Khalleji henna 2

Hello :D so heres my latest henna design, I did this in RAK UAE. And it was legit khaleeji henna, like the one I have been craving all along, I decided to go for it and get it all the way to my elbows, I mean why now? and It was fantastic, the salon was amazing it was actually closed but we called the lady and she sent two of her workers right away (it was 12 AM) and they came and each lady took a hand. I mean they are soooo talented I was sooo happy with the outcome of the henna and it wasnt expensive at all :) I am actually wishing I still had it till this day...so since I lost the picx from my camera with clearer photos here are some I took with my phone 

MY EID HENNA :) BY MOI

OLAAAAA :) 

SOO0 before Eid I decided to do my own henna. and to my suprise it came out AMAZING lol...not bad for a second time ever doing henna? 

I learned the trick.....it is to have a steady hand, I cant really draw either so that has nothing to do with it, just a steady hand. I supported my hand with my face lol and had my elbow on a hard surface....I went very slowly after awhile u get the hang of it, also when making the designs u want to press and while making the line of henna paste come out you move it around to creat the shape (almost like creating the shape  on air before it hits your hand) and this is my final results :) 

let me know if u have any questionsss

Henna stickers

Hello guys! well if you know me you know how much I LOVE HENNA! unfortunately , I cant get an Arab henna designer where I live so I decided to have some henna stickers be sent to me from Morocco and UAE. I was curious to try it, and so I did.

so this are the stickers I have, as you know I am reaaaaallllyyy in love with khaleeji henna designs, and I CANT WAIT to get a 100 pure khaliji henna (from a khaleeji girl) next time im in Dubai, untill then I will just keep getting what I like to call the "fake" khaleeji henna LOL. 

 First and most I made sure to wash my hands very well, to get rid of the oils and stuff like that to make sure the henna stains well and lasts longer as well!

 I than applied the desired sticker, I put the part thats suppose to be in the middle on the end of my hand going down from my pinky to get more of a khaleeji henna look :D

 I used a henna needle, in Morocco the henna designers use needles instead of the henna cone. the needles are much harder, but that is what I had so I used it to fill in the sticker

 and thats all, I waited until it dried and used a blow dryer to help it dry faster, and than peeled it off when it was completely dried!

The dangers of black henna

Hi lovelies, so as you can see In my henna posts I have a pic of my self with black henna design.
I wanted to warn everyone out there about black henna,

First off let me clear out that I got my black henna in Jama3 el fena, (or how Americans like to call it Djamaa el fena)
and the chemical that makes black-henna dangerous and deadly is PROHIBITED AND ILLEGAL in Jama3 el Fena! yes, Police officer and make sure that the black henna is completly SAFE, if the chemical is found the designer is in big trouble with the law! and would face time behind bars!
this is the ONLY reason I trust having Black henna done.

 This is a henna designer in jama3 el fena square (I got this photo from google)

Havent you heard the news? 

• if you are an arab women, you probably have heard of people having extreme health problems after applying black henna, and some even die! 

• recently, a bride in UAE has died from this black henna

• thousands of women and men have died from it

why is so dangerous about it? 

• MOST of black henna contain a chemical called PPD (para-Phenylendiamine)
• PPD is a dye that is used to make the henna past jet black, it also helps the henna stick to the skin more 
• unlike natural henna that just sticks to the dead skin cells, PPD absorbes INTO your skin which  than goes into your blood, and off it goes to important places such as the kidneys. 
• once PPD enters your body it will never leave, it there forever 
• since everyone is diffrent, some people dont see any side effects while others have many complications 
• although you may not have any side effects now, studies have shown that this chemical builds up with in time and MIGHT haunt you in the future 
• I did have black henna before, and I am not sure if it contained PPD but I didnt have any side effect YET, but after knowing all this I wish someone would have warned me before. 
• even though I didnt have any side effects, no one wants to know that they have this deadly chemical swiming in their blood stream right?! and neither do I want to have any side effects when Im older! 
• soooo having said all this I thinks it is EXTREMELY, important to let all the sisters and brothers out there not to use this so called "black henna" even if the designers says "its safe", for all we know they just care about the money ;)

Moroccan Henna. Khaleeji Henna. Indian Henna.

okay, so like most arab girls, I am a sucker for henna!
I love love love henna!!! especially this last year or so ive been really into it!

 Here are some of my henna pictures from this summer (in Morocco)

and here are some henna designs I got from the internet: 

More Moroccan designs :)

• Moroccan designs seem to contain flowers and leaves and the stuff like that
• usually they do one finger (usually the Index finger) and work their way down to the hand
• doesn't really contain that much details, really simple
• usually ends at a little bit after the palm, but i like to tell them to make it a little longer
• older women, usually get the whole hand done, full of designs
• Also, as you can see in some of my photos above, the henna designers in morocco use REAL needles, they are sold at any herpes shop. you put the henna past and would have to hold the needle the certain way to get it out! which is quite difficult to do. and no! they dont hurt of anything, in fact the needle doesn't touch your hands :)

  khaleeji designs :)

• I LOVE Khaleeji designs! the details are absolutely gorgeous
• they seem to have more shapes and details than moroccan designs 
• khaleeji henna have either clean and little bit of henna applied or a whole lot 
• most khalleji designs do go further up in the arm, and during weddings it is traditional to have a lot of henna up to the elbow!

 Indian designs :)

• Indian henna consists of a lot of details and work! 
• usually the whole hand is decorated and it also does go above the hand and more into the arm
• you can also see that it has a different color than the arabic henna

I hope you enjoyed! thanks for reading 

have a wonderful and safe day/night 

xoxo SL.