This is my journey becoming a Henna Body Artist. I have a Bachelor's of Fine Arts so I will also share my other work, time to time. Cheryl Kaufman Stanley
06/30/2025
Grandma granddaughter day. I'm doing something a little different from what I've been doing and my future professional is excited, so I'm excited.
Grandma why do you have to take my picture it's not done yet. 😂
My heart is so full❣️
06/01/2024
This is a design I did at the on May 18th, 2024. It's rough. it's a design I want to develop better, but was so blessed and happy to do it for these two younguns.
05/04/2024
Just 2 weeks away. I hope to see you there. It's been a long time!
Wilton community center
03/13/2023
Being bitten and itching so bad. I've heard it helps to put henna on bites I started with little swirls and it grew from there
#3 the stain on my sister. I took a pic with the henna, but it was too see what more I wanted to do. I erased only realized the next morning I didn't take a henna pic. 🤦🏾♀️
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11/15/2022
Get it?
02/22/2022
It's been almost 2 years since I've posted any henna designs I've done and about that long since I've done Henna. Just as I'm feeling like I'm getting back into the mindset of doing henna I break my dominant hand arm. Happened 3 days ago. 😖😩😂
Challenge: non dom hand practice
05/20/2020
Faith a little sign above my door, but it's a big thing in my life.
I didn't know what I was going to say for part 2. Now I know. But first the challenge: Wednesday 5/13/20 I did an epic henna design on my leg, it's still there. 😉 I didn't post a pic, didn't even take a picture. It wasn't hard not to post as I don't post everything I do, but I do pretty much take pic of everything I do so that was hard. I still want to grab my phone and snap a picture. That's hard and so I want it to disappear so I can do another and photo it.
The real thing I want to talk about is faith (well maybe trust). When I first started doing henna it was great but I was scared the person would not have a stain. It amazed me how henna worked. In the beginning I just bought any old henna at the local Indian market. No wonder I wasn't to trusting of the process, right? Then I was introduced to Darcy , but my response was conditioned. It took awhile for my faith to grow and to trust the process. I'm still amazed how the stain appears, I love it! It is still a faith/trust thing for me because you do a design, the person goes away and you don't see it. Did it stain dark, did it last, did they take care of it? So I have to have faith in my product, myself and even the client.
Photos are of dresses I batiked with matching head scarfs that can be used for a masks.
05/18/2020
This is so exciting! My alma mater is doing a webinaire! With Alka Joshi, Neeta Sharma, Sarah Walters, Sonia Sumaira (can't find her social media info I apologize for not tagging)
I don't know if anyone can register or if it's just alumni and students, but if you message me your email I'll forward the info or you could contact CCA - CA College of the Arts
05/03/2020
I'm trying to learn how to do the story thing. In the meantime here i am making a post of - ANK community service. Thursday 5/07/2020
04/24/2020
I love making kale chips. This time I grated fresh turmeric with it. Coconut oil, nutritional yeast, salt & spices. Low and slow so, i think, they are still considered raw food. I leave them sit out so I can walk by and grab a tad. Comforts me. Is there a healthy food comforting you?
BTW my hand one side Jagua design from very old cone of jagua(2017) , other side a batch of practice henna I made from 2013 Jamila sent me with an order. They are great, always throwing in something extra❤.
I did the jagua on the 17th and hennas the 21st. Stains are decent for their age. 😘😍
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