It’s hot out. You need henna! Believe it or not, the practice of mehndi started out as an answer to the need for air-conditioning in the desert. The henna plant has several medicinal properties, chief among them its ability to cool down the human body. When the desert people of Rajasthan, Punjab, and Gujarat became …
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 …
I swear, if I read about one more guy losing his job over allegations of sexualized behavior on the job, sexual assault, or rape, I can’t decide if I’m going to run outside screaming for joy or grief. Hmm. Now that I think about it, it will be for joy. It’s about time the world …
Photo from Le Henné, Plante du Paradis by Michèle Maurin Garcia. Everyone once in a while someone asks me how the whole henna body art tradition started, so I thought I would share part of the answer here with an excerpt from my book Mehndi: The Art of Henna Body Painting—the first book on henna …