest where the skin is thickest): Palm…
Navneet henna books now available to buy
Navneet henna books now in stock! I’m delighted to let you know that we now stock the wonderful Navneet henna books from India over at the hennacat henna shop. Here is an overview of all the books currently available along with links to further information. Want something but can’t see it? Please get in touch and let us know and we will try to find it. Navneet Priyanshi Indo-Arabic Mehndi Design Book £7.50 Navneet Ultra modern Mehandi Designs / Mehandi…
Bad henna – Free poster: Stop! What is in your henna?
Introduction to bad henna All sorts of horrible things can be added to bad henna paste for several reasons: It is supposedly ‘traditional’ It is what you have been taught to do A misguided attempt to make up for shortcomings in henna powder or technique by adding compounds that are not designed for use on human skin PPD The worst offender is ‘PPD’ or P-Phenylenediamine a very allergenic chemical added to hair dyes, especially those on the black / brown…
How to draw a rose in henna
How to draw a rose in henna Would you like to learn how to draw a rose in henna? This technique will help you draw a simple double petalled rose for henna, doodling or any other purpose. Follow the steps below and have a simple rose, or you can embellish the rose in different ways! There are so many different varieties and sizes of roses, and many different colour combinations so when you have cracked this simple rose, you’ll be…
Henna Experiments Kit Available
Join the facebook page and contact Hennacat to get your hands on one of these great kits – perfect for homining your testing skills, 2 good hennas, 2 bad hennas and 1 henna / indigo mix – can you use your investigation skills to work out which is which? Just £5.00!
How to factsheet – Lemon Sugar Syrup for Henna
What – Lemon Sugar Syrup Who uses it? – Henna artists and practitioners who want to get a deep dark henna stain, or who find that their henna paste is drying and peeling off the skin too quickly. Why does it work? – The lemon sugar syrup keeps the henna paste moist and in place for several hours. The henna dye molecule (called ‘Lawsone’) can move around moist paste, but it can’t move around dry paste, so the longer the…
Free 24 page e-book of easy henna designs
Free E-Book – The hennakitten years! This has been such a fun project. I found the original sketches for my hand drawn pattern books back when I started doing henna – when I was a little hennakitten! I decide to archive them and then realised I could pull them together into a little henna book for you guys! This 24 page document is just under 6MB and you can download it here: The Hennakitten Years The Hennakitten years comprises some…
New Premium Essential Oils Range
Did you know that adding essential oils to your henna paste isn’t just about making it smell nice? Essential oils high in chemical compounds known as ‘terpenes’ or ‘terps’ help to liberate the lawsone (henna dye molecule) and make it more available to dye your skin and hair. I’m delighted to now offer a range of single essential oils that you can add to your paste, or you can use to come up with your own blends. Follow the links…