It was my first time meeting the family of farmers who harvest the henna found in our Earth Henna tattoo kits. You have likely not experienced “desert dry” until you’ve been to the outer reaches of the Sahara, aka The Great Desert. A hot wind was blowing like crazy, making it nearly impossible to see, …
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.
Jagua tattoos aren’t just gorgeous on the skin, jagua is believed by many Indigenous peoples in the Amazon forest to be a mystical fruit endowed with all kinds of powers. As a follow up to my last post on the subject of jagua, here is more magical information, mythologies and beliefs surrounding the jagua fruit …
When I first heard about the jagua fruit, as used by the indigenous people of the Amazon jungle, I immediately assumed it would be associated with magical and mystical beliefs. Why? For one thing, there’s something surreal about how, when you grate the flesh of the fruit and squeeze it, the color of the …
I think what I like most about henna is how it makes me feel. I think it’s fairly safe to say that human beings love to decorate their bodies. Whether it’s with gems and jewels, make-up, tattoos and piercings, face-painting and airbrushing, scarification, or coloring our hair purple or orange, people on this planet …
I keep coming back to this question. Why do people want to bother with that fake black stuff, which is primarily black hair dye?* Why not just go with the real deal? Your skin stained the deep, rich, reddish brown color that screams organic, ceremonial and mysterious. Besides, as we all know, a safe, natural …
Hello, I’m here to suggest that you gather a bunch of your best girls together with an invitation titled It’s Time For A Henna Party! In fact, if you’re one of those shrinking wallflowers, having a henna party will automatically make you everyone’s favorite! You can plan on your new popularity because, having been …
My henna mandala Well, here we are, holed up in our homes, quarantined. What to do, What to do? What I seem to be doing is working like crazy on all the projects that were in the works before the crisis hit. Because, it won’t last forever, right? And when it’s over and we get …
We were in the henna business for 12 years before jagua tattoos entered the scene back around 2009. People LOVED henna tattoos, and continue to do so even after all these years, but absolutely everyone wanted to know if we knew of a temporary tattoo that looked like a real tattoo. So when we heard about …
Detail of a tiled wall in Lisbon that reminded me of a henna mandala design Henna in Portugal In 2018, 54% of American employees gave up 662 million vacations days collectively. That’s according to a study published by the U.S. Travel Association’s Project: Time Off. And, not surprisingly: women took 4% less time off than men. …
OK, the title of this post says everything you need to know. We’re now available at Target. Goodbye, have a great day! Alright, a little background. We love Target, we shop there all the time, especially for great prices on bedding (just got the cutest bedspread from their Opal Line, which is India-inspired), lingerie, jeans, …