About our Artists

Jessica

With a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from California College of Arts Jessica founded Henna Caravan in 1997. She creates beautiful custom designs inspired by the art of the African and European continents and focuses on bridal/wedding henna and henna during pregnancy.

During the week Jessica manages the Retail/Wholesale Product and Sales portion of Henna Caravan.

Carissa

A vivacious and silly henna artist, she has been honing her henna skills since 1999 and creates lovely, tiny, tight patterns for those wanting a more delicate touch. Carissa is pursuing a degree at UCSB, is a competitive Irish step dancer, artist, and musician-singer who has lots of energy to keep the henna flowing at your special event. She is fantastic with children and enjoys intimate private events where she can pamper your guests and chat about henna and its history.

Kendra

An outgoing and fun artist, Kendra joined the Henna Caravan team in 2004. She is great at customizing a pattern on request - traditional or whimsical, she can create a design just for you. This is great for getting the guys involved with henna - flaming guitars, monster fish, geometrics! Irreverent and fun she is a great choice for your fast paced high energy events.

Christina

Christina has been assisting with the management of festivals and large events since 1998 and joined us in applying henna designs in 2005. Her specialty is the unusual geometric patterns of Morocco and Northern Africa.

Christina manages the product stock and management for our retail business. Gotta product question? She can help you out!

Flavia

Flavia is Henna Caravans fantastic manager! She offers superior site management and crowd organization while patiently explaining the henna process, answers questions, prepares our customers skin for henna application, provides detailed directions and assistance with aftercare processes.

During the week Flavia oversees the mail order and shipping of the Retail/Wholesale Product and Sales portion of Henna Caravan as well as Product Research and Development.

Site Managers or Assistants

Site Managers and Assistants

Let Henna Caravan provide one of our great site managers for your party to do the customer service, prep, and crowd organization.

They are available to patiently explain the henna process, answer questions, prepare our customers skin for henna application, provide detailed directions and assistance with aftercare processes.

When site managers are able to assist with events henna artists can focus on painting designs while customers are cared for. Site managers can speed everything up allowing us to service guests much more efficiently. Our fabulous site managers' assistance results in more henna designs per hour while maintaining a relaxing experience for our customers.

Decorations

For large events we can provide decorations and help set a fun, exotic mood. We can bring in floor mats, back drops, tables, drapes and chairs, silk flowers, peacock feathers and exotic music. Let us help create a great experience for your guests!

Henna Caravan often works with Corporate Events. We can work with you to disseminate promotional materials and give away's while creating custom henna patterns or designs to compliment your branding! Want us to henna your brand image or logo on guests? No problem! We can even create a custom set of patterns to compliment your campaign.

We are happy to work with you on uniforms as well. Promotions for clothing companies, liquor, clubs, weekend retreats... we've got you covered. Just let us know your needs and we'll put a package together for your event. We strive to be an inclusive service, all we need you to provide is the space and the clients!