Bridal Mehndi Design

We feel that the above mehndi designs look good only in the black mehndi, avoid using it if your using normal henna paste (red mehndi).

Mehndi Design for Kids

About Mehndi Designs

Every women will owe for the fact that without mehndi their ethnic dressing is incomplete. Mehndi is not just the style thing but it is considered to bring fortune. Mendhika is the root word for the Mehndi which is derived from sanskrit.

Lawsonia Inermis is the scientific name of the mehndi plant and it is found most commonly in the Indian household. Most of the arab’s are also fond of the applying mehndi. We have to admit that the culture is first started from Arabian Peninsula, but we indians opted it well. Now in india, you can even see separte programs like mehndi ke rasam in the marriage, shows its importance.

Actually, Henna is a paste of the leaves of the Lawsonia Inermis (Mehndi Tree) which when applied becomes Mehndi.

Prepartion of Henna (Mehndi) :

1) Take some of the leave and stems from the plant

2) Grind the leaves and stems in order to make it a powder

3) One have to use a strainer in order to remove chunks from the clog

4) Add 60ml of lemon juice and whisk it into a thick substance

5) some people do add sugar and some essential oils in order to make it silky smooth

6) Leave it for a day or so, once the dye gets separted and comes to the surface add some lemon juice again to get some kinda of stickyness

7) Now your mehndi is ready you can pour the paste in a cone and use it 🙂

Most of the people prefer Readymade henna instead of making paste for themselves, which can save one’s time but most of them use some chemicals like PPD which are harmful to your skin.

Wash your hands with a good soap so as to remove some oil or dust from the hands. You can also add some lotion if your skin is oil so as to get good colour. FDA doesn’t recommened to use mehndi directly on the skin because it can cause rashes. In the US, many use it just a hair dry, we highly recommend our users to try it first on a patch of the skin before applying. Stay away from the sticker mehndi’s and tattoo which are available they can cause serious skin damages. As we have said before try to use our own homemade paste instead of readymade. Para-Phenylenediamine (PPD) is present in mehndi cones, which is also present in the ink catridges of your printers. So, its best to stay away from unnatural products. We are aware of the fact the readymade cone gives you best dark color but we can’t risk our health for the desire.

In the Arab World, they also use black mehndi along for some of the arabic mehndi designs, which looks stunning in black. Most of the indians do prefer red mehndi and natural over the black one. But now we can see the trend is changining.

Muslim Women are very fond of mehndi desings. On the occasions Like Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha we see muslim familes gather in each others home and apply mehndi on their hands making the festivals more colorful. It is a know fact that all cannot apply mehndi so some even call mehndi artists to get their desired design done. On the Occasions like Eid most of the women prefer arabic or pakistani designs as they look simple and beautiful.

There is a custom in hindu households and some of the muslims, that before mehndi ceremony the mother-in-law should be the first one who would apply mehndi your hands. It’s quite funny but the girls like to get tease others by saying if one’s mehndi gets very dark then one will get a good and caring husband.