Volume 9, Chapter 35, Page 247 (First Henna Art)

Sunday, 7 September 2015

Clarification: I LOVE HENNA A LOT.

I've always wanted one but never got around to seeing anyone nearby offering this service so naturally I wanted to do it when a henna stall was set up during Convofest (uni's convocation festival). Off went sis and I.

A friendly and sociable girl by the name of Darshini did my henna for me. While there were designs already printed on 2 pieces of paper, we were also allowed to choose any design we find on the net. She gave some inspirations from the images she has on her phone and I decided on these designs.

"Do you like henna?" I asked her.

"I LOVE henna. I do it for my cousins."

She gave me RM15 for both hands which were way less than I think they are worth, so thank you!

Here are the processes:

After about 10 minutes.

The henna will dry up and you have to remove the dry bits to reveal the light orangey-brown colour beneath imprinted on your skin. Darshini used no chemical henna that she bought from India; she said locally, they use the ones with a lot of chemical.

It's very easy to forget you have henna on and then hold something and get your henna smudged.

As per requested, I will be sending her the pictures so she can use it for promotional purposes. :) I asked if anyone has these designs and she said no because it's in her phone. So I'm the only one with these designs!

I love it's intricacy and the consistent shapes. She kept asking me if I like it and to tell her if she did it ugly but all I could think of was how happy I was to get a henna that it doesn't matter anymore!

The Peeling Process

It was slightly painful to rub off the henna because it was stuck on my arm hair haha. Use water, let it soak in for a while (or under running water for a while) and scrap it off.