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Posted by Jayne on May 08, 2000 at 15:33:29:

Hi there!

I don't know why I took so long getting into this form of art, but I have been interested in henna and Mehndi art for the longest time. I am so glad to find this site and this forum!

About a week ago I bought a tube of premixed henna paste at a rennaissance fair (not again, cheaper to go to a nearby India grocer's and pick up the supplies!) and applied it that evening free hand.

While I did my first design freehand, it was rather simple. I want to do more complicated swirls and pictures, but I am so afraid to do it free hand and mess up the design. And I don't really have any friends that would be interested in this sort of thing to help me out. So, I'll be doing a lot of this on my own. Anyway, I'm glad to find this forum, it's incredibly helpful and informative. Now for my questions.

My first question is, what supplies do you have on hand to "erase" henna that you have just applied? If you have just applied the henna, will it immediately stain the skin? Or do you have a few seconds to remove the error and redraw?

As for the designs. I have thought about maybe printing out designs on an Avery label sticker and cutting it out using an Exacto knife, sticking the label to the skin -- since I will be using a self-adhesive label, and using it as a template. Have any of you done such a thing? Will it work? Or will the henna seep underneath the label paper?

What about drawing, say in regular pen ink, a design on the skin and using that as a guide to draw with the henna? Or will the ink in the pen also be absorbed by the skin and ruin the henna stain?

I'm not adept enough to draw freehand with the henna, so I thought maybe a template using self-adhesive labels would help me out, or maybe using some kind of writing pen or some other such utensil to help me out.

Peace. Jayne.

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: Hi there! : I don't know why I took so long getting into this form of art, but I have been interested in henna and Mehndi art for the longest time. I am so glad to find this site and this forum! : About a week ago I bought a tube of premixed henna paste at a rennaissance fair (not again, cheaper to go to a nearby India grocer's and pick up the supplies!) and applied it that evening free hand. : While I did my first design freehand, it was rather simple. I want to do more complicated swirls and pictures, but I am so afraid to do it free hand and mess up the design. And I don't really have any friends that would be interested in this sort of thing to help me out. So, I'll be doing a lot of this on my own. Anyway, I'm glad to find this forum, it's incredibly helpful and informative. Now for my questions. : My first question is, what supplies do you have on hand to "erase" henna that you have just applied? If you have just applied the henna, will it immediately stain the skin? Or do you have a few seconds to remove the error and redraw? : As for the designs. I have thought about maybe printing out designs on an Avery label sticker and cutting it out using an Exacto knife, sticking the label to the skin -- since I will be using a self-adhesive label, and using it as a template. Have any of you done such a thing? Will it work? Or will the henna seep underneath the label paper? : What about drawing, say in regular pen ink, a design on the skin and using that as a guide to draw with the henna? Or will the ink in the pen also be absorbed by the skin and ruin the henna stain? : I'm not adept enough to draw freehand with the henna, so I thought maybe a template using self-adhesive labels would help me out, or maybe using some kind of writing pen or some other such utensil to help me out. : Peace. Jayne.

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