The swimming season is coming soon, and the girls will bare their beautiful little white bodies after the cold winter and will begin to decorate themselves with various exotic jewelry. Recently in the resorts it has become very fashionable to apply the so-called temporary tattoos. They are completely harmless and are applied with henna.
Since ancient times, such tattoos have been used by some Eastern peoples, and served as signs of worship of the gods, or protected from evil spirits. Later, these drawings on the body transferred to eastern religions. In India and some other eastern countries, girls are still painted on the eve of the wedding ceremony with beautiful henna tattoos. They do not last long, about 2-3 weeks, with a careful attitude to them and disappear on their own, but gradually.
Today, henna tattoos have lost their symbolism; European women have actively begun to use them to decorate their bodies purely for aesthetic purposes. They no longer carry any sacred meanings, and the plots have become more modern. Although, beautiful Indian floral stencils are still in fashion.
I must say that there is nothing complicated in performing henna tattoos at home. In order to transform yourself by summer and emphasize your originality, you can use simple tips on how to prepare the mixture and apply henna tattoo at home.
We prepare the mixture.
Temporary tattoos at home are applied using a solution prepared from henna with additives. In fact, there are many ways to prepare, and it depends on what color you want to get, and how long you need to keep the tattoo.
To prepare henna, you need to purchase, preferably in a store of oriental goods, a special powder of finely ground henna so that there are no lumps in the solution.
The powder itself is yellow-green in color, but if you want to get a different color, you can add ground coffee, tea, lemon juice to the mixture, achieving different shades. You need to know that the longer the mixture is on the skin, the darker the pattern, and even after removing the paste from the skin, the pattern will be pale, and it will appear only after 24 hours.
Sugar is also added to the mixture, which must first be dissolved with water or lemon juice, so that henna tattoos at home last longer and are better fixed on the skin. For the same purpose, you can add essential oils, which, in addition, give your favorite flavor to pasta.
After our mixture is almost ready, you need to close it with polyethylene and put in a warm place for 12 hours, so that the paste becomes darker and acquires a rich shade.
After a measured time, we take out the mixture and it can already be used to apply henna tattoos at home, and further creative “flight of thoughts”. Now it all depends on your artistic talent.
Henna tattoo at home can also be applied in several ways: according to Eastern technology, this is done quite simply, there are already pre-prepared stencils with a carved pattern. It is simply applied to the surface of the skin and a cooked paste is placed on top of the stencil . This can be done with a brush or syringe. After the whole drawing is completed, the stencil together with the paste is fixed to the hand with a bandage and so it is left for at least 8 hours, and it is better to leave it overnight, then the drawing will be brighter and clearer.
If you suddenly did not have a special stencil at hand, do not despair, you can use another method of applying henna tattoos at home. We draw the contour of any pattern on the skin using a ballpoint pen, and then spread the paste gently on the contour, you can use a brush.
After your work of art dries out, soaks into the skin, a well-defined bright pattern will appear.