Teach Yourself Henna Tattoo: Making Mehndi Art with Easy-to-Follow Instructions, Patterns, and Projects (Design Originals) Beginner-Friendly Directions with Dozens of Designs & Templates [BOOK ONLY]

This book is large, gorgeous, and glossy, full of colorful and inspiring photos. It is, however, a little on the short side, at just over 100 total pages.The book begins with some simple instructions for mixing henna, with a good, though basic, introduction to some recipe and application variations and options. In the style of many hobby/craft books, it uses text and photos to teach, step-by-step, techniques for creating some basic designs, moving on to suggest three (one of each) "beginner," "intermediate," and "advanced" tattoo projects to get you started. Then it enters into the Gallery, full of very beautiful photos to inspire you. Next is the Design section, a little over 40 pages long, with ~1-2 large images on each page spanning design ideas for hands, feet, back, shoulder, plus some additional flourishes and elements. Afterwards, it gives you a few blank hand/feet/etc Templates to photocopy and use to sketch out and/or record some of your own designs. It ends with an often-overlooked, though brief (10 pages or so), section on using henna as artwork on objects, which was one of the things that attracted me to the book.Henna/mehndi artists new and old should be aware that there are many comprehensive and entirely free ebooks by TapDancing Lizard Publications available online, which contain lots of designs and lots of detailed and in-depth information; however, I personally still very much like having books like this one in my library. I was quite delighted with this purchase, and would certainly recommend the book to others, especially to beginners, though I think the designs and photos would keep the interest even of more advanced henna artists.

I got this book along with 12 henna cones I ordered to help me with my first henna tattoos. It's perfect! It talks about where henna comes from, how to make your own, how to make your own cone, tons of guidelines and pretty designs to try, and how to put it on wood or leather objects-which I didn't know could be done. I started off with lots of small designs from the book and slowly tried the more intricate ones. There's also lots of helpful tips on the pages as well. I would highly recommend this book to any henna tattoo beginner or anyone who wants to learn about henna.

Ms Abdoyan covers everything from the history of henna and Mehndi, recipe for paste, basics of henna design and offers a great number of beautiful patterns to work from. As a beginner in the art form I will treasure and refer to this book often. The pages are made of a thick paper that won't easily stain if you're working from it and drop some paste on it. I will use this book often as I learn and hopefully excel in this beautiful art form.Also included in this book is the method for applying henna to objects, the preparation of the medium, application of design and after care to keep the stain vibrant.

So far I've only had this book a few days but I love it and information sure you can get the information free on the Internet but she has designs that you can trace until you get them down and different practice techniques that I have years and I've done three so far onl so far I've only had this book a few days but I love it and information sure you can get the information free on the Internet but she has designs that you can trace until you get them down and different practice techniques that I have years and I've done three so far on myself. She also gives good tips if you want to start doing that next your money such as doing some free from around here so you can build a portfolio. Another good tip she suggests using a brown or light brown watercolor pencil and drying it on before you appy. Not to mention she gives the website to buy already made her name and where you can buy things you need to make it yourself!

When it first came into the mail without seeing it, I thought "wow, this is heavy" and when I opened it, I was amazed on how many pages it had! I looked into the book and found the origin of henna, how to do stuff for beginners, many designs for people of different experience levels, and how to take care of your henna. I am giving this a 5 STARS, because this is a very helpful book for beginners and even advanced people. I recommend buying this for people who truly want learn.

This book has more guidance about doing Henna and has templates but the designs are not that pretty.

It breaks down design very well, and makes even the most nervous person see it as “easy” with practice. Gave it as a gift to my 14 year old niece and she’s already put it to use, and with impressive results. She is an artist, but this takes it to a whole new level of fun.

Pleasantly surprised by the packaging and pouch that these arrived in, as well as screw caps that can snug back onto oils, without leaking. Many companies have switched to child-proof caps, that leak and can be harmful to furniture and pets. The fragrance is all right but not as distinct as we would have preferred. The order was also delivered in a secure box that prevented any damage in shipping. We ordered coconut-vanilla, which did not really smell like either but was not overpowering.