Mehndi Designs for Indian

The Mehndi (henna) is one of the most important and fun pre-wedding rituals in an Indian wedding. The henna party is celebration of relaxation, friendship, culture, music, usually for the close female relatives and friends of the bride.

A professional henna artist will create intricate designs on the bride's hands and feet. Female guests at the henna party may also get simpler designs done by the henna artist's assistants.

The henna (mehndi) that is applied on the bride is temporary, and not permanent. Henna powder is mixed with essential oils and lemon juice to create a paste. The paste is then applied to the skin and left to dry, undisturbed, for 1-3 hours. After the paste scrapes off, the Henna tattoo will proceed to darken over the next 24 to 48 hours. Henna stains the top couple layers of the skin, and it fades as these layers naturally exfoliate.

Mehndi is a festive wedding

Mehndi is a festive wedding tradition that has held strong in Indian culture. Imdian wedding is no complete without the Mehendi. Mehndi being a part of our rich tradition has its own important and touchy place. Mehndi designs have traditionally fallen into four different styles are Arabic designs, Magalia Styles, baby designs, and Indian Bridel Designs. Here some arabic mehndi designs, beautiful Indian, and Pakistani mehndi designs that can help you put henNew Arabic mehndi design for hands with half floral style. This mehndi design is easy to draw for new designer you can also says that it's a simple mehndi designs for parties you can also say that its a new party and bridal mehndi designs. The Arms, hands and all fingers are covered with this stylish mehndi design.na on your hands

Mehndi is a festive

Mehndi is a festive wedding tradition that has held strong in Indian culture. Imdian wedding is no complete without the Mehendi. Mehndi being a part of our rich tradition has its own important and touchy place. Mehndi designs have traditionally fallen into four different styles are Arabic designs, Magalia Styles, baby designs, and Indian Bridel Designs. Here some arabic mehndi designs, beautiful Indian, and Pakistani mehndi designs that can help you put henna on your hands

We ended up parking right in front of the

We ended up parking right in front of the building where the Diwali fest was to take place. Greeting us were hundreds of luminaries lining the sidewalks. Diwali is the Indian "Festival of Light", where according to Wikipedia, "the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being". It was simply BEAUTIFUL. Too bad I forgot to take a pic :( We ventured inside, set up shop and got to work.
It wasn't long before we had long line of eager Kenyon students. The celebration included music, food, dancing and a comedian (who BTW, was horrible). He was not only very NOT-funny, he told a few inappropriate "jokes" and remarked on how this was "the worst crowd he ever had". Go figure... It's sad when a comedian has to tell people it's OK to laugh! Thankfully, the students seemed to be thrilled at the super-sweet hennas we were giving them :)
Aside from having to sit through a train-wreck of a comedic performance, the night went well and we all had a great time. The students

All in all, the festival

All in all, the festival season went really well this year. I will say one thing though... I will not be doing any more community "Home Days" festivals. I had never done them before and tried a few this summer. TOTAL BUSTS. I felt more like a baby sitter than a henna artist. Ah well... live and learn.
I may do some indoor fests during the colder months, although nothing is set in stone at this point. I was asked to do one at the end of Oct, but I am still debating...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working with fellow henna artist and friend, Lily from Dayton She, along with my sister Andrea, helped me out with a big gig at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH for their annual Diwali celebration.
The day started off with an hour trip to Stow to hang with some fellow artists at Catherine Cartwright-Jones's house for the annual "Sling & Slack". Traveling with me was my loyal henna apprentice (and sis), Andrea. She has been helping with large events and is developing some mad skills. We met up with Lily at Catherine's house and stayed for a couple hours, killing time before the Kenyon gig.

Charlotte, Russ and

Charlotte, Russ and I then headed out to the park up the street. For $1.50 USD, we got a single order of beef tacos from a street vendor. You got 3 and they were filled with fresh cilantro, cheese, onions and a bit of hot sauce. Muy beno! We then headed over to a tamali place for MORE food!