Henna Tatoo

Henna Tatoo
Echo(“ Henna is an old Indian traditional body art which uses natural dyes and herbs to create a red-brown stain on the skin.

When you first go to get henna applied, it looks like a pack of green, stinking mud. So the initial look is kind of disturbing. The initial application is cool because it dark and contras with any skin type nicely.

After it dries, it acts like a dye for the top layer of the skin, not unlike a real tattoo, except it is semi-permanent and reddish-brown in color. “); Taken from the advertisement board of the Henna Tatoo booth.

If I’m not wrong, Henna can be also used to dye hair. Since Henna contains no chemicals, quite a number of ladies with visible white hair use Henna as a natural dye for their hair. The white hair won’t turn black, but reddish brown in color. Henna comes in a small powder format packs that are sold in Indian sundry shops. One pack cost less than RM2 and is enough to dye a whole head!

Anyway, the reason I’m writing this is because I got myself a Henna Tatoo today.

The Henna artist first took a few drops of medicated oil (Minyak Chap Kapak actually) and applied it to my skin. Actually, any oil will do. She then drew the Henna art on my hand. It took her about 15 minutes.



I left the Henna on my hand for about one and a half hour until it is dried. As advised by the Henna arties, I applied oil (baby oil or even cooking oil will do) to the Henna again to make the color more permanent and outstanding to the skin. After it dried, I washed the Henna off and violah!



If any of you are interesting in getting one yourself, you can head down to Suria KLCC concourse area from now till this coming Tuesday (Nov 1st) RM8 for the back of the palms, RM10 for the back of the palms and fingers. They also do the feet but then I think you would have to sit there until it dries before you can wear your shoes\sandals again.