Every client will be provided with Henna Goo!
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Aftercare
The finished quality of your henna design is a team effort.
I will lay down a quality design, with quality paste, and finish it off with a lemon/sugar paste - all done with love. But, the next 12-24 hours are up to you...
What you can do to get the deepest color:
Give it Time: the longer the paste stays on the skin, the longer it has to release dye, and the darker your finished design will be.
Give it some Heat: a few cultures offer advice on extreme temperatures, but like most cultures, I will recommend holding the design over the steam from a cup of tea or even over the smoke of an incense coal (cloves are the preferred herb to burn in accordance with henna).
You may consider wrapping the design with plastic wrap to trap your own heat and steam - but it is important to place a layer of cotton cloth between the skin and the plastic to avoid smearing.
Wrap it up: Wrapping your design is essential in preventing the paste from flaking too soon - flaking too soon will prevent an even depth of color in your finished design. The preferred method is to unroll cotton balls. Each ball will give you a 5" strip. Cover the entire design with the strips. To hold the cotton in place, wrap with gauze or gently cover with a glove or sock. Leave on overnight.
Avoid Water: Using water to remove your henna will halt the dye process and seriously affect the depth of color. Henna should be scraped or brushed off, never rinsed. Scraping is usually done the next morning after unwrapping. Water should still be avoided for half the day. When the design is not allowed to breathe for 12 hours between the scraping and washing, the color will not deepen and turn brown.
I will lay down a quality design, with quality paste, and finish it off with a lemon/sugar paste - all done with love. But, the next 12-24 hours are up to you...
What you can do to get the deepest color:
Give it Time: the longer the paste stays on the skin, the longer it has to release dye, and the darker your finished design will be.
Give it some Heat: a few cultures offer advice on extreme temperatures, but like most cultures, I will recommend holding the design over the steam from a cup of tea or even over the smoke of an incense coal (cloves are the preferred herb to burn in accordance with henna).
You may consider wrapping the design with plastic wrap to trap your own heat and steam - but it is important to place a layer of cotton cloth between the skin and the plastic to avoid smearing.
Wrap it up: Wrapping your design is essential in preventing the paste from flaking too soon - flaking too soon will prevent an even depth of color in your finished design. The preferred method is to unroll cotton balls. Each ball will give you a 5" strip. Cover the entire design with the strips. To hold the cotton in place, wrap with gauze or gently cover with a glove or sock. Leave on overnight.
Avoid Water: Using water to remove your henna will halt the dye process and seriously affect the depth of color. Henna should be scraped or brushed off, never rinsed. Scraping is usually done the next morning after unwrapping. Water should still be avoided for half the day. When the design is not allowed to breathe for 12 hours between the scraping and washing, the color will not deepen and turn brown.
Henna Goo
Henna Goo is your after-aftercare. The most important time to use it is right before and right after your first contact with water
