Bridal Henna Aftercare Instructions While applying henna keep area warm. Keep paste dry on skin for eight hours minimum. While it’s drying spray henna with sugar sealant. When Henna is very dry it can be loosely wrapped in cloth wrap or toilet paper to sleep in. After 8 hours of paste on skin, remove the paste. To remove Henna apply any oil( coconut/olive) to skin, scrape off henna with floss or butter knife and wipe off excess oil and any flakes of henna. At this point henna stain will be orange and very faint in some places, it will darken in 48 hours if you follow the next steps. Use heat every few hours if you can, keep arms over some source of heat (cooking something stand there) or heater or hair dryer Apply Bhavna’s Balm & More, to hydrate and protect henna as long as stain is on skin. Keep away from water another eight to 12 hours if possible Henna gets darker from this point on over the next 48 hours Enjoy your henna Guests Henna Aftercare Instructions After henna is applied keep hand still for 20-30 minutes to prevent smearing or spreading Come back to artist after that and get sprayed with lemon-sugar sealant Keep henna dry and away from water for a minimum of 4 hours. If you want to remove it simply flake off and wrap in toilet paper to sleep OR If you want to sleep in it and keep overnight roll it with toilet paper and put a loose sock over it or tuck the end of toilet paper so it does not unwrap. Remove the next morning by simply washing, it will be orange at this stage and will darken over 48 hours.