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Folks who do Henna Tattoos have their own special recipes. I use sifted, ground Henna with lemon juice and lavender oil mixed to a toothpaste-like consistency. This is applied to the desired area and allowed to set for as long as possible. In the 24 to 48 hours after the henna paste has flaked off, the design transforms to a dark brown.

There is a New black Tattoo on the market that does not contain PPD. It derives its color from the Genipa Americana Plant, also known as Jagua. We are thrilled to be able to offer this new product to you. Enjoy!

These make a great gift for your artistic friends or those "hard to buy for" teenagers!

Henna Tattoos are temporary and will last about 1 to 3 weeks. Designs on the palm of your hands or the soles of your feet last the longest. We also use henna for many crafts. Decorating curtains, jeans, purses, lamp shades, and even walls. Makes a unique and inexpensive border.

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Earth Henna Kit - $13.75 Per Kit

Kit comes complete with Henna powder, Earth Henna Solution, Eucalyptus Oil, Applicator Squeeze Bottle and Applicator Tip, Cotton Swabs and Toothpicks. Also includes a selection of re-usable stencils. Enough for 15 or more designs.

Once mixed, solution lasts for 4 weeks.

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Earth Henna body painting kit REFILL!!!!!!!!!

Enough for 30 - 40 Designs. For use with the above kit. Contains 1/3 oz. of henna powder and 19ml. of earth henna solution.

Earth Henna REFILL KIT - $8.99 Per refill box

Henna Cone- 100% Natural premixed henna paste from India. Snip the end of your cone and you are ready to start making beautiful dark henna designs. Each cone is approx 5 3/4" long. Keeps for long periods of time with refrigeration. $3.97 per cone

Some information all henna artists should be aware of:

Henna can cause a haemolytic crisis in G6PD deficient infants. G6PD deficiency is an inherited condition, and any infant who is diagnosed with this condition MUST NOT have henna. Henna can cause severe anemia in G6PD deficient infants by penetrating their thin, fragile skin of infants and causing oxidative haemolysis of their blood cells.

G6PD deficiency is a recessive x-chromosome sex-linked inheritable trait. If males have that trait on their x chromosome, they will be affected. For females have the trait on one of their x chromosomes, they will not be affected. If both of a female's x chromosomes are G6PD deficient, they will be affected. Therefore, in populations that have G6PD deficient individuals, males will be twice as likely to be adversely affected by henna as females. The populations that have this trait are mostly in the Middle East and North Africa. This may be why men rarely have henna, or have henna in small applications, while women have extensive and frequent henna in those regional traditions.

The natural red tannin dye in henna is Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4 napthoquinone). This is similar in structure to 1,4 napthoquinone, a naphthalene metabolite which strongly oxidizes G6PD deficient cells. Strong oxidants, such as are found in fava beans and naphthalene fumes (most commonly encountered in mothballs) cause similar haemolytic crisis in children, and in large amounts, can endanger G6PD deficient adults.

Pediatricians in hospitals in Kuwait, Oman, and Arabia screen newborns for hyperbilirubinemia and G6PD deficiency, and warn parents to NOT henna their children if they are G6PD deficient, or are in a family carrying the deficiency.

Many Middle Eastern and North African mothers henna their infants at 1 or 2 months of age. They may henna their soles and palms, or even henna the full body, as a blessing and protection. Most infants suffer no ill effects from the henna, but G6PD deficient infants become lethargic and jaundiced within 24 hours and require phototherapy and blood transfusions. If the child is not treated promptly after onset of symptoms, the child may die. Loving mothers also henna pre-school age children for holidays and family celebrations. For most children henna is a delight, and they enjoy henna as part of the year’s cycle of celebrations. However, G6PD deficient children at 3 and 4 years of age have also been admitted to hospitals for jaundice, lethargy and vomiting following their henna. After blood transfusions, the jaundice subsided, and they survived.

It is never advisable to henna an infant, particularly if you do not know if the child is G6PD deficient. The results can be life threatening, and result in hospitalization. A healthy G6PD deficient adult may safely have small applications of henna. If the G6PD deficient adult is anemic, or suffering an infectious disease, henna is inadvisable.

Some groups of people rarely have G6PD deficiency. Indigenous people of South America and northern Europeans are rarely G6PD deficient, but 50% of Kurdish males are G6PD deficient. In the US population, about 12% of Afro-American males are G6PD deficient. Most people are aware of this trait through anemic episodes from eating fava beans or anemia from exposure to naphthalene from mothballs.

If you are a henna artist, do not apply henna on a child under the age of 6 unless you know for certain they DO NOT have G6PD deficiency.

If you are a henna artist, and a person wants henna that might be G6PD deficient, ask them if their physician has ever told them they are G6PD deficient. Ask them if fava beans make them anemic. If they do not know, ask if a physician has ever strongly cautioned them against using:

· aspirin

· nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

· fava beans

· quinine

· naphthalene fumes

· mothballs

If they respond in the affirmative, it is advisable to keep their henna to a minimum. If you are sure they do not have G6PD defiency ... have fun and henna as much as you like!

The G6PD deficiency and henna haemolysis is entirely unlike, and has nothing to do with, para-phenylendiamine "black henna" injuries.

References:

Henna causes life threatening haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

P Raupp, J Ali Hassan, M VArughese, B Kristiansson

Department of Paediatrics, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirites

Buraimi Hospital, Al Buraimi, Oman

Oasis Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirites

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volume 85 Issue 5 2001

Pages 411-412