Re: Henna from Mecca ...
Posted by Jewel on July 26, 1999 at 02:00:36:
In Reply to: Re: Henna from Mecca ... posted by SeeSee on July 25, 1999 at 21:21:02:
: Can you tell us where you got your henna? Can we get some from
them?
OK, this is the story ... my aunt went for a holy pilgrimage to Mecca
somewhere last month. I knew (from experience) how good henna from
Mecca was (I remember how I used to display deep dark reds on my
fingertips all thru' my school holidays when I was younger). I asked
her to get some for me, and the wonderful soul (bless her !) got me 1
kg of green henna and 2 packets of brown henna (the packet shows that
it's for hair altho' there are pictures of mehndi-ed hands on them
*shrug*).
To be honest, I don't know where this henna is originally from. It may
be from India and was brought and sold in Saudi Arabia. All my aunt
could tell me is, she bought it from one of those MANY stores that
sells henna there. Henna is ALL over the place there. It was my luck
that she's got some good stuff (BLESS her soul !) ...
If you'd like to try, I'd be more than happy to ship some to you (or
anybody else who wants to try it :)). I live in hot, humid Asia so I
guess that does play a role in how deep the stain was. But I'd LOVE to
know how the colour would turn out at the other side of the world :).
I'm gonna wait for another person to make the pilgrimage there and
have them get more for me and at the same time, get the contact of the
store that sells it. I just hope that it's the same store that my aunt
got it from :) ....
In the meantime, write me with your address and I'll ship some to you
(FREE!). I'm happy to share !!! I'll get my pictures online soon so
that you guys wouldn't think that I made this all up ... hehehe ... ;)
A word of caution : The henna is EXTREMELY coarse (I had to sift it 3
times thru' nylons).
Till then, peace to all ...
~Jewel~
- Re: Henna from Mecca ... Kris 02:05:01 7/28/99
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