For as long as Jasmine Shaik can remember, she's been surrounded by henna body art. Growing up in India, Shaik, 22, attended many different events where henna — temporary body art resulting from the ...

Initially, using henna to create body art (also referred to as mehndi) gave desert communities a way to cool down in extreme heat conditions. Applying henna to the palms and the soles of one’s feet in ...

By Aani Nagaiah, AsAmNews Intern Neha Assar’s journey with henna begins where many South ...

Henna with a Heart is drawing on creativity to practice mehndi. With a childhood passion for henna, first-year computational and systems biology student Anoushka Bhat said she was inspired to found ...

Henna artist Pavan Dhanjal tells us why she got into the art form and shares her tips on how you can create beautiful henna designs at home. Welcome to The Curiosity Academy, Stylist’s new learning ...

Sana Nisar grew up with henna as part of her everyday cultural landscape. Now the Charlotte artist wants to show how this ancient practice is an art form with endless possibilities. Self-taught, Nisar ...

With a history spanning millennia across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, henna is steeped in tradition and cultural rituals. The natural dye is typically used to create temporary, ...

Dragon Motifs. Peacocks. The Statue of Liberty. The Simpsons. There is very little the henna artist Sara Vazir can’t do with the plant-based dye. Which is why when her clients, ranging from brides in ...

People skilled in creating unique patterns and skin tattoos with henna are called henna artists. Just like tattoo experts, they can make designs on any area of your skin using mehndi cones. As mehndi ...

Debbe Geiger has never been one for tattoos. But when her daughter Kim begged to get a henna tattoo on a family vacation to Cancun a few years ago, she thought it couldn’t hurt. After all, it’s only ...