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Happy Henna Guy 100% organic, temporary, body art, in historic Wi******er, VA. After that it's 100% gone and only remembered through pictures.
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Henna is fun, celebratory, and can be switched out for a new design as soon as the old one fades, about 2 weeks after application. Instagram:

Henna has been practiced since time immemorial as a way to celebrate weddings and other holidays. Brought to the western world by the original Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and south Asian practitioners, this ancient art is now used by young and old alike to celebrate holidays, vacations, birthdays, or just because! Everything from traditional mehndi flowers, spirals and medallions to modern hearts, clover, spiders, superhero logos, names, bible verses and pretty much anything you can imagine can be done with henna. After drying and flaking off of the paste, the stain left behind lasts about 2-4 weeks depending on skin care and washing practices. I use only all-naturual ingredients, no "black henna" or caustic chemicals in my paste, making it safe for the whole family. Henna powder (made from dried and crushed leaves of the henna plant) mixed with sugar, lemon juice and essential oils are the only ingredients in my mix. I mix it all myself and use it not just on clients, but also on my whole family, including kids. Good times can be had by all, without the permanence of tattoos!

A couple   from   and hands too! As a henna artist it’s always a challenge for me to go into someone else’s booth and do...
10/13/2026

A couple from and hands too!

As a henna artist it’s always a challenge for me to go into someone else’s booth and do their designs. I always feel slower than I do with my own designs, I feel more perfectionist and less sure of myself. In my own booth I know the designs, I know the rhythm of how the booth works, I know exactly where everything is. Working in someone’s else’s booth is a fun challenge, but also gives me anxiety.

It’s like taking a shower at someone else’s house: in the end you get just as clean but finding towels, soap, shampoo, different faucet temperatures and what to do with dirty clothes afterwards all make the experience very different from home. And discombobulating. (This whole post may have been just so I could use that word… 🤪🥴🤪)

Thankfully both the artists and at are encouraging and want me to put my own spin on their classic booth designs. Yay for patience and encouragement!

Check out my Festival schedule below, there’s not much left. If you still need to but can’t come to a festival, then go to my website or email [email protected] to book a private appointment or henna party!

Upcoming festival schedule:
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

You may notice I’m only at Ravenwood on Fridays. My booth is there all weekend, so you can still get the best henna around, but instead of me in the brown/green/gold henna tent, you’ll find either Henna Trails or Kat . They’re amazing!

    !After getting back from Hawai’i and seeing all the amazing art there, I did this big ole design on myself.  It only...
10/09/2026

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After getting back from Hawai’i and seeing all the amazing art there, I did this big ole design on myself. It only took 2.5 cones of henna to fill all those solid bits, and I think about 1.5 hours of work, maybe 2 hours?

Scroll the photos, this is the first time I’ve done multiple captions. But if you need to then reach out through my website or email [email protected] to book a private appointment or party.

Festival schedule:
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

This picture with the paste still on was supposed to look cool in front in my practice spray paint board in the background. Mostly I’m trying not to squint with the sun in my eyes. 🤪

2 day old stain on the rainy morning of

Look how dark!!

Shout out to The Henna Society for great henna powder.

Day 4 of this stain. So so dark!

I don’t just do henna, I work for people doing other things and sometimes that clashes (I wish I was a full time artist but I can’t figure out the business side of that to make it all work so I also do non-henna work). At Day 9 of the stain it still looked like Day 4 but my boss wasn’t feeling it, this design was too big and too bold for our customers in that job so he asked me to scrub it off (no hate, I understand the thought process and not everyone loves my art but still sad to scrub this design bc I was loving it). This picture was day 11 after soaking in a tub and scrubbing.

Again with the The Henna Society henna powder for the win, it just doesn’t want to let go even with scrubbing!

Picture from today,
15 days after putting it on this design is certainly almost gone but the birds on my arm and the finger tip designs are still hanging on. I’m scrubbing and *sadly* hoping that it’s completely gone by the time my other job wants it gone.

Looks like forearm designs for me for awhile. Those can be hidden more easily. 😁😂😁

A few more pictures from my family trip to Hawai’i. Me with flowers (I don’t have enough hair to put them in, these like...
10/08/2026

A few more pictures from my family trip to Hawai’i.

