The henna cone is the most important tool for every henna artist and it’s important to have a reliable supplier. For me it’s Henna Squared, the lovely face behind it being Roushan Ahmed.

When I was little, I kept a wall in our old Stamford apartment of all my art. “Alina’s Art Gallery” of drawings, scraps, and hearts I colored in and cut out… And despite being attached to school art classes, I never truly found my medium until I started doing henna. 

My passion for henna has led me to a path where I became curious about the medicinal properties in encompasses… I wanted to use this blog to share things I discovered in this independent research endeavor. 

In my blog about Henna’s history, there was a lot of overlap with Muslim traditions and henna. This is because the two are intertwined in many Eastern cultures. Henna is a celebratory adornment that all Muslim women want for our Eid holidays, weddings, and other celebrations. However, henna in Islam goes deeper than that as a sunnah practice as well.

With Ramadan around the corner, I can't help but get excited for the most fruitful season for muslim henna artists: Eid!

The cultural use of Henna dates back to Ancient South Asian and Middle Eastern civilizations, its earliest known use being in Egypt approximately 7,000 years ago for mummification rituals.

There’s something beautiful about leaving someone I love with an ornate stain on their hand for the rest of the week.