Questions and Advice

Questions and Advice

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Question: Do you have evening and weekend appointments?

Answer: Yes!! Evenings, weekends and holidays are the bulk of our time for Earth Girls Henna. Most appointments, events and festivals that we attend will be on evenings and weekends.

Question: If some people just got together on the spur on the moment one day/evening and wanted henna, is it possible to get a henna artist on short notice?

Answer: It is possible. You never know until you try. Email or call. Also check out our last minute web specials.

Question: I am allergic to some things. What ingredients are in your henna?

Answer: We use only the finest nautral ingredients as follows: red henna (Lawsonia inermis), lemon juice, sucrose, and essential oils such cajeput, wild orange, lemongrass and/or lavender. Our paste is usually made with lavender oil which smells wonderful and is calming and suitable for children and pregnant women. Occasionally henna paste may contain clove oil but we never use it because it causes Lisa's skin to itch briefly. DO NOT USE HENNA IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO ANY OF THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS.

There are some certain people who should abstain from using henna. It is always important, if you are under a doctors care, to check with him/her before you do anything to your body. This includes pregnancy. See below regarding G6PD.

Question: Can children get henna?

Answer: We will apply henna to children who are 4 or older as long as their parents certify the children are not allergic to any of the ingredients in henna paste and as long as the children do not have G6PD (a rare disease). G6PD is a serious disease but some children have it yet are undiagnosed. No person should use henna if he/she has ever had reactions, anemia from or been cautioned against using aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, fava beans, quinine, naphthalene fumes, and mothballs.

Generally henna is safe for most children who are under 3. However, since there could be a rare undiagnosed disease in some children, we will not henna any child under 3.

Reference and for more information see:

http://www.hennapage.com/henna/encyclopedia/medical/g6pd.html

(populations with G6PD are mostly in the Middle East and North Africa). Click on the above link for more information about G6PD and henna.

Question: Is henna safe during pregnancy?

Answer: Like all things during pregnancy you should first check with your doctor. However, henna is generally safe during pregnancy (although lavender essential oil is recommended as the safest essential oil).

Question: Do you use dangerous black henna?

Answer: No. Our henna Does not contain chemical dyes, PPD, preservatives or nut derivatives.

Avoid henna if you have G6PD deficiency or have been advised to avoid fava beans, are extremely anemic, or have citrus allergies. Consult a physician if you have any concerns or are pregnant and would like to use henna.

AVOID BLACK HENNA, IT IS NOT HENNA.

Henna tattooing is traditionally an Indian body decoration that is said to have started some 5,000 years ago. True henna is made up of natural leaves and dyes that are turned into a paste and piped onto the skin.

Kelly Supko said she got her first permanent tattoo four months ago. When her family went on a Florida vacation two weeks ago, her three daughters decided they wanted body art, too, in the form of a temporary henna tattoo. Unfortunately, it wasn't henna but a substance called "black henna" which contains PPD, a dangerous hair dye.

The family said they were told the tattoo was only supposed to last two weeks. But it left behind red, itchy blisters in the shape of the tattoo design.

Supko said she believes the henna used on her children was black henna, a synthetic black hair dye containing para-phenylenediamine, or PPD.

Dr. Margaret Weiss, a dermatologist at St. Joseph Medical Center, said that PPD is used to give a quicker, darker result, but it also has a long-lasting health risk in the form of potentially severe allergic reactions. The black henna dye can often cause blistering, open sores and scarring.

Weiss said natural henna is safe and has been used for thousands of years.

Natural henna tattoo artist Usha Gupta, who owns a salon in Towson, said that henna artists aren't regulated and that people need to ask for and make sure they're getting a natural henna tattoo.

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