Me with flowers (I don’t have enough hair to put them in, these likely ended up on my wife’s head later), street murals, tiki bar stuff, the marae and Samoan buildings at PCC, art in downtown Waikiki, a pineapple made from stadium seating, a tiki that came home, and some cool graffiti.

And last but not least, I got to meet (briefly) Karissa | Organic Henna Artist | Oahu, Hawaii . Apparently the right street fest in Hawai’i is just as packed as any street fest in Virginia. She was so busy all I could do was say hello and admire her beautiful henna before she had to keep working and I had to catch up with my wandering family.

Most of the other pictures I took have my kids in them, so you don’t get to see bc I can’t be bothered trying to cover them up in smiley faces. Just know we had a good time, Hawai’i is a beautiful place with amazing culture and seeing family I haven’t seen in 5 years was worth it!

I’ll post more henna and soon, but in the meantime if you need to see more henna just scroll though the rest of my feed. If you need to then reach out through my website or email me at [email protected]

Upcoming festivals (not many left this season):
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

So this isn’t a post about henna really.  The whole family went to Hawaii. First time ever.  We had a good time, ate gre...
10/07/2026

So this isn’t a post about henna really.

The whole family went to Hawaii. First time ever. We had a good time, ate great food, saw cool places, hiked in the dark, and celebrated my brother! Congrats bro, excited to see what you and the fam do now!

We also swam with turtles and colorful fish, jumped off rocks (freshwater and ocean!), saw lots of beautiful murals (I was designated driver and didn’t have a chance to photo most of the them), saw a marae and learned a bit of mau rakau, cool flowers and trees… the list could keep going.

One major highlight was getting to meet the ever enthusiastic Tricia Allen in person (third slide). I’ve read her books and talked on the phone but in person was such a treat! She’s a walking encyclopedia of Polynesian history and art and I could listen for days if I could, we toured Bishop museum together, and her suggestion to try out La Mariana Sailing Club for dinner ended up being such a family favorite we went twice (4th slide and some of the tiki slides)!

If anyone wants to know more about a particular photo just ask in the comments. I’ll dredge the memory banks and hopefully have an answer for you!

I have a few more pictures that I’ll share later but for now that’s all the Hawaiian that you get. 😁🌺😁

Don’t forget, I’m not just a world traveler, I also draw henna for all my . My season is quickly drawing to a close so find me soon at the locations below.

Festival schedule:
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

More photos from Labor Day Weekend,   .  Even though I’m from   some of my most loyal, trusting and reliable   come visi...
10/03/2026

More photos from Labor Day Weekend, .

Even though I’m from some of my most loyal, trusting and reliable come visit the booth year after year in Matthews. Big designs, little designs, phone designs and so so many custom artist choice designs. Thanks for coming out all of you NC friends, you made me and ✨Jem✨SC Henna✨ smile that weekend!

I don’t have many festivals left this season. I’m working on one or two Christmas events where I’ll sell some earrings and ornaments, but as the weather changes and there’s no longer available skin to draw on, I will wrap up the season.

If you need to and can’t come to a festival, please reach out through my website or email [email protected] and schedule a private appointment or henna party!

Festival schedule:
Oct 3-4 MD Ren Fest
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

Throwback to a fun (albeit super hot and rather slow) Labor Day Weekend lady month at   with this lovely lady ✨Jem✨SC He...
10/01/2026

Throwback to a fun (albeit super hot and rather slow) Labor Day Weekend lady month at with this lovely lady ✨Jem✨SC Henna✨

Jem (and her family) are cool people to hang out and do art with. Year after year I look forward to sitting next to her talking art, business, and family. And we always find good food to share too!!!

The designs on her and Alan’s arms are both spur of the moment original designs by me. 😁. I actually did 2 on Jem but you’ll have to zoom in on her working hand on one of the pictures to see that manta ray design. 🙃

I won’t be back to NC till next year but already looking forward to it!

My festival season is quickly coming to an end, but you can find me at my schedule below.

Ooooooorrrrr…. schedule a private appointment or henna party near winchesterva and you too can getyourhennaon Go to my website or email [email protected] to book now!

Upcoming schedule:
Oct 3-4 MD Ren Fest
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

Haven’t posted since before Labor Day and it’s nearly October.  Oops.  So, here’s a bunch of   from   the last weekend o...
09/29/2026

Haven’t posted since before Labor Day and it’s nearly October. Oops. So, here’s a bunch of from the last weekend of August.

