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 …
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 …
What does your tattoo mean to you? We’d love to hear your story! I’ve been in the temporary tattoo world for 20 years, and in that time I’ve come to observe, admire (and sometimes recoil) at tattoos in all their forms—whether temporary or permanent. One thing is for sure, there’s always a story behind the ink. …
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 …
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 …