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Mehndi is a subcontinent and Islamic tradition as well. Mehndi is one traditional trend that manages to stay in fashion. Mehndi designs have fast gained popularity in the west too since it is a lot like hand painting and tattooing.
Mehndi takes a whole new meaning during celebrations especially the tradional celebrations like weddings and Eid.
Beauty parlors have special mehndi packages these days. Mehndi designs have taken a whole new meaning. Mehndi designs can be simple yet elegant; mehndi designs can be elaborate floral patterns or mehndi designs can be Mughal art patterns. Mehndi designs can be based on using personal good luck symbols too.
Mehndi is associated to luck too; a good dark mehndi design is a sign of good luck. It is common for the names of the bride and groom to be hidden in the mehndi design.
On Eid mehndi takes a whole new meaning as it’s also a ‘sunnah’. For Muslims that gives mehndi a whole new religious zeal too. On Eid night women get special mehndi designs made. From brides' hands, to being used to make tattoos on arms and bellies, mehndi is diverse with versatile mehndi designs now.
This Eid don’t let your mehndi design be the same boring pattern. Make yo




y friend Ramya got married a few years ago, the bridesmaids (one of them being me) threw her a mehndi party. And since one of my favorite things to do is design cards, I did the invitations to the party. Here's how they turned

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nna paste is usually applied to the skin using a

the application of henna (Hindustani: हेना- حنا- urdu) as a temporary form of skin decoration, most popular in South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Somaliland as well as expatriate communities from these areas. It is typically employed for special occasions, particularly weddings. It is usually drawn on the hands and feet, where the color will be darkest because the skin contains higher levels of keratin, with which the colorant of henna, lawsone, enters a permanent bind.

Henna paste is usually applied to the skin using a plastic cone or a paint brush, but sometimes a small metal-tipped jacquard bottle used for silk painting (a jac bottle) is used. The painted area is then wrapped with tissue, plastic, or medical tape to lock in body heat, creating a more intense color on the skin. The wrap is worn overnight and then removed. The final color is reddish brown and can last anywhere from two weeks to several months depending on the quality of the paste.
The patterns of mehndi are typically quite intricate and predominantly applied to brides before wedding ceremonies. However, traditions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sudan sometimes expect bridegrooms to be painted as well. In Rajasthan (north-west India), where mehndi is a very ancient folkart, the grooms are given designs that are often as elaborate as those for brides. In Kerala (south India), henna is known as mylanchi and is commonly used by the Mappila community during weddings and festivals.
In Arabic an Persian speaking countries, such as Morocco, it is done for any special occasion. It is done during the se

Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo

Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.
This picuture shows the mehndi after painting the henna on the hand. For that the henna rest moistened for several hours it is sealed with a coat of sugar water.The patterns I do, are derived from the henna and khidab artwork I saw in Yemen two years ago. They are also known as gulf style or Khalidji. (Khalidj means in Arabic Gulf)

term refers to the powder and p

term refers to the powder and paste, the design on the skin, as well as the party or ceremony. It originated in Egypt and in Middle Eastern countries during ancient times and it slowly spread to India and other hot climates like Malaysia, Persia, Syria, Moro

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rities to be seen wearing mehndi. Madonna created quite a stir at the MTV awards function, when she turned up with mehndi all over her body. The adoption of mehndi magic by Western models, musicians, and movie stars (including Naomi Campbell and Drew Barrymore) has led to mehndi tattoos becoming a white-hot fashion trend. Now it is not just hands and feet that are adorned, but also the arms, neck, back and navel. The magic is no longer confined to just women - men sport mehndi tattoos too. The traditional reddish-brown color has been enhanced by a variety of shades (contrasts of black, red and maroon) and glitters (highlights of gold, silver or copper). Best of all, no longer is mehndi reserved for occasions like weddings

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ddings, festivals and other occasions. A bride whose family has little money wears her mehndi in place of ornate gold jewellery. A bride is not expected to perform any housework until her wedding mehndi has faded. A mehndi party is held at the home of the bride the night before the wedding and only women from the bride's side get to attend. The evening is spent applying mehndi designs to the bride's hands and feet (and anywhere el
Indian mehndi designs use reddish-brown mehndi and fine lines, lacy or floral patterns as opposed to the large, floral patterns of Arabic designs, and large, bold geometrically-patterned black henna angles of African mehndi art. They often incorporate the peacock (India's national bird), the lotus flower (India's national flower), and an