There is no such thing as black henna. In order for henna to produce a black color chemicals that are unsafe for your skin have been added. Black henna should be avoided. A chemical dye known as PPD, which is not authorized for use on the skin by the FDA is often added to the natural henna to produce a black color. Black henna has become very popular in certain tourist areas, particularly Venice Beach and Mexico. It can cause liver and kidney damage, as well as scarring of the skin.

Natural henna, when applied to the skin rarely causes any adverse reactions, if you are concerned you should do a small patch test first. Natural henna is safe even for use on children as it contains no dangerous chemical dyes or harsh additives.

The paste is made from ground leaves of henna plants and a variety of ingredients such as lemons, limes, black tea, coffee, rose petals, orange blossoms, essential oils, cloves, pomegranates, tamarind, okra, and sugar.

Each time Jess dances @ a Fair she will take some of her tip $ and get some Henna done. Here is what she had done this past weekend

( pic for justerin ! )



Do you like Henna art ?

Have you had any ?

would you ?

That's pretty! How long did it take for them to do the henna?

That took around 15 minutes to do

Jess left the paste on for around 7 hrs ( 5 hrs drive home from fair )

15 minutes - that's fast considering the amount of detail.

Does anybody have any really good recipes/procedures for applying it? I've tried in the past and not had very good results, but I was thinking of trying again.

Well, shit sticks.

You should know

Yeah cos we can't get rid of you.

So I have my name, my sisters name, matts name and Simba from the lion king (dorky I know, it was my first one and my sister picked it out for me) tattooed on me. They are all special to me because the represent someone special to me permanently in my life.