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

North African Women’s Traditional Body Art Volume 3: Tattoo This is a book of historically accurate and period appropriate North African women's tattoos, a popular women's adornment prior to 1950. The women who had these tattoos usually wore a covering modesty covering over their nose and mouth, their tattoos were mostly on the forehead. Recreations of these tattoos can be done with Temptu to enhance eyes, eyebrows, and expressions of people presently masking for Covid-19. Temptu looks like a real tattoo, but can be removed! Read more: http://www.hennapage.com/henna/encyclopedia/nahq/HQNA3.pdf Temptu products from Mehandi.com: https://www.mehandi.com/TEMPTU-Dura-Paint-p/temptu_01.htm

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Highlights: Money-Saving Tips for Ordering from Ancient Sunrise Henna keeps your hair healthy and strong, but it is also great for your wallet. While having your hair dyed in a salon can cost up to a hundred dollars or more, and a box of dye from the store can be around ten dollars, each application of henna can cost as little as $3.00 if you know the best ways to order. Here are the not-so-secret secrets that the staff at Ancient Sunrise® would love for you to know. Read more: https://www.ancientsunrise.blog/highlights-money-saving-tips/

A Comparison of Body Art Quality Henna Paste, Pre-Made Pastes, and “Black Henna” A little while ago, I read a post by a henna artist on a social media site bemoaning that yet another person contacted her to say that henna was dangerous and that it would cause allergic reactions. This is not uncommon in the henna body art community. Henna paste for body art made from body art quality (BAQ) henna and other natural ingredients is completely safe. This person had most likely heard of the dangers of “black henna.” Then, there are those people on the opposite side of misinformation who believe that if a product is called “henna,” it must therefore be natural and safe 100% of the time. Also not true. Read more: http://www.becomingmoonlight.blog/2017/12/07/paste-comparisons/

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