Catherine's Curiosities - Articles on henna and hair by Catherine Cartwright-Jones, PhD

The Henna Page "How-To:" Harquus Create black temporary tattoos with Temptu, an FDA approved black body paint available from Mehandi.com. Many people want black temporary body art that looks like a tattoo. They want the body art to last a few days, and to not wash off. It is dangerous and illegal to apply para-phenylenediamine to skin; this is PPD, synthetic black hair dye, the main ingredient of the black temporary tattoo paste sold as "Black Henna." "Black Henna" can leave people with severe scars and long-term health problems. Henna is safe, but will not give people the jet-black markings that look like tattoos. There is NOTHING that you can safely add to henna to make it black. Anything called "black henna" is NOT henna. Anything that stains your skin jet black within 20 minutes is NOT henna and is NOT SAFE. Read more: http://www.hennapage.com/henna/what/freebooks/harquus1.pdf

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Bodyart Flowers using TEMPTU TEMPTU is a water-soluble paint safe for use in bodyart. Use TEMPTU together with Becoming Moonlight mica powder to create colorful art on skin. View the video: https://vimeo.com/341216782 View the products: https://www.mehandi.com/bmoonlight-s/214.htm

From our blogs

Analysis of Products Marketed as Henna for Hair: Part One There is a wide variety of products available for coloring hair which claim to be pure henna, or which claim to contain pure henna powder along with additional natural plant ingredients. There is no international standard for what can be marketed as henna, and it is often difficult to tell which products are what they claim to be. Many henna for hair products lack an ingredient declaration. A package may show only some ingredients or have no ingredients list at all. Read more: https://www.ancientsunrise.blog/analysis-of-products-marketed-as-henna-for-hair-part-one/

Poem: My Vow I promise to call you by your name your name the shape of it built from your bones Read more:http://www.becomingmoonlight.blog/2019/05/28/my-vow/

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