Amabala asetshenziswa esikhumbeni anyamalala kancane kancane, eshiya amaphethini ebusweni besikhumba, okwaholela emcabangweni wokusebenzisa i-henna ngezinjongo zokuhlobisa. Kubhalwe ukuthi uCleopatra ngokwakhe wapenda umzimba wakhe nge-henna.
I-Henna ngokomlando ibe umhlobiso othandwayo hhayi kuphela kwabacebile, kodwa nabampofu ababengakwazi ukukhokhela ubucwebe. Sekuyisikhathi eside isetshenziselwa izikhathi ezihlukahlukene: Njengamanje, umhlaba wonke uye wamukela isiko lasendulo lasempumalanga lomdwebo we-henna ukuhlobisa umzimba walo. Yaba uhlobo oludumile lomhlobiso ngeminyaka yama-90s e-United States futhi iyaqhubeka nokukhula ekuthandeni kuze kube yilolu suku. Osaziwayo abafana noMadonna, Gwen Stefani, Yasmine Bleeth, Liv Tyler, Xena nabanye abaningi bapenda imizimba yabo ngamaphethini e-mehendi, beziveza ngokuziqhenya emphakathini, kumafilimu nokunye.
I-Henna (i-Lawsonia inermis; i-Hina; isihlahla se-mignonette) isitshalo esiqhakazayo esikhula ngamafidi angu-12 kuya kwangu-15 ubude futhi siwuhlobo olulodwa ohlotsheni. Lesi sitshalo sisetshenziswa ekulungiseleleni izinto zokudaya isikhumba, izinwele, izinzipho, kanye nezindwangu (usilika, uvolo). Ukuhlobisa isikhumba, amaqabunga e-henna omisiwe, agaywe abe yimpushana enhle futhi alungiselelwe ibe yinqwaba efana ne-paste esebenzisa izindlela ezihlukahlukene. I-paste isetshenziswa esikhumbeni, ifake umbala ungqimba lwaso olungaphezulu. Esimweni sayo semvelo, i-henna imbala isikhumba esolintshi noma esinsundu. Uma usetshenziswa, umbala ubonakala uluhlaza okotshani, emva kwalokho inhlama yomile bese igqamuka, iveze umbala osawolintshi. Iphethini iba nsundu ngokubomvu phakathi nezinsuku ezingu-1-3 ngemva kokufaka isicelo. Ezintendeni zezandla nasematheni, i-henna iphenduka ibe mnyama ngombala, ngoba isikhumba kulezi zindawo sinzima futhi siqukethe i-keratin eyengeziwe. Umdwebo uhlala esikhumbeni cishe amasonto angu-1-4, kuye ngokuthi i-henna, izici zesikhumba kanye nokuxhumana nama-detergents.
Enye yamasiko omshado athandwayo aseMpumalanga. Umakoti, abazali bakhe nezihlobo bayahlangana ukuzobungaza umshado. Imidlalo, umculo, imidanso igcwalisa ubusuku, kuyilapho ochwepheshe abamenyiwe besebenzisa amaphethini e-mehendi ezingalweni nasemilenzeni, kuze kufike ezindololwaneni nasemadolweni ngokulandelana. Umkhuba onjalo uthatha amahora amaningana futhi uvame ukwenziwa ngabaculi abaningana. Njengomthetho, amaphethini e-henna nawo adwetshwa izivakashi zesifazane.