How to get a henna tattoo (mehendi pattern) at home

Henna tattoos are quite popular. A little artistic talent is enough to get a tattoo like this. How to make such a tattoo yourself? Is this procedure safe for the skin??

How to make a henna tattoo (mehendi drawing) at home – information and photo examples

How to make a henna tattoo (mehendi drawing) at home – all the most important

Henna tattoo can be an alternative to real tattoo. This material can be washed off at any time, and the dye used for this is safe for health.

Henna is a vegetable dye. For its preparation, crushed leaves and shoots of the lawsonia plant are used. Not only tattoos are made from henna, this dye is very widely used in cosmetics. It is used to color hair or eyebrows.

How to get a henna tattoo?

It is not difficult to get such a tattoo at home. For this you need henna. It will be in the form of a dark paste and is sold in almost every pharmacy. Then you need to put the henna in a bowl, add lemon juice and a tablespoon of honey. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed with a wooden spatula. This is important because the metal can react with the henna and this can affect the quality of the tattoo. The finished mass must be left to infuse. When the mixture darkens, the henna is ready to use..

Next, you need an applicator. You can buy it at a specialty store or use a plastic eye drop container. For the applicator to work well, you need to make sure that the hole through which the henna will pass is not too large. The jet should be thin enough.

You should also purchase paper towels and rubber gloves. The towels secure the area where the tattoo will be done. One or more towels should also be placed on the clothes to prevent the henna from getting dirty. Gloves protect the skin of the hands from staining. These gloves can be purchased at any pharmacy..

Drawing.

Talented people can paint any pattern on their skin. But you can also use ready-made templates. They can be found on the Internet..

After selecting and printing the pattern, you need to cut the template. Then, on the place where the tattoo will be located, attach it and circle.

After drawing the pattern, henna is applied to the skin using the applicator. The finished tattoo should dry well. This place cannot be wetted for five hours. After that, you can remove the excess henna..

Side effects.

Although henna is an all-natural dye, chemicals can be added to give it special hues. Thus, people with more sensitive skin should think carefully before getting such a tattoo. As this procedure can cause itching, redness, rashes and inflammation. Under these circumstances, a scar may remain on the skin. Therefore, before getting a henna tattoo, you need to be sure that the dye is of good quality.

Photo examples of mehendi (henna drawings) from 11.11.2019 (327 photos):

The text of the article was prepared by: 1DIMON4361 (Zaichenko Dmitry Alexandrovich)