About Henna - Henna is a plant that grows predominantly in Southern India and parts of the Middle East. When the leaves are dried and powdered, this powder can be combined with such ingredients as lemon juice, black coffee or tea and essential oils like eucalyptus or tea tree oil and made into a paste. The paste is then applied to the skin and allowed to dry. After at least one hour, the paste can be flaked off to reveal a beautiful design.
 Initially, the design will be a bright yellow to orange color and will deepen over the next few days into a deep reddish brown. Depending on your skin type and how you care for it, henna will last anywhere from one to three weeks.

What Is Faery Henna? - In many countries where henna painting is practiced, the designs are offered as a prayer to the spirits, or djinn in order to win their favor and have good fortune. In Morocco, different patterns and depths of color are believed to appease the various djinn. Sometimes a woman will promise a healing spirit a henna party to bring its healing power to a sick child. Throughout Africa and the Middle East, some henna designs are used for protection against the evil eye.
 When I make my henna, I ask the faeries to bless it and bring good fortune. I'm the kind of person that believes we make our own luck, but a little faery magic can be a nice addition to that. I leave my henna overnight on top of a personal altar to the Divine I have at home. I regularly see faeries there. I've seen them show up as dancing lights, about the size of fireflies and as full bodied beings about six inches high. All the ones I've seen that are this tall have wings and they appear to be very silvery in color. I'm assuming that's because they don't like to be seen, so I probably catch them in the act of disappearing. Even though they're shy, they're very good about blessing things I ask them to.

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