Shelly premixed henna, ok place to start?

Hi all. I want to play with henna more, but it seems like there is so much room to screw it up if you mix it yourself. I was thinking about ordering some premixed Shelly brand henna for now. Is this an ok place to start? Do you have any other suggestions? I am all ears.

Thank you soooo much!
Summer

I would say only if you are practicing on yourself. You don't know what is in that cone and the stain sucks. It would be much better to find a reputable artist near you and purchase from them. Magical Mehendi from Washington makes killer paste but you want to get it from someone close by to cut down on shipping time especially in the hot months.

Whilst it is intimidating at first to mix your own its actually not that hard, the henna pages have really simple recipies and on here there is a pretty good break down of it too. Mixing it is part of the fun! I just finished mixing up my first batch in ages as I've been on a kind of time out and the smell brings me back to festival land!!! have a go... and then if for some reason it doesn't work then you can come and troubleshoot on here

Ok, I took the plunge. I don't think my henna powder was the best quality, but I have some on order. Here's what I created:


These are freshly "unwrapped". The little hand only had the paste on for an hour, the palm 3 hours and the back of the hand 5 hours. I can't wait to see what the color does. Tips are always welcome.

Any suggestions for wrapping palms?