Happy CNY 2010!

Hola! Kong Hee Fatt Choy to our Chinese friends and greet the year of the tiger. Hopefully a year that shows strength. Other than that from our about a year long hiatus we have been doing a lot of business, we just don't bother to post them. For CNY we decided to make tiger themed hennas for fun. Enjoy! :D

It's a bit late but Happy New Year!

Hello fellow henna fans! Niza here. I know it's a bit late but yeah, Happy New Year!

So what's going on with Artly Henna nowadays you ask? Well we're mostly doing house calls, when people want to be henna-ed they call us, make an appointment and we go to their house to henna em. Our new shop isn't open yet so making appointments for house calls really save us from rushing about especially with our unpredictable schedules.

Since UBD is reopening on Monday, I can't stress this enough, please, please, please, make appointments with us if you want to be henna-ed. We can't always answer to the last minute calls so we would greatly appreciate it if appointments are made first.

Anyways below are some pics (I remember to take) of our customer's henna. Enjoy~


A long and spiky dragon on the whole length of the arm.


A smaller spiked dragon.

Moving shop...

Hello everyone. Niza here.
We have an important announcement to make. We're moving shop. We're planning to move out of our current store in Artly Design (Kiulap) and move into Liyana's house to do the business. So far we haven't moved out from Artly Design yet and we haven't fully set up store at Liyana's residence so we'll keep you posted on when we'll be moving store. Although you guys could still drop by Artly Design to grab our cards and brochures and the store there has a lot of cool shirts and self designed clothes to sell so, it's worth the visit too.

Wedding Bells Ring...

Hello again people! Niza here to bring another plethora of henna images!
As you can tell from the title, the next set of images are wedding package related. One of our regulars is getting married this Sunday 19/10/2008 and we were called upon to henna her with Wedding Package C and let's just say Lee decided to go all out. (^w^)

Also both Liyana and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our beloved regular on getting married! May you be blessed with happiness, health and wealth!

More Henna photos

Hello peeps! Niza here~
Finally got about to updating the site with some more pics. Enjoy~

This one is a tribal fox on a friend of mine named 'Fox' so we kind of have this joke that goes, "Fox on a fox." XD


Was bored at the store one time so decided to kill time by henna-ing myself on my foot...


This design seems to be quite popular amongst the female customers...both me and Lee kinda wonder why though.


Was bored and decided to draw on my younger bro again. I just drew the design from the top of my head so it may look like a mix of things. XD

The same design from above, only this time I already peeled off the henna (after it dried, yes people henna will get dry and eventually crack so don't panic when you see it start cracking) and I took this I think about a day or so after I did the design on my foot. I liked how it turned out, pretty dark.

Did a random tribal design on my younger brother's hand. I thought of the design as I drew it so it might look a bit weird, lol.


The symbol for the zodiac, Aquarius


The symbol for the zodiac, Cancer


The symbol for the zodiac, Gemini

The character above means "love" and it is considered both Chinese and Japanese, and is pronounced in a similar manner, "ai". "I love you" in Chinese is - "Wo ai ni" and in Japanese it's "Aishiteiru".

A tribal dragon design that a customer asked me to draw. I think I made the tail end a bit too thick and out of proportion. XD But I still like how it turned out though. Cos despite how difficult or easy it is to draw dragon designs, I love drawing them since dragons are my most favorite mythological creatures.

Large Designs: Bare Back

Both Lee and me were bored one night so guess what it was that we decided to do? We decided to henna our backs and we sure did! We both hennaed each other and went all out on how large we wanted the designs to be and we have to say, we're both pretty satisfied with the results. (^_^)v

The Vajra and Cosmic Fire design, a symbol of thunder and spiritual force from Tibet. I asked Lee to draw this design on me and it took about 30mins to 45mins to complete. The design didn't turn out to be too dark like how it would on the hands since the skin on the back is kinda different but if the both of us were to apply a second coating of henna after steaming, it'll prolly be even darker. But then again we were just experimenting and it's good to know how long we take to draw large designs. It's a bit easier drawing something of this scale especially if it doesn't have so much minute details and I'm hoping to maybe one day draw something of this scale on my customers (if they want lah).

The Phoenix, a symbol of goodness and benevolence in Asia. Lee decided that she wanted a phoenix on her back and she really liked how it turned out. It took me about 30mins to 45mins as well to do this design and I couldn't really copy the original. What's different from the original is the amount of tail feathers and the dark feather tips, mine had less in comparison to the original. XD

Look for these signs!

Hello again peeps, Niza here! (^o^)/

In the previous post I wrote about our price range as well as our schedule. Currently during the month of Ramadhan we're kinda hardly at the store and we're basically doing a lot of on call appointments. Basically if you guys happen to pass by the store and happen to see the signs shown in the picture below stuck on the window of the store then you're in luck, it means that there's a henna artist available.


So if you happen to see the above signs pasted on the store's window, you can be rest assured that there's a henna artist available (or somewhere within the Kiulap premises). If you don't see it then there isn't a henna artist available at the store but you could always enter the store, take a card or brochure and contact any one of us and make an appointment on when and perhaps even where you'd like to be henna-ed.

That's all for now, have a good day and thanks for reading this blog. (^w^)v

Price Range and Schedules

OK! Hello folks, Niza here. Our henna business has been running for a while now and we haven't even put up the price list for our henna services on this blog yet, so let's go about that. (^w^)

Henna services price list:

- Wedding Package A
This package includes the FULL set for the BRIDE meaning she'll get drawn on her hands, palms, arms, feet and legs. Plus 25 people will get a standard drawing on their palms or hands. This package costs $300.

- Wedding Package B
This package is similar to wedding package A, with the exception that instead of 25 people getting standard drawings it'll be only 10 people. This package costs $125.

- Wedding Package C
This package is similar to wedding package A, with the exception that it is only for the Bride. This package costs $100.

- Birthday Package A
This package offers standard henna designs for 20 guests and costs $200.

- Birthday Package B
This package is similar to Birthday Package A but for 10 guests and costs $150.

- Standard Hand Drawings cost $7

- Standard Palm Drawings cost $6

- Palm and Hand Drawings cost $12

- 1 Hand Up To Arm Drawings cost $12

- Small/Regular Designs (Custom) cost $5 - $7

- Large Designs cost $10 - $12

- Sole (Feet) Designs cost $7 - $20

Please note:
For the Wedding and Birthday packages, PLEASE give us 3 days to 1 week's prior notice. We're students and we kinda have our own lives to worry about as well as the business so informing us earlier will greatly help us.

And on to the next topic of interest, our timetable. As you probably know, we keep on getting customers when we're having classes at University. If you happen to come to the Artly Design Store in the morning, it's guaranteed that we won't be there because we have classes. We're usually free around the afternoons and nights but just because we say so doesn't mean we are always free. That's why we leave our handphone numbers on our cards, so you guys can contact us and tell us when and where you want to be henna-ed.

So this is what our henna schedule roughly looks like:
Mondays: On Call
Tuesdays: In Store from 2 - 6pm
Wednesdays: On Call
Thursdays: On Call
Fridays: In Store from 12 - 6pm
Saturdays: On Call

*On Call status means we won't be at the store but if a customer calls or texts us that they want to be henna-ed at the store, we would go to the store before the appointed time. We would also go to the customer's home to henna them but that is usually for wedding and birthday packages and henna designs that are on the back.

Well I guess that's all there is to it. We really appreciate our customers calling or texting us beforehand to make appointments to be henna-ed. So please do call or text us. For our numbers you can either call the Artly Design Store at 2233015 and ask for the henna artists' numbers or drop by the Artly Design Store and grab our brochure and cards. Thank you. (^w^)v