Making a henna tattoo
Henna tattoos, origin and characteristics.
How to get a henna tattoo.
Making a henna tattoo
Henna tattoos, origin and characteristics
The custom of making these types of tattoos comes from Morocco. There is a native plant where dust is extracted to paint designs on different body parts with cultural purposes.
Make a henna tattoo is uncomplicated, inclusive, we can make at home.
Henna tattoos usually last about 3-4 weeks, but depends on several factors: how often is that area of the body wet, freshness of henna, skin pH, etc.
The color depends on the area where you perform, on the palms of hands and soles of the feet, darker colors is obtained.
Henna tattoos do not require needles, since the dye does not penetrate the skin, so they are not dangerous or painful. This is very important, because with this type of tattoos is no risk of transmitting disease runs.
If this is the first time we are going to make a tattoo, it is best to start with a simple design to gaining skills slowly.
How to get a henna tattoo
The first thing to do is prepare the henna. The henna powder is available in most health food stores. We just have to follow the directions on the package exactly, to form the paste. When we have prepared and respecting the rest time, we can begin to make the choice for our henna tattoo design.
Also we have a little sugar and lemon.
Before starting to "burn" the design, wash your hands thoroughly to remove all types of grease or oil that may have on them.
To apply the henna paste, make a paper cone and cut the tip making a hole as small as possible, if you have an applicator, even better, but the cone will be useful. They are also viable options a pen or brush.
Fill the cone with henna paste and begins to fill or draw the design chosen.
According to the complexity of the drawing it can take about 15-30 minutes to apply the henna, and you need about 4 or 5 hours to completely dry. You should not touch the tattoo during this time and make the least amount of movement in the body part that you you've applied.
After this time, remove the surface henna very gently, helping with a damp cloth. I do not ever wet until you spend at least 24 hours.
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