About · Founder
Meet Aliya
Aliya is the founder of Hennaya, a henna and mehndi supplies brand in Bengaluru — a henna artist and mehndi educator with 4+ years of experience, 1000+ clients and 100+ students trained.
Henna Artist · Educator · Entrepreneur · Mehndi Supplier
Aliya
Bangalore, India
Aliya is a henna artist, educator and entrepreneur based in Bangalore. Over 4+ years she has worked with 1000+ clients across bridal mehndi, private events, stalls and exhibitions, developing a clean Indo-Arabic style built for a deep, long-lasting stain.
Alongside the artistry she runs Hennaya’s product line: natural, natural henna and stencils, mixed in small batches and shipped across India. She started rolling her own cones because she couldn't reliably buy henna she'd trust on a bride's hands.
Teaching is now just as central. Her 20-day training batches (Batch 11 and counting) have trained 100+ women — not only in design, but in paste-making, hygiene, pricing, sourcing and the day-to-day business of being a working henna artist. She also takes part in and mentors for henna competitions.
The thread through all of it: help women turn a love of henna into a real, confident livelihood.
More Than a Founder
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Artist
Bridal and occasion mehndi with a signature Indo-Arabic style, plus stall and exhibition work.
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Educator
Structured training batches — paste-making, cone-rolling, design theory and client handling.
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Entrepreneur
Built Hennaya's natural product line and its pan-India shipping operation from scratch.
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Competitor
Competes in and mentors for henna competitions, keeping technique sharp and current.
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4+ years
Working as a henna artist
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1000+
Happy clients
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100+
Students trained
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Pan-India
Natural henna shipped nationwide
Lifting Other Women Up
Aliya's work is built around helping girls and women turn a love of henna into a livelihood — becoming confident artists and, in time, business owners of their own. Her classes go beyond design: pricing, sourcing, hygiene, client care and the newer tricks and techniques that make an artist's day faster and their results more consistent.
The goal is simple — make the henna artist's life easier, and make the craft a real career option for more women across Bangalore and India.
Straight from Aliya
In Her Own Words
First-person pieces where Aliya writes about the craft, the training batches, and what she's actually building — not the polished version, the honest one.
Why I Train Women to Become Henna Professionals
Aliya on why teaching became as important as the art itself — turning a skill women already love into a real, confident income, one 20-day batch at a time.
✍️ Founder's NotesMy Vision for Hennaya: Where This Is Headed
Aliya on what she's actually building — not just a henna shop, but a studio, a training ground and a livelihood path for women in Bangalore, and where it goes next.
✍️ Founder's NotesWhy I Started Rolling My Own Henna Cones
Aliya on the real reason Hennaya's cones exist — she couldn't reliably buy henna she'd trust on a bride's hands, so she started rolling her own from scratch.
✍️ Founder's NotesWhat "Natural Henna" Really Means — My Honest Take
Aliya cuts through the marketing on "100% natural" henna — what the word should actually mean, what to check before you buy, and where honesty has to win over hype.
✍️ Founder's NotesWhy I Still Hand-Roll Every Cone Myself
Aliya on why Hennaya's cones are still rolled by hand in small batches — not machine-filled at scale — and what that trade-off actually buys the person using it.
✍️ Founder's NotesWhat Teaching 100+ Students Has Taught Me
Aliya on what eleven batches of training students has actually taught her — about technique, confidence, and what separates a hobbyist from a working artist.
✍️ Founder's NotesWhat Years of Bridal Mehndi Bookings Taught Me
Aliya on what a thousand-plus clients and years of Bangalore weddings have actually taught her — about planning, nerves, and what matters most on the day.
What Her Students & Clients Say
Real, unedited quotes from Hennaya customers and training students in Bengaluru.