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Showing posts with label MEHNDI. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2011

New Mehndi Designs

New Mehndi Designs

Henna as it is called in Moslem countries or Mehendi as it is known in India is named in Latin as Lawsonia inermis. This is a plant extensively grown and used in UAE, Africa and India generally for cosmetic purposes as it is considered highly auspicious. Henna is also used as a medicinal plant by Unani and ayurvedic doctors with excellent results.

New Mehndi Designs

Mention of henna use can be found as long ago as 1600 BC as it was found that there was a custom among Egyptians to have the Pharaoh’s hands and hair dyed with henna before mummification. In India and many Arabic countries henna is applied as a body tattoo on the palms and forearm as well as the feet on the occasion of wedding and many other auspicious celebrations such as birthdays, celebration of the completion of the seventh month of pregnancy, etc.
New Mehndi Designs
There are many ways to create mehendi patterns. Some apply it in bulk creating a big round on the palms and feet. Additionally each finger is coated upto the first bend including the nail with henna. This is mostly seen with the dancers of Indian traditional dances such as Kathak, Oddissi, Kathakali, etc.During weddings and other similar celebrations, the mehendi is applied in intricate designs drawn with very thin lines with the help of a mehendi cone. These drawings are almost always in the form of symbols through sometimes it has figurines representing weddings and wedding ceremony.
The designs are usually applied to the inside of the palms. However, at weddings the tattooing.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Mehndi Designs

Mehndi Designs

These Mehndi Designs are made using a paste created from leaves of the Mehndi plant, Lawsonia Inermis, which have been ground into a powder. The dye in the powder, called Lawsone, attaches effectively to the keratin in fingernails and skin. Mehndi also is used frequently as a hair dye.



Mehndi Designs



While other types of temporary Mehndi Designs can be made using many colors, Mehndi create designs that are shades of red, brown and almost black. Traditionally Mehndi Designs are applied to hands and feet in intricate patterns, but these days Mehndi Designs can be drawn anywhere on the body. Mehndi Designs creates a temporary Mehndi by staining the skin, and can last from several days to a month, depending on how well the wearer maintainsthe designs.

 

 

 

Mehndi Designs

To make a mehndi, purchase some genuine mehndi powder from a cosmetics supply or Asian product store. Assemble lemon juice, a cosmetic squeeze bottle with a fine tip, a bowl, a spoon, plastic wrap, nylon trouser socks, rubber bands, some honey, and a plastic container with a lid, such as a clean, used butter tub.
First sift the powdered mehndi designs to remove any clumps. To do this easily, put the two nylon trouser socks together to make a double layer, then pour the mehndi powder into the sock. Knot the doubled socks to keep the mehndi design inside. Put the sock into the container and close the lid firmly, then shake the container well.

Hand on Feet Mehndi Designs


Hand on Feet Mehndi Designs

Thus one of the most effective ways out there to beautify your feet is through the application of henna, or mehndi! Fundamentally, there are two main types of mehndi to choose from, namely the white henna and the black mehndi. In terms of style and designs, you have three major variants to choose from namely the Indian mehndi, the Pakistani mehndi and the Arabic mehndi.



Hand on Feet Mehndi Designs

Wondering how to do mehndi designs for feet beautifully? Worry not as this article would help you answer your how to mehndi designs questions. Firstly, you need to be able to have your mehndi ready with you. For this purpose, you could either purchase ready-made mehndi, or proceed to make your own natural henna.





Hand on Feet Mehndi Designs

mehndi leaves and grind them into powder first. Next, you would need to put the powder into a bowl that would not stain (or a disposable container), and add a little bit of jasmine oil as well as boiling hot water into the bowl. If you need your mehndi to stay fresh for long periods of time, a little bit of lemon or lime juice should be added.
The addition of other items such as coffee powder and tea powder would help make your mixture darker. All you need to do is to mix all the ingredients together until the mixture looks like toothpaste. Next you would need to close the container and store it in a cool, dry place for at least two to three hours.

Stylish Mehndi Designs

Stylish Mehndi Designs
Tattooing may have been practiced for centuries but it gained popularity only in the 21st century, to be more precise over the last 40 years. It is no longer restricted to the traditional worn by the tribes but it has now been able to spread its charm among people of different age group belonging to different strata of society.
Depending on their social position people make their mehndi tattoos. While women prefer certain types of mehndi tattoos reflecting their nature, those preferred by men are completely different.



There are huge numbers of people who seem to be looking for mehndi tattoos that are symbolic or have a very personal meaning to them. This has given rise to unique forms. The best mehndi tattoos designs in fact are which are unique and ingenious.




With the changing fashion trends the mehndi tattoos designs also keep changing continually but the best mehndi tattoos designs are those that survive not only the test of time but also the tacit test of fashion. Some of the best and most popular designs are star tattoos, angel tattoos, floral tattoos, animal, Celtic, bird, Chinese, kanji, biker and black and grey tattoos.