Henna?

[kitchen_kink]

If you were in the Boston area, and wanted henna done on your hands and arms for your wedding, and you wanted it to be beautiful and not too expensive, and you'd never had henna done before...

Where would you go?

Comments

[sunstealer.livejournal.com]

An artist friend of mine was doing henna a few years ago for people. She's excellent and reasonable on price. I'm not sure if she's still doing it though. If you want, I could ask her.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I think I'm set and water_childe is gonna do it...

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

I'd go to ayalanya, personally. :)

Although, henna is not that hard to do. I had my female friends and relatives do mine for my wedding. None of them had any experience, and it came out beautifully.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ayalanya doesn't know if she'll be able to do it, with her hands. So water_childe's gonna do it.

[macthud]

Timing is the challenge...

As far as I've ever known, Hindi get their henna done the day before, because it has time to stain the skin well -- but they don't do much else but get hennaed that day, with lots of honey-lemon-water dabbed on the artwork, so it doesn't flake off before the stain has set. Likewise, the stain doesn't have time to fade from the skin.

Still, I imagine if you get it done Wednesday or later, and it stays on 4-8 hours, it should still be visible enough come Saturday.

As to the artist... Ayalanya is a good starting point. Barring her, the best artist I know works King Richard's Faire, and I don't know how else to find her but to go there. I don't know if she currently works a day job, so don't know whether she's a viable option...

Good luck!

[goat.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I think the Indian store in Central square has someone on request. Also, my roommate is Indian, and she'll probably know someone really good. I'll shoot her an e-mail.

[dreams-of-wings.livejournal.com]

Jess Marder does excellent work, but I'm afraid she's totally swamped with her own wedding planning right now.

To tag onto Thud's comment about timing, the stain continues to deepen for 24 hours after the paste comes off, and stays gorgeously rich for at least a few days after that point. I'd say, if you can manage it, to get the paste applied on Thursday night, sleep in it, and then let the stain "set" through Friday for beautiful hands and feet on Saturday.

[dreams-of-wings.livejournal.com]

Also, it's best to get your hands done first since it's often harder to keep paste on your hands than your feet. That way you have at least an hour of extra time with the paste on your hands when you're being forced to sit still while your feet are done. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I can track the one who did my henna at Falcon Ridge if necessary.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I can track the one who did my henna at Falcon Ridge if necessary.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I think I'm set and water_childe is gonna do it...

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

:) my ego is well-stroked by the comments suggesting me as a henna artist.

i am sorry i didn't end up being able to do it, but water_childe did a gorgeous job.