We recently connected with Kajal Vaghela and have shared our conversation below.

Kajal, appreciate you joining us today. Can you take us back in time to the first dollar you earned as a creative – how did it happen? What’s the story?

A friend of mine referred her friend to me. She was having a wedding and needed a henna artist for her guests. I was so nervous since it was My first time working on so many people. My henna designs weren’t that great but practice makes perfect. Before the event, I researched what other henna artist charge for parties and I found out they charge an hourly rate. I was charging less than most henna artists because I felt guilty of charging people.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

So I have always been into art and doing creative things since I was a kid. I started doing henna in 2015 practicing on myself, my family and friends. A year later, someone told me I should start a business out of it. At the time, I wasn’t that confident so I just did it as a hobby for a while and then when I was comfortable, I started a business out of it.

Alot of people think henna is only done at South Asian weddings but in all these years being a henna artist, I have worked at birthday parties, Bridal showers, quinceneras, bat mitzvahs, etc.

I also do digital art, microblading eyebrows and making tshirts and tumblers. I try to find different way to create something.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

I built up my social media presence by trying to get my name out there. Most of the time it’s word of mouth by friends of friends or family members. I do alot of pop up events as well and I tell people to Tag and follow my social media.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

I think the most rewarding aspect of being a henna artist is that I get to work at so many different events. I’ve met so many amazing people. I have done fundraisers and charity events. I love to give back. So I do make tshirts for charities and I try to come up with different creative ways to help out.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @hennabykajal
• Yelp: Henna by kajal
• Other: Tiktok @kajalmv

Image Credits

@HennaByKajal