Henna.
Henna is a plant that is used to color the hair and skin. Henna can also be used to dye materials like leather and wool.
In Egypt, henna is the plant that was used to color hair and skin. Henna is also known as the henna tree and the Egyptian privet.
The Henna Plant was used to cover the hair and skin of the Ancient Egyptians .
The henna plant
Henna.
henna
There are a number of plants used to color the hair and skin. The Egyptians historically used henna to dye the skin brown; the Scottish Celts used woad to turn themselves blue.
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lotus
Henna is the plant traditionally used to color hair and skin. The leaves of the henna plant contain lawsone, a natural dye that binds to proteins, resulting in a reddish-orange stain. Lotus and juniper berries are not typically used for hair or skin coloring purposes.
lotus
Henna [Lawsonia inermis] is still used in the cosmetics industry for, among other things, colouring hair.