Who is Pavan Dhanjal and when did she start her company Pavan Beauty Henna Tattoos?
PAVAN Dhanjal has managed to carve out quite the career when it comes to the beauty world.
She's set to appear on the latest series of Dragons' Den where she tried to gain interest from other business pros.
Who is Pavan Dhanjal?
Pavan Dhanjal is a business woman who runs her own beauty company.
Back in 2012, she managed to win the Guinness World Record for being the world’s fastest Henna artist.
Pavan certainly earned the award as she managed to paint an impressive 511 unique armbands in a single hour.
Since then she has branched out and is using her special talent for her own business.
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Pavan already has a concession bar in department store Selfridges but it looks like she still wants the help from one or more of the Dragons as she stars in the latest series of Dragons' Den.
When did Pavan Dhanjal start her company, Pavan Beauty Henna Tattoos?
Pavan started her business Pavan Beauty in 2007 before opening Pavan Henna Bar five years later in 2013.
However, she was just 15 when she fell in love with henna at a family wedding.
Pavan sells a variety of henna colours bur all are organic and skin-friendly.
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She sells original brown, white or metallic with henna cones starting at £10.
Hand charts are £7, while bundles start at £40.
She has gone on to be hugely successful and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2018.
She has also worked with a whole host of famous faces such as Alesha Dixon, Rudimental, Ellie Goulding, Perrie Edwards, Emma Bunton, Judy Dench and Huda Kattan.
After winning her Guinness World Record, Pavan contacted BBC soap EastEnders and got a job in the makeup department.
What is Henna?
Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, also known as the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, and one of the only two species of the genus Lawsonia.
Henna can be used as a way of creating temporary body art as it dyes the skin.
The dye has been used for 5400 years to dye skin, hair, nails and fabrics.
People would use henna to cover grey hair.
The henna used on the skin is made into a paste before a design is drawn.
It is then left for a while as it dries before it reveals a stunning design.
Where did Pavan Dhanjal work before starting her own company?
It's not known for sure what Pavan did before starting her own company.
However, according to her LinkedIn profile, Pavan went to the University of Westminster.
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Here she studied Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services.
She is also an ambassador for the British Asian Trust.