Henna is an open shrub with heavily scented, small cream flowers and blue black fruit.
The leaves, flowers and the twigs of the plant are ground into fine powder containing natural dying properties called tannings; the powder is then mixed with hot water.
Various shades are procured by mixing henna with the leaves and fruit of other plants, such as indigo, tea, coffee, cloves and lemon.
Henna designs are used to celebrate any special occasion – weddings, birth of an baby, coming of age etc.
As a healing plant, henna conditions, cleanses, colors and cools the skin, and provides softness, strength and shine if used for hair care.
During hot weather, henna acts as a cooling agent when applied to the palms of the hands and the bottoms of the feet.
Henna based colors and dyes are extremely popular and safe to use.
It is very unusual for anyone to have an adverse reaction to natural henna as it is one of the safest cosmetics ever used, but if one is concerned then a patch test could be done a few months in advance.
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