Wednesday, January 7, 2009

New Article -Cajeput

We've just added a new article about Cajeput Essential Oil. This is a first in a series of articles that will eventually cover all the oils we carry.

Cajeput

Enjoy!

Monday, January 5, 2009

The New Henna Muse Shop!

New at Henna Muse...

We have a new shopping cart! This cart offers more features than our old PayPal cart, like wish lists, separate shipping and billing addresses, new shipping options, and much more. New features coming soon include downloadable items, gift wrap, gift certificates and special discounts.

Please go check it out:

It looks sharp, works great, and we're very proud.

The original site is still live, but the product pages have been re-routed to the new store, so don't worry if you have been using our informational pages. They're still there!

HennaSuppliers.org

Henna Muse is proud to host a new web site of trusted henna suppliers. HennaSuppliers.org is an index of natural henna and body art suppliers. We'll soon be adding artists' listings, articles about henna and other body art, photos, designs and even some video tutorials. Listings are free to those who agree to the rules.

Please bookmark it and throw us a few links!

Friday, December 5, 2008

Henna Muse Fall Rajasthani 2008! -Color Results!

Check out the photos of color for our new favorite henna! Click on the photos to go to flicker and read all the details.

close up of new fall Raji color

New Raj results!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Henna Muse Fall Rajasthani 2008!

It's here! It's finally here! The new crop of our signature henna is finally in stock. The first test batch is mixed, but not quite ready to apply. It's been standing about 15 hours now and its still not quite ready. I'm really hoping it will have a nice long dye release time like last year so that its easy to mix with Jamila. So far the texture is exactly what we've come to expect from Henna Muse Raj. Its so creamy and stringy! Perfect baby-powder sift, and tested negative for added dyes. (that means no fake green color to make it look fresher than it is as well as ugly chemicals like ppd.)

Stay tuned for photos of our test batch as it developes.

If you can't wait and have to try it right now go get it here! It's on sale!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Learning Hindi

Why am I interested in learning Hindi?

I thought it might come in handy at work.
I will travel in India someday, when my kids are bigger.
I thought it would be something fun to do with the kids.
Hindi script is pretty.

How am I going to learn Hindi?

OK, I'm probably not going to learn it well. I took 4 years of high school french, and I can only read it at about a 4th grade level. Spoken French? I'll be lucky if I can understand directions to the bathroom. That said, I'm really only looking for basics. The alphabet and pronunciation. Very basic vocabulary. Numbers, days of the week, etc.

Here's a helpful blog.

Here's a good website for teaching children with worksheets and everything!
And I'm going to try this software. I can't quite afford Rosetta Stone. This software may not be as good, but you can have the basic version free, and the deluxe version is only $50 so it's worth a try right?!
This one is great too!
This is a few lessons on Devanagari, the alphabet used to write in Hindi. Its a good place to start despite being on the bottom of my list.

I'll post fun stuff I learn here!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Mica in a New Size!


If you ever wanted to try mica in body art, we now have the perfect way to do that! Teeny-tiny 5 gram jars are only $3. They're way more than enough to experiment with and have a smaller price tag. That way you can try it out before you make an investment.

Get 'em here:
http://www.hennamuse.com/catalog4.html#mica