henna

Right now I’m really into Martha who is a henna tattoo artist, so I just get blasted with henna tattoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

He then offered a lighthearted alternative: “Maybe they could do a henna one, and then commit to make it permanent if we hire them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Light-up toys flashed in every kid’s hands and fireworks exploded overhead while henna artists inked swirling patterns onto excited patrons.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2025

Researchers used lawsone, a red-orange compound found in henna leaves that has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, to boost the performance of cotton.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024

She imagined her on horseback, smiling shyly behind a veiled green gown, her palms painted red with henna, her hair parted with silver dust, the braids held together by tree sap.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

They both was fair, and each one had hair hennaed auburn-purple and dressed in curls.

From The Verge ● Mar. 1, 2018

With her long, hennaed hair, expressive voice and contagious energy, Manny is clearly the forward thrust of the Bear Creek engine.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2013

The face of the heavily hennaed woman at the veggie burger van visible wrinkles in disgust the moment Hayden Thorpe starts belting out his fruity falsetto.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2011

Both Newsweek and ABC published pictures of her, and the Newsweek story describes her physically — “her dark hair is hennaed, straightened, and worn flat to her head,” for example.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2011

Ignatius patted his mother's hennaed hair with one of his huge paws.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole