Showing posts with label Mehndi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mehndi. Show all posts
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Tips To Put Mehndi
There is some tips about how to put mehndi..
1 The hotter you are the darker the mehndi colour comes out on the skin. The old wives tale goes “The darker the colour the more your husband loves you!”
2 Once mehndi is applied on the skin, it should be left overnight for at least 5-6 hours to enhance the deepness in colour.
3 The colour on the skin will darken on the day after the mehndi has been applied. The darkness in colour will last for a few days and will fade away.
4 The mehndi powder can be a khaki, green or dark brown colour depending on where it comes from. It usually develops into a chocolate brown colour when applied as a paste onto the skin. Fresh mehndi powder will produce a strong dark brown colour and will last longer. Stale mehndi will produce a light orange colour, which will not get darker over time.
5 Lemon Juice & sugar syrup can be applied with cotton wool on to the mehndi once it is dried. This will secure the mehndi onto the skin more and therefore, result in the darkness of the colour on the skin.
1 The hotter you are the darker the mehndi colour comes out on the skin. The old wives tale goes “The darker the colour the more your husband loves you!”3 The colour on the skin will darken on the day after the mehndi has been applied. The darkness in colour will last for a few days and will fade away.
4 The mehndi powder can be a khaki, green or dark brown colour depending on where it comes from. It usually develops into a chocolate brown colour when applied as a paste onto the skin. Fresh mehndi powder will produce a strong dark brown colour and will last longer. Stale mehndi will produce a light orange colour, which will not get darker over time.
5 Lemon Juice & sugar syrup can be applied with cotton wool on to the mehndi once it is dried. This will secure the mehndi onto the skin more and therefore, result in the darkness of the colour on the skin.
6 The use of black “henna” should be avoided as it contains a dangerous chemical called Para-phenylenediamine (PPD) found in hair dyes which causes skin irritations.
7Brides should have waxing done before mehndi is applied on them as otherwise the mehndi will be waxed off with the hair!
8To beautify your mehndi for mehndi nights, wedding or receptions, body glitter and gems in different colours can be applied on the skin to match the outfits. Mehndi Creations specializes in all types of glitter work
Mehndi Designs 4 Hands
Mehndi Designs For Hands:Hands are the most exposed part of the body next to the face, and are almost as expressive and indicative of the owner’s mood and meaning.
But aside from a nice manicure, hands typically do not get the same attention as the face when it comes to special occasions. Lately, though, hand makeup in the form of mehendi designs have begun to capture the attention of a wide Western audience, from little children to stylish socialites, due mainly to the influence of Hollywood fashion icons such as Madonna and Demi Moore.
Mehendi, the Indian word for henna is a typical Indian custom in which intricate designs are applied on the hands to complete a bride-to-be’s toilette, as well as that of her bride’s maids. The belief is that mehendi brings luck and beauty, and if about to be married a girl needs lots of either one or the other, but preferably both.
It is also believed that the darker the hue of the mehndi designs, the more favor the mother-in-law will bestow on the bride, which is even more necessary than luck and beauty! In fact, it is the duty of the future mother-in-law to engage the services of a mehendi artist. Traditionally, it is confined for the use of women but for really special weddings, the groom is also given a special mehndi henna design.
Traditional mehndi or henna designs are delicate and intricate, ranging from simple mehndi designs of balls to delicate flowers to messages and initials. There have even been some modern designs based on works by Picasso and van Gogh. There has also been some who favor the use of henna to tattoo wedding bands, bangles and anklets. It is pretty much anything goes with mehendi because it is non-permanent and always interesting.
Of course as in any work of art, the application is the most important factor. The design is only as good as the artist who applies the henna. Mehendi is a temporary, painless tattoo that fades within a month, with no need for expensive laser treatments. It may be applied to the feet as well as other parts of the body, but it is most commonly used to enhance the loveliness of the hands of a woman.
Henna, or alternately heena is the pigment used for the process, is from the henna plant that resembles a tea plant. Legend has it that Cleopatra used henna to dye her hair, to make it more lustrous and beautiful. The leaves are gathered and dried and made into a fine powder, which is then mixed with tea, coffee, lime, water and eucalyptus oil to make a thick paste. It is usually applied with the use of a cone made of rolled plastic, much like a baker’s icing tube, and it is used much in the same way. The size of the hole will determine the fineness of the lines.
For best results, a mehndi design must be allowed to dry at least overnight, with frequent applications of the lemon and honey until such time as it attains a glossy coat. This signals that the henna powder has been saturated with the mixture and is ready to be scraped off. Some heat-treat the mehendi or apply tiger balm to help the pigment darken. What will remain is the unique mehendi design hand makeup of porange-brown that will last a month but will be remembered for a lifetime.
But aside from a nice manicure, hands typically do not get the same attention as the face when it comes to special occasions. Lately, though, hand makeup in the form of mehendi designs have begun to capture the attention of a wide Western audience, from little children to stylish socialites, due mainly to the influence of Hollywood fashion icons such as Madonna and Demi Moore.
Mehendi, the Indian word for henna is a typical Indian custom in which intricate designs are applied on the hands to complete a bride-to-be’s toilette, as well as that of her bride’s maids. The belief is that mehendi brings luck and beauty, and if about to be married a girl needs lots of either one or the other, but preferably both.It is also believed that the darker the hue of the mehndi designs, the more favor the mother-in-law will bestow on the bride, which is even more necessary than luck and beauty! In fact, it is the duty of the future mother-in-law to engage the services of a mehendi artist. Traditionally, it is confined for the use of women but for really special weddings, the groom is also given a special mehndi henna design.
Traditional mehndi or henna designs are delicate and intricate, ranging from simple mehndi designs of balls to delicate flowers to messages and initials. There have even been some modern designs based on works by Picasso and van Gogh. There has also been some who favor the use of henna to tattoo wedding bands, bangles and anklets. It is pretty much anything goes with mehendi because it is non-permanent and always interesting.
Of course as in any work of art, the application is the most important factor. The design is only as good as the artist who applies the henna. Mehendi is a temporary, painless tattoo that fades within a month, with no need for expensive laser treatments. It may be applied to the feet as well as other parts of the body, but it is most commonly used to enhance the loveliness of the hands of a woman.
Henna, or alternately heena is the pigment used for the process, is from the henna plant that resembles a tea plant. Legend has it that Cleopatra used henna to dye her hair, to make it more lustrous and beautiful. The leaves are gathered and dried and made into a fine powder, which is then mixed with tea, coffee, lime, water and eucalyptus oil to make a thick paste. It is usually applied with the use of a cone made of rolled plastic, much like a baker’s icing tube, and it is used much in the same way. The size of the hole will determine the fineness of the lines.
For best results, a mehndi design must be allowed to dry at least overnight, with frequent applications of the lemon and honey until such time as it attains a glossy coat. This signals that the henna powder has been saturated with the mixture and is ready to be scraped off. Some heat-treat the mehendi or apply tiger balm to help the pigment darken. What will remain is the unique mehendi design hand makeup of porange-brown that will last a month but will be remembered for a lifetime.
Heena Mehndi
No Pakistan and Indian wedding is ever complete without the heena. Whichever part of the country the bride may be from, her hands are adorned with the lovely red hue of the heena (mehndi).
Beauty parlours have special bridal heena packs – these days, the brides have a choice between the Indian heena (which covers pretty much most of the palm) and the Arabic heena (in which the pattern is drawn to one side of the hand). The cost of applying the heena / henna may vary from parlour to parlour.
heena (Mehndi) is associated to lots of things – a good dark design is a sign of good luck for the marital couple. It is common for the names of the bride and groom to be hidden in the heena design; and the wedding night cannot commence until the groom has found the names. Some examples of popular traditional images used in heena designs are the peacock, which is the national bird if India, the lotus flower, and an elephant with a raised trunk, which is a symbol of good luck
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Mehndi
No Pakistani wedding is ever complete without the mehndi. Whichever part of the country the bride may be from, her hands are adorned with the lovely red hue of the mehndi (mehndi). Beauty parlours have special bridal mehndi packs - these days, the brides have a choice between the Indian mehndi (which covers pretty much most of the palm) and the Arabic mehndi (in which the pattern is drawn to one side of the hand). The cost of applying the mehndi may vary from parlour to parlour. mehndi (Mehndi) is associated to lots of things - a good dark design is a sign of good luck for the marital couple. It is common for the names of the bride and groom to be hidden in the mehndi design; and the wedding night cannot commence until the groom has found the names. Some examples of popular traditional images/thumb used in mehndi designs are the peacock, which is the national bird if India, the lotus flower, and an elephant with a raised trunk, which is a symbol of good luck
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