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Henna, also called mehndi and mehandi, is an all-natural, reddish brown body stain that

looks like a tattoo but isn’t. The paste made from the dried, ground leaves of the henna

shrub, Lawsonia Inermis and a liquid solution that varies from place to place and person

to person, has been in use as a cosmetic from ancient times. Some of the earliest records

that we have shows its use in Ancient Egypt where it was used to stain the hands, feet

nails and to colour and condition the hair. Traces of henna have even been found on the

nails of mummified Pharoahs. In the days of the Pharoahs the wearing of henna was a

mark of being of the higher classes, if you could take the time needed to apply and care

for your skin you obviously lived a life of luxury, over time that changed and every

woman be she of high or low birth, country or city born had henna applied to her skin,

many at least twice a year for special occasions.

In period Persia and Turkey had some of the most intricate and elegant henna patterning

in the Islamic world. Miniatures and pottery pieces from 900 to 1550 AD show elegantly

patterned dark henna. Some other cultures that used henna for body adornment are

Arabia, Crete, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Cyprus, Morocco, Spain, Thailand and Sicily.

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