WHAT'S NEW?
OCTOBER 2012
Henna & Light the Night
This year's Light The Night Walk event will be held at the Jean Drapeau park on Saturday, October 13th 2012. Registration will start at 5:30 pm and the walk begins at 7:30 pm.
Lumanessence Henna Body Art will be sponsoring the event by offering free henna tattoos from 5:30 to 7:30 just before the walk begins. Come join us to get some henna or just to say hi!
For more information on this event :: WALK THE NIGHT WALK
SEPTEMBER 2012
Henna Master Class in California
The first Henna Intensive & Retreat will be held in Wrightwood, California from September 13th to the 16th. Luma who has been invited as a special-guest instructor, will be teaching two master classes: The Adorned Body which will explore how to use the whole body as a canvas and Through the Lens; photographing the essence of henna, which will give explore the various way to better photo composition and henna portraits. This unique henna conference will gather henna oficionados from all levels coming from across the United States and Canada.
For more information on the conference :: HENNA INTENSIVE & RETREAT
JUNE 2012
Slow Henna for a Slow Day
The 12th édition of the Journée de la lenteur will be held at the Parc Lafontaine. This annual event is an invitation to slow down, take a moment in the day to reconnect with yourself, to enjoy and appreciate life. Many activities will be offered for free such as yoga, Qi Gong, writing and laughter workshops, massages, as well as, lovely henna designs created by Luma.
Henna is the perfect way to just take a moment, sit, breathe in deeply and enjoy being adorned with beautiful henna, surrounded by the lush plants and trees of the park.
Activities will start at 9:00am throughout the day, close to the Felix Leclerc statue.
For more info on this event (French only) :: JOURNÉE DE LA LENTEUR
APRIL 2012
New Henna Artwork
For months, Luma has been hoping to find a beautiful redhead with piercing blue eyes who would accept to pose for her next henna project entitled Some Like It Red. The opportunity finally presented itself a few weeks ago and gave way to an amazing series of photos. To create these henna lace gloves, the henna-artist went to dig for some inspiration into the 1950's glamour fashion, mixing some old and new together to create this unique henna design.
To view the latest henna photo :: SOME LIKE IT RED!
DECEMBER 2011
Bald. Bold. Beautiful...
is the title of new book published by Henna Heals; a henna service providing henna crowns as an alternative to wigs and scarves for people suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatment or alopecia.
The book contains beautiful henna portraits from photo-grapher Frances Darwin — who is also the founder of Henna Heals —, as well as a few from henna-artist Luma R. Brieuc.
For more information on the book :: BALD. BOLD. BEAUTIFUL.
OCTOBER 2011
New Henna Body Art Video
For more information :: LUMANESSENCE ON YOUTUBE
SEPTEMBER 2011
Provocation-ARTundressed exhibit
For its 5th edition, Toronto's Erotic Art Show (presented by the Festival d'art érotique de Montréal) will be held September 30th and October 1st 2011. Erotic artworks from numerous artists, including henna body art portraits from henna-artist and photo-grapher Luma R. Brieuc will be exhibited. This year, the Wicked Club located at 1032 Queen st. West, Toronto, will be hosting this unique art exposition.
For more information :: TORONTO EROTIC ART SHOW
AUGUST 2011
Henna tattoos & Adofest 2011
Set up by Accès-Cible Jeunesse Rosemont, Adofest will be held during the commercial street 
fair on the Plaza St-Hubert from Thursday, August 18th to Sunday the 21st.
To celebrate this year's second edition of this unique teen festival, Montreal's finest henna-artist, Luma R. Brieuc, has been invited to be part of the festivities and offer henna tattoos for the young and the old. She will be in her henna booth, at the corner of Bélanger and St-Hubert, Thursday & Friday August 18th and 19th, from 2pm to 7pm. For more information (in French only) :: ADOFEST SUR LA PLAZA
JULY 2011
Henna, Virgin Radio 96 & Osheaga
Luma will be at the 2011 edition of Osheaga Festival musique et arts which will be held at the parc Jean-Drapeau, from July 29th through the 31st. She will be offering beautiful henna tattoos from the Virgin Radio 96 tent. If you're planning on attending the festival, come by for some henna. Hours — Friday: from 3pm to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday: from noon to 6pm.
JUNE 2011
New Henna Artwork
It's been almost 2 years since Luma has worked on a henna project; the last one being a tribute to the Rolling Stones with her Tattoo You henna. Her source of inspiration for this latest henna creation was found among 1960s floral designs and the Twiggy style. Dancer, Sarah Bronsard was the model selected to don these henna tights which took over 10 hours to create, more than enough time for this talented muse to nibble on blackberries, read various chapter of Women Who Run With The Wolves, answer emails and watch the movie Milk, while having to sit very still... well almost!
To view this latest henna photo :: HENNA TIGHTS
MAY 2011
Henna Heals
Henna Heals is a social purpose business that helps empower people experiencing hair loss due to alopecia or cancer treatments. It provides beautiful henna crowns as an alternative to wigs, hats and scarves. Luma R. Brieuc has been collaborating with its founder, Frances Darwin, (who is also a photographer) since 2010 and had the privilege of presenting the first Henna Heals workshop in Toronto.
Click on the image to view the video.
For more information on :: HENNA HEALS