| A nice lady emailed me a few months back, and asked me to do her wedding
henna at Brushwood during Sirius Rising. I'd done henna on her before,
and she wanted a classic henna for her pagan-style handfasting (to compliment
her civil vows). Her new husband's surname is Singh, and she got
herself a magnificent red/gold/silver classic Indian bridal gown and wanted
full Indian bridal henna to go with it. Feet to knee, fully filled, hands
to elbow, fully filled. No problem.
I asked Zimra to split the job with me, as there were more people in the wedding party who wanted henna too, and I didn't want to make the poor woman wait all day. The two of us cleared the job in 2 1/2 hours. We used henna from Castle Art, mixed with lemon juice 24 hours ahead, and terped with Cajeput, Clove Bud, Geranium Bourbon and Neroli essentil oils. We just left the henna on until it fell off. The day temperature was in the high 80's F (near 30 C) and humid. The stains peaked deep brick red on the legs and arms, beginning to break up on the 10th day..
She picked out some Pushpalata Bangur patterns from Navneet, and we
started to work.
I laid out the foot and leg patterns in aquarellable pencil, so it was
easy to get the complex henna symmetrical.
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