In 1997, when Madonna and Gwen Stefani started sporting henna tattoos, the Western world took notice of these gorgeous and artful techniques. But we were already behind the times. This traditional ...
Neha Assar can spend up to three hours holding a bride’s hands before a wedding. She will also devote three hours to holding her feet. Ms. Assar is a henna artist specializing in mehndi, the ...
During weekly bridal appointments, Neha Assar sits cross-legged for five to nine hours as she examines the fine lines and shape of a bride’s hands, gently squeezing the tip of a henna cone and drawing ...
Henna artists’ elaborate designs are a hallmark of Indian weddings. They also highlight a disparity where some are fabulously rich and many earn very little. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from Bengaluru, ...
Pauline Alegria, a newlywed and die hard Philadelphia Eagles fan from Maple Shade, New Jersey, showed off her love for the world champion Birds on her wedding day in a very unusual way. "Recently, ...
Palestinian weddings are steeped in tradition, with henna night being one of the most anticipated pre-wedding events ...
Henna in Dubai is having a moment. What used to be purely traditional is now fully part of the city’s beauty mood board.
It’s hard to pin down the exact origin of the ancient body art of henna. Some speculate that Cleopatra, perhaps the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of the words “consummate beauty,” used ...