The Henna Paste/Recipe There are many ways to prepare a henna paste for application on the skin. Formulas abound! Just think of a cake: there are a multitude of recipes, many of them jealously guarded. However, the main ingredients are: --henna --water --eucalyptus oil Beyond these three components, one can add coffee, tea, cloves or clove oil (instead of eucalyptus), indigo, okra, and the list goes on. There are many books and henna sites offering henna recipes. A very simple one can be found in "Henna, The Art of Body Painting" By Carine Fabius