henna
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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
“All my friends were Black, and we got together and cooked Indian food and painted henna on our hands, and I never felt uncomfortable with my cultural background.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
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
They were returning home from having henna applied in preparation for a friend’s wedding scheduled for Saturday.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
She rolled up the poster slowly, securing it with one of the elastic bands she always wore around her wrist for tying back her thick, unruly hair, streaked here and there with henna.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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