Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #313724 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Accessory
• 96 pages

About the Author
Aileen Marron was born in England and grew up in Kuwait in the Middle East when her family moved there. Growing up in an Islamic culture Aileen became interested in the art of henna application. She returned to England in 1990, by which time she was an expert in henna design. At the age of 19, she founded the company Halawa Henna (meaning "excellent henna" in Arabic) with her business partner. The process of educating the Western World then began. Halawa Henna began as a mobile service, expanding into exclusive henna body art salons, product manufacture and sales, and running professional training courses for beauty therapists, hairstylists and tattoo artists. Aileen is in great demand as a teacher and artist throughout the world, as well as being active in the running of Halaway Henna.

Aileen has appeared on television programmes in the UK, Europe and the Middle East including Network East BBC, Asian Morning, Middle East Broadcasting, as well as the Clothes Show (BBC), Style Challenge (BBC), This Morning (ITV) and Good Morning (BBC). She and her company have been featured in national newspapers and magazines including Cosmopolitan, Harpers and Queen, The Face, The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Mail.

Customer Reviews

Directions weren't correct
This product was AWFUL! I followed the directions, but:
-the solution was too thick and would not stay on my skin
-after working with it for over 2 hours, it began the stick
-the directions say: to keep the paste on the skin for 30-60 min,
until it starts to "crack". After reading some websites, they
advise you to keep it on for 3-5 hours, at least!
-The solution never darkened and stayed an orange-ish color.
-Washed off in less than a week

I've never been SO disappointed in a product before. Because of this, I had it returned.

Very well put together
I have played with Henna before, and was looking for a good kit with a better explanation, history, and some insight as to how to shop for Henna products.

The kit comes with 2 cones of powder, 2 liquid mixtures and 1 bottle of oil(and some other stuff, including some cool designs that are discussed in detail in the book). After mixing the first batch, I realized it was too thick. No problem, just add fresh lemon juice until you have a smooth mixture that flows easily through the cone. The quality is great for beginners to play with and I found the cone to be well designed and easy to use.

The real plus for this product is the book that comes with it. Aileen is obviously very talented and someone for anyone who enjoys this art to aspire to. Her book is exquisite in all aspects, from the art history to the application explanations, from her designs to the photography, and from the quality of printing to her expert selection of models(their skin was flawless). I found exactly the info I was looking for.

Well worth the money I paid and an excellent addition to my growing library of Henna/Mehndi/Indigo Art. Thank you.

Buying for the second time
I liked this kit so much last summer that I'm purchased another for this summer. The amount of henna in the kit looks small, but as they say...a little goes a long way. I used it weekly on my ankle for about 6 months. I still have some left and plan to use that for at least another month. I always get compliments on my henna tattoos.