Henna by Roma and Mazlynn Pippin are 2 off the other artists in the henna booth and they both let me experiment with (first 2 and last 2 slides). Thanks for letting me play a little ladies!

Everyone else are lovely from the festival wearing designs from the book that I probably customized a bit. No 2 people alike in my booth or when I work in another booth apparently. Not sure if that’s a good habit but noone has complained yet. 😁🙃😁

What’s left of my Festival schedule is below, but if you need a henna party or private appointment please reach out through my website or email [email protected] and let’s book a time and place near

Upcoming schedule:
Oct 3-4 MD Ren Fest
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

Here’s another look at all the different types of requests from   .  Tulips, dragons, lotus, pandas, oh my!  The shoulde...
09/06/2026

Here’s another look at all the different types of requests from . Tulips, dragons, lotus, pandas, oh my!

The shoulder request was a good chuckle because I had to look at someone’s phone to make sure I knew what a tulip looked like with made her think I wasn’t going to be able to draw it. I changed her mind in the end. Gimme a picture to start from and I’m typically pretty good at making something pretty from it. 🙃

A couple of these are design originals from the other artists at Maryland Ren Fest. The hexagon geometry thing is a Henna by Roma design. That was hard, thanks for trusting me with it Roma! 🙏🏽

The one after the hexagon is an Ash Rabe original. Much less mind-bending than the hexagon, a bit of natural henna flow, nice!😁

The panda was off the top of my head. Request was “panda with bamboo”. No cell phone prompt, no pictures, I think it turned out okay and my young seemed to like it.

And I learned that I’m old because I’ve never heard of but still think the henna turned out pretty nice.

I won’t be back to Maryland for a couple weeks but if you need to find me and you’re near Charlotte, NC then come find me and ✨Jem✨SC Henna✨ at today and tomorrow. Craft area. Brown HENNA tent. Hard to miss. 😁

Upcoming festival schedule:
Sept 5-7 Matthews Alive, Matthews, NC
Sept 26-27 MD Ren Fest
Oct 3-4 MD Ren Fest
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

I’m headed to   this weekend but wanted to share some pictures from last weekend first.I’ve learned that at Maryland Ren...
09/03/2026

I’m headed to this weekend but wanted to share some pictures from last weekend first.

I’ve learned that at Maryland Ren Fest, you never knew what you’re going to get. The other booth artists always let me draw whatever I want, hence the tiki face on Maz (first slide). But for my there were flower strips, phone requests, mashups, and even a cool Moana request (I even squeezed Hei-hei onto her pinky finger!!). Y’all certainly keep me on my toes! I think I did okay with all those requests, check out the !!!

Here’s my upcoming schedule, the next few days will be driving, hanging out and drawing with the amazing ✨Jem✨SC Henna✨ and then more driving . I’m tired just thinking about it, but excited to see all my NC people though!!!!

Sept 5-7 Matthews Alive, Matthews, NC
Sept 26-27 MD Ren Fest
Oct 3-4 MD Ren Fest
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

  from a couple weeks back at Kayla Lawrence Peach Festival.  Always a good time, even in the rain and fog.If you live i...
08/28/2026

from a couple weeks back at Kayla Lawrence Peach Festival. Always a good time, even in the rain and fog.

If you live in the area and need some peaches, or apples pretty soon, there’s no place better than Richard’s! Kayla, Eddie and their crew are awesome! And the fruit and veg is good too!

If you need to in the next few weeks my schedule is below. I’m unavailable for parties and private appointments until the last week of September but would love to get together after that! Message me through my website or email [email protected] to book now. 😁

Upcoming festival schedule:
Aug 29-30 MD Ren Fest, Crownsville, MD
Sept 5-7 Matthews Alive, Matthews, NC (with ✨Jem✨SC Henna✨ )
Sept 26-27 MD Ren Fest
Oct 3-4 MD Ren Fest
Oct 10-11 MD Ren Fest
Oct 16 Ravenwood Ren Faire, North Mountain Vineyard
Oct 17-18 MD Ren Fest
Oct 23 Ravenwood Ren Faire
Oct 24-25 MD Ren Fest

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