Henna Tattoos Design

The tradition of henna tattoo design goes back thousands of years and has been passed down from generation to generation in the Middle Eastern culture. The process of creating a henna tattoo design is pretty simple. First the dried leaves of the henna plant are ground into a powder. The powder is then combined with a liquid like eucalyptus or clove oil to form a paste. The paste is then applied to the skin through a cone or applicator bottle. For those that are starting out and are not as confident, there are useful stencils. When the design or pattern is freshly applied, it will be an orange brown color. It needs to dry for a long time and eventually flake off. It's recommended 8 or more hours to dry. The longer it is allowed to dry, the darker the stain will be. After the paste has been removed and the tattoo has had time to set, normally within 24 hours, it will turn a reddish brown color.

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The color of natural henna varies and can be a deep burgundy brown, coffee brown, rich maroonish, or any shade of orange or brown, such as the picture to.

The color of your actual henna tattoo will depend on a number of factors including, how fresh the henna is and what it is mixed with, how the skin was prepared before applying the henna, how long the moist henna was in contact with the skin, what part of the body was hennaed, and how the dried henna was removed.

it's important that you only use natural henna and you know what other ingredients are mixed with the henna.

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Henna body art is made by applying henna paste to the skin: the lawsone in the paste migrates into the outermost layer of the skin and makes a red-brown stain.




Henna will not stain skin until the lawsone molecules are made available (released) from the henna leaf. Fresh henna leaves will stain the skin if they are smashed with a mildly acidic liquid. This will stain skin within moments, but it is difficult to form intricate patterns from coarse crushed leaves. Dried ground, sifted henna leaves are easily worked into a paste that can be used to make intricate body art. Commercially available henna powder is made by drying the henna leaves and milling them to powder, then the powder is sifted. This powder is mixed with lemon juice, strong tea, or other mildly acidic liquids. Essential oils with high levels of "terps", monoterpene alcohols such as tea tree, eucalyptus, cajeput, or lavender will improve skin stain characteristics. The henna mix must rest for 6 to 12 hours so the leaf cellulose is dissolved, making the lawsone available to stain the skin. This is mixed to a toothpaste consistency and applied with a one of many traditional tools, including resist techniques, shading techniques, and thicker paste techniques, or the modern cellowrap cone.



A properly applied design is a creation of great beauty and intricacy. The delicate lines and swirls have long been a fascination upon the female's skin. Thanks to more and more celebrities embracing Eastern culture, the influence has reached far into Western ideas and images of exotic beauty and continues to enjoy a rise in popularity.

Henna Tattoos

Over the past several years henna tattoos have become all the rage through out the Unites States. A henna tattoo is a temporary tattoo that usually washes away in a matter of days, a few weeks at the most. It is not actually done with needles in the skin, but is basically just an ink drawing put onto the body. The reason these henna tattoos are so popular is obvious. Because a person can get one