Henna, also called Mehndi, is a temporary body decoration that looks like a tatoo but isn't. It is fast, easy, and painless, and most importantly, it is a beautiful form of natural body decoration. It lasts for about 12 days, and then slowly fades away.

Henna is a small shrub called hawsonia inermis, and is found in Iran, India, Pakistan, Egypt, and North Africa. The young leaves and twigs are ground into a fine powder, then mixed with hot water and applied to fingernails and hair to give them a reddish-orange color.

In order to decorate hands and feet, henna is processed in a special way and packed in a cone for ease in decoration. During hot weather, henna acts as a cooling agent when applied to the palms of the hands and the bottoms of the feet, in addition to leaving a deep reddish-brownish color on the skin.

When used as a temporary tatoo, the henna is applied to the skin and then left to dry. For darker shades, it should be left for at least four hours before being brushed off. Once it is flaked or brushed off, the color left behind will darken over the next 12 hours or so.

Or, if you're like me, you wouldn't take the chicken way out of it, and go get a real one!!