Yesterday was the start of Eid-al-Fitr, Eid Mubarak to those who are celebrating. On Thursday evening, it was the usual debate of what day is Eid?! Luckily at 5.30pm, Saudi Arabia announced the sighting of the moon and confirmed that Eid would be celebrated on Friday.
I decided to henna myself this time around as I haven't used henna in a while. I used to make my own henna a fee ears back and I really enjoyed the whole process of finding out how to get a good colour release to ensure the outcome of the henna was a deep dark stain. However since I started teaching, whenever I wanted to henna anyone for an occasion I would order it. I've used 'Henna by Afruza' for my own personal use and for school fairs and I highly recommend her. The henna is reasonably priced and she offers kits as well as the powder and glitter and mica glitter gel to decorate it too.
However this time I came across Riffat Bahar who is a professional henna and makeup artist. Her stain of henna is what caught my eye and I was interested in trying her henna mix out. So I ordered one tube and the aftercare kit which consisted of a lemon sugar -orange blossom infused spray and a lemon henna balm. The delivery was quick and I stored it in the fridge until Thursday. The tube itself is thinner with less henna than 'Henna by Afruza' and it was more expensive. Also, ordering one cone was a one off as she messaged me that usually it was a minimum order of 5 cones. So in comparison I think 'Henna by Afruza' is more flexible with how little you can order.
So on Thursday evening I decided to henna myself. I used a design I saw on 'Nail Station Kuwait' and then amended it to what I wanted. I usually end up doing floral patterns freehand so this easy a change and I really like it. On the right hand because it is obviously trickier to do I just decorated my fingers with patterns and wrote my name in Arabic.
On Eid day, my sister wanted me to henna her so I hennaed her, again using a design from 'Nail Station Kuwait' but amending it to suit my sister's requests. Overall I really like that pattern too as it's branching into trying out new patterns.
I have included a few pictures for you to see how henna looks when it is first applied, then with the lemon seal spray, scraped off - light orange, after a few hours - bright orange, 24 hours - brown and 48 hours - dark brown.
I'm also going abroad for a family wedding next month and because the henna won't keep or last I have decided to make my own henna for everyone as it will be more fresh. Fingers crossed it will come out with a beautiful stain.
Love and Blessings,
Sara xx
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