August 3, 2006
History of African mehendi
African mehndi patterns are bold, large geometric designs, usually black.African Mehendi style generally has geometrical floral patterns. After the henna paste is removed Africans apply a blackish paste of ashes, ammonia compounds and other corrosives to get the henna stain to turn out blackish. This is poisonous and is not a recommended procedure as there have been reported deaths from this procedure. We can only assume the reason they would go to these risky lengths is the natural color that henna stains, dark brown to dark orange, does not show up as well on very dark skin.
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