Are white henna tattoos here to stay? When we first introduced henna tattoos to the West Coast by opening the first henna studio in the United States (that was 20 years ago!), I was interviewed a lot by the press. I must have done an interview every week for six months! That’s how high the …
Carine Fabius introduced henna tattoos to the west coast in 1997 with the first henna studio in the United States. Her popular book, Mehndi, the art of henna body painting, was the first book published on the subject in the U.S. (Random House). In 1998 she created the ever-popular Earth Henna body painting kits with her partner Pascal Giacomini. She is also an art dealer, freelance museum curator, the author of five books, and a regular blogger on Huffington Post.
Overwhelmingly, people love jagua tattoos—the fact that they’re dead-ringers for permanent tattoos, that they last two weeks, that they are as easy to apply as henna tatoos, even simpler since you only need to wait one hour before removing the gel! But if there’s one beef about jagua that I hear on a regular basis, …
Last week I wrote about henna flower designs being popular with henna lovers, and then I realized, duh, jagua flowers are a thing too! What was I thinking? Somehow, in my mind, I tend to think of jagua designs as being more permanent tattoo-ish in style. But really, a quick look online confirmed it. People …
As I wrote about earlier this year, 2018 is all about flowers, so we’re here to help you get your flower power on! And I can’t think of anything more appropriate than henna to help you get there. Why? Because although henna is a plant, it sprouts the loveliest flowers. Henna lives and breathes flower …
How do you choose between henna and jagua? Which do you prefer: henna tattoos or jagua tattoos? What’s the difference between a henna and a jagua tattoo? What kind of art do you create with henna, versus jagua? We get asked these questions a lot when we’re at Vidcon, the Youtubers conference; at natural product …
Did you get good color? At Earth Henna, we always ask the question after someone we know uses one of our temporary tattoo kits. Because the thing about using natural products like henna or jagua is that results can vary from person to person. to get great results, for sure, you have to start with …
Creating henna tattoos, and then showing them off, is synonymous with warm weather. Here in Los Angeles, where Earth Henna is headquartered, it always feels like spring or summer. We’re lucky that way! But if it hasn’t started warming up yet in your neck of the woods, adorning yourself with henna tattoos is one sure …
Coachella is here once again, and after spending far too much time looking at all the groovy festival outfits online, it’s indisputable: people who love music love showing skin! I’m talking about the shortest shorts, skirts with slits up to there, bare backs and arms, accessorized with all kinds of hats, hair scarves, flowers, floral …
Where does your jagua come from? It matters because it is going on your skin! We introduced jagua tattoos back in 2009, after the success of henna tattoos generated a desire in many for a temporary tattoo that looked like the real deal. As you probably know by now, this demand yielded the dreaded so-called …
Where do you get your henna? At Earth Henna, where we make temporary tattoo kits offered at stores like Urban Outfitters and Whole Foods, we have challenges that online suppliers don’t face. As with all natural cosmetics, we have to add preservatives, antioxidants and anti-bacterial agents to insure a longer shelf life. And you can …