Red, red, red ... The Meccan henna story ...

Posted by Jewel on July 4, 2001 at 04:27:29:

I put together a little page of how the meccan henna I have gave me
wonderful, beautiful reds (and a little story of freshly ground henna
leaves).

Zimra is right about the henna being fresh (see Lauren's query on
nuking henna to red). I normally get kilos of henna from Mecca from
friends, relatives, neighbours who went on pilgrimage there. The
powder is normally green, smells wonderful and extremely coarse. I
added just plain tap water to get those beautiful red stains (see
picture). Sometimes I'd throw in bits of catechu while mixing (mom's
advice, to get more red). I guess I have a personal preference to red
rather than brown or black because I grow up seeing henna staining
skin and hair a beautiful deep dark red.

Hope everyone enjoy the stories and pictures.

Love & peace,

~Jewel~

• Red red red ... Meccan henna :) ...

• Re: Red, red, red ... The Meccan henna story ... Darlahood 19:55:36 7/4/2001 (4)
  • sifting, sifting, sifting .... Jewel 02:00:24 7/5/2001 (0)
  • Re: Red, red, red ... The Meccan henna story ... Kenzi 20:32:58 7/4/2001 (2)
    • trial and terror Darlahood 20:49:40 7/4/2001 (1)
      • Re: trial and terror Erfan 11:44:19 7/5/2001 (0)
• WOW Where can I get some??? Alissa 15:02:51 7/4/2001 (2)
  • Re: WOW Where can I get some??? Jewel 02:33:13 7/5/2001 (1)
    • Re: WOW Where can I get some??? Alissa 16:14:27 7/5/2001 (0)
• Thank you! Catherine Carwright Jones 13:45:49 7/4/2001 (0)
• Awesome Jewel ;)~ MyST 05:00:17 7/4/2001 (0)