Mawanga ogwiritsidwa ntchito pakhungu adazimiririka pang'onopang'ono, ndikusiya mawonekedwe pamwamba pa khungu, zomwe zidapangitsa lingaliro la kugwiritsa ntchito henna pazokongoletsa. Zalembedwa kuti Cleopatra mwiniwake ankajambula thupi lake ndi henna.
Henna m'mbiri yakale wakhala chokongoletsera chodziwika osati kwa olemera okha, komanso kwa osauka omwe sakanatha kugula zodzikongoletsera. Kwa nthawi yaitali wakhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito pazochitika zosiyanasiyana: Pakalipano, dziko lonse lapansi latengera miyambo yakale ya kum'maŵa ya henna kukongoletsa thupi lake. Inakhala njira yotchuka yokongoletsera m'zaka za m'ma 90 ku United States ndipo ikupitirizabe kutchuka mpaka lero. Anthu otchuka monga Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Yasmine Bleeth, Liv Tyler, Xena ndi ena ambiri amajambula matupi awo ndi machitidwe a mehendi, akudziwonetsera okha kwa anthu, m'mafilimu ndi zina zotero.
Henna ( Lawsonia inermis ; Hina; mignonette tree) ndi chomera chamaluwa chomwe chimakula 12 mpaka 15 m'litali ndipo ndi mtundu umodzi wamtundu. Chomeracho chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pokonza zinthu zopaka utoto, tsitsi, misomali, komanso nsalu (silika, ubweya). Kuti azikongoletsa khungu, masamba a henna amawuma, amapangidwa kukhala ufa wabwino ndikukonzedwa kukhala phala ngati misa pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana. Phala limagwiritsidwa ntchito pakhungu, kupaka utoto wake wapamwamba. Mu chikhalidwe chake, henna imapanga khungu la lalanje kapena lofiirira. Akagwiritsidwa ntchito, mtunduwo umawoneka wobiriwira wobiriwira, pambuyo pake phalalo limauma ndi kuphulika, ndikuwulula mtundu wa lalanje. Chitsanzocho chimakhala chofiira-bulauni mkati mwa masiku 1-3 mutagwiritsa ntchito. Pa kanjedza ndi m'miyendo, henna imasanduka mdima wandiweyani, chifukwa khungu m'madera awa ndi lovuta kwambiri ndipo lili ndi keratin yambiri. Zojambulazo zimakhalabe pakhungu kwa masabata 1-4, malingana ndi henna, maonekedwe a khungu ndi kukhudzana ndi zotsukira.
Mmodzi mwa anthu otchuka ukwati miyambo ya East ndi. Mkwatibwi, makolo ake ndi achibale amasonkhana pamodzi kuti akondwerere ukwatiwo. Masewera, nyimbo, zisudzo zovina zimadzaza usiku, pamene akatswiri oitanidwa amagwiritsira ntchito machitidwe a mehendi pa mikono ndi miyendo, mpaka kumapazi ndi mawondo motsatira. Mwambo woterewu umatenga maola angapo ndipo nthawi zambiri umachitidwa ndi ojambula angapo. Monga lamulo, zitsanzo za henna zimakokedwanso kwa alendo achikazi.