Papakupu
Henna
He waikara tipu e whakawaikura ana i te kiri ki te whero-parauri; kāore te henna haumaru, māori e mangu ana.
Ko Henna he waikara māori i hangaia mai i ngā rau kua kuru o te tipu Lawsonia inermis, ka whakamahia hei whakawaikura i te kiri ki te whero-parauri ki te whero-pōuri i ngā hoahoa toi tinana rangitahi. Kei roto i ngā rau he ngota waitae, ko te lawsone, e here ana ki te keratin i te mata o te kiri, e puta ai he waikura ka tipu i roto i te rā kotahi i te nuinga, ka roa mō te wiki kotahi ki te toru wiki ki mua i te ngohe i a ngā pūtau kiri e maunu ana. Ka whakapāngia te kō henna i ngā tauira taipitopito, ka tukua kia maroke, ka tangohia ina tau te waikara; ka whakawhirinaki te tae whakamutunga ki te matū kiri, te wāhi tinana, me te roa o te pā o te kō. He hōhonu ngā pakiaka ahurea o te toi tinana henna i Āhia ki te Tonga, te Tai Rāwhiti Waenga, me Āwherika ki te Raki, ina koa mō ngā mārena me ngā hākari. He mea nui, kāore te henna pono e mangu pō. Ko ngā hua ka hokona hei henna mangu i te nuinga he paraphenylenediamine, he waikara matū ka taea te whakaputa tauhohenga kiri kino, mihimihi matū, me te whakahekenga roa. Nō reira, ko te henna whero-parauri māori anake e kīia ana he haumaru-kiri, ā, ka pai ake ngā hoahoa pōuri mā te jagua. Hei waikura mata, kaua he waituhi werohia, he kore-tūturu te henna.