Even yet more henna!

[bec76]

At last, I got to do grf's mehndi last Saturday, the day after the henna party - he chose a similar Native American design to the bits I used to create my most recent hand piece.

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[vrax]

Damn, that's gorgeous. If I hadn't gone out of town that night...ah well, next time.

[bec76]

Thank you very much! I'm sure there will me a next time. I usually have some henna paste frozen, and I just might be persuaded from time to time to do a piece at a party...

[daphne24]

Stupid question time - how long will that last or does it depend on where you put it? The first time you sleep in it, will it come off on your clothes/sheets or is it more gradual than that?

[bec76]

Largely, it depends on where the design is; since it's a stain, it wears off as your skin exfoliates. If you sleep with the DRIED henna paste still adhered to your skin, you run the risk of what happened here - she slept with the paste still on, and little bits crumbled off and got trapped in the gauze covering the design. The bits rehydrated from sweat, giving them a chance to re-adhere and impart the last dregs of the stain to the skin. It can be avoided, but I haven't gotten around to experimenting with the various ideas I've had about it. If you do leave the paste on, you get a much better color, but you do possibly get henna crumbs on your bed. I've never noticed it staining my sheets in any big way, but I usually have old sheets on my bed anyway.

[megan322]

Hi! I stumbled here from ferret's lj, love your creativity and talent!

[bec76]

Thank you very much!