Wuraren da aka shafa akan fata sun ɓace a hankali, suna barin alamu a saman fata, wanda ya haifar da tunanin yin amfani da henna don kayan ado. An rubuta cewa Cleopatra da kanta ta yi zanen jikinta da henna.
Henna a tarihi ya kasance sanannen ado ba kawai ga masu arziki ba, har ma ga matalauta waɗanda ba za su iya samun kayan ado ba. An dade ana amfani da shi a lokuta daban-daban: A halin yanzu, duk duniya ta amince da tsohuwar al'adun gabashin gabas na zanen henna don ƙawata jikinta. Ya zama sanannen nau'in ado a cikin 90s a Amurka kuma yana ci gaba da girma cikin shahara har yau. Shahararrun mutane irin su Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Yasmine Bleeth, Liv Tyler, Xena da sauransu da yawa suna zana jikinsu da tsarin mehendi, suna nuna alfahari da gabatar da kansu ga jama'a, a cikin fina-finai da sauransu.
Henna (Lawsonia inermis; Hina; bishiyar mignonette) fure ce mai tsiro wacce ke tsiro tsayin ƙafa 12 zuwa 15 kuma nau'in nau'in nau'in halitta ne. Ana amfani da tsire-tsire a cikin shirye-shiryen kayan da aka yi da fata, gashi, kusoshi, da yadudduka (siliki, ulu). Don yin ado da fata, ana bushe ganyen henna, a niƙa a cikin foda mai kyau kuma a shirya su cikin taro mai kama da manna ta hanyar amfani da hanyoyi daban-daban. Ana amfani da manna a fata, yana canza launi na sama. A cikin yanayinta, henna tana launin fata orange ko launin ruwan kasa. Lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi, launin yana bayyana duhu kore, bayan haka manna ya bushe kuma ya bushe, yana bayyana launin orange. Tsarin ya juya ja-launin ruwan kasa a cikin kwanaki 1-3 bayan aikace-aikacen. A tafin hannu da tafin ƙafafu, henna tana ƙara yin duhu a launi, saboda fata a waɗannan wuraren ta fi ƙanƙara kuma tana ɗauke da keratin da yawa. Zane ya kasance a kan fata na kimanin makonni 1-4, dangane da henna, halaye na fata da haɗuwa da kayan wankewa.
Daya daga cikin shahararrun al'adun aure na Gabas shine. Amarya da iyayenta da ’yan uwanta sun taru domin murnar auren. Wasanni, kiɗa, wasan kwaikwayo na raye-raye sun cika dare, yayin da masanan da aka gayyata ke amfani da tsarin mehendi a hannu da ƙafafu, har zuwa gwiwar hannu da gwiwoyi bi da bi. Irin wannan al'ada yana ɗaukar sa'o'i da yawa kuma yawancin masu fasaha suna yin su. A matsayinka na mai mulki, ana kuma zana tsarin henna don baƙi mata.