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How to Store/ Save your Henna Tattoo Paste

How to Store/ Save your Henna Tattoo Paste
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Henna Cubes!
Henna usually gets bad if you keep it too long. I figured out a way to freeze henna with just the right amount of it for a jacquard applicator bottle or a henna cone made by hand. 
I recommend going to henna caravan for your products! They are very worth it and i trust them every time :)
Henna caravans link:  http://www.hennacaravan.com/hennakits.html

What you will need;
* A  metal cooking bowl (mostly any kind of bowl except plastic, it might get dyed) 
* Fork
* Knife
* Ziploc bag
* Jamila Henna Powder, 100 grams Body Art Quality. (you can find all of this at henna caravan)
* Lemon juice (you can find this at the grocery store or you can use a fresh lemon and strain it as long as you don't keep the pulp!!! it will get stuck in the henna bottle or cone )
* Essential oils (these make the tattoos darker and also make the paste smell a lot better!!)
* Ice cube trays
* Cooking spray
* Don't forget to have a freezer. lol
* A Hand-held electric mixer (Optional for mixing paste.. i would recommend using one though!!)



 
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Step 1Add Oil and Lemon juice!

Add Oil and Lemon juice!
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Put the henna into the bowl and add the oil. Mix in about a table spoon of lemon juice. Mix with the fork!!! Add a little more lemon juice until the texture of the henna paste is like cottage cheese. If you are oober awesome at mixing stuff with forks, go ahead and mix it like crazy. If you aren't....go ahead and get the hand-held electric mixer ready. Mix the paste until its silky looking and about the thickness of yogurt. Make sure there are no lumps at all. It is not fun when a clump of henna gets stuck in the bottle or cone.
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2 comments
Jun 16, 2011. 12:58 PMlovely_jessye says:
yay just getting into the whole henna thing, where would you recommend i get henna online?? i heard about this ingredient in some henna that is bad, (black henna or something) what's that all about?? sorry so many questions.lol you just seem like the expert.=]
Jul 7, 2011. 3:42 AMzeyanimisbah says:
hi there,
you can get the henna related stuff in here,

http://www.hennausa.com/purehennac5.php

and about black henna,it is not pure henna,it contains a chemical called ppd, and it reacts with the skin, check the link below for more details, :)

http://ajnahenna.wordpress.com/warning-re-black-henna/

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