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 …
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.
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 …
It is officially springtime, and I just want to remind everyone that henna tattoos and spring go hand in hand! When you think of spring, you might start thinking about beautiful flowers, like this gorgeous tulip. Or you might start remembering that you need a really cute dress for the season, like this adorable one …
To be quite honest, I don’t know why the fact that Ireland’s Saint Patrick, renowned for converting pagans to Christianity back in the 5th century, became an accepted reason for people to go out and get drunk in the streets every year, but if you’re going to take part in those festivities, you need a …
Valentine’s Day may have come and gone but love and sex live forever! So, while we’re still in the afterglow of all this emphasis on coupling—in every sense of the word—now feels like an excellent time to recount this weird but magical tale surrounding the jagua fruit and the part it reportedly played in the …
It’s Black History Month, and sellers everywhere in America are trying to promote their products with the spirit behind the celebration—just like me with my black jagua tattoos kits. But I just want to point out that some people should refrain from attempting to burnish their image by associating themselves with Black people and The Month. …
It doesn’t get too cold and somber here in sunny southern California, we must admit, but we don’t sit around gloating about it (well, maybe sometimes, just a little!). Instead, we huddle to figure out how we can brighten your winter and bring a little extra sunshine to your day, and we’ve come up with …