Post Your Henna Designs

Friends if you are interested you can mail your henna designs to me and i can publish it in my blog as (your)Visitors Design.Try creating your own designs innovatively.Lets share it with others with similar interests.If there are lot of responses we can have one design selected as " Design of the month" by polling.

Art Adored Across Ages

People have interests which coincide despite their ages.Be it mom or daughter,they like to have their hands adorned with henna.Art and its beauty are ageless.Below are some photos of lovely mommy-daughter enjoying their henna.

Do you want to learn henna ?

Anyone can do henna.Its very easy to get started and it gives satisfaction at the end of your attempt :-). To jump start your henna process you will at the very basic level require:
--> Readymade henna cone.
--> Basic idea of flowers,leaves,mangoes,spirals,fillings or a henna book would help.
--> Waste cloth, paper, pen and Scissors.

Now we are good to go.Follow the below steps :

Step 1: Frame your own design using the different shapes you know or using books.Online henna patterns are also abundantly available.With the help of paper and pen,just have a rough henna design done on the paper by mixing and matching shapes.It is not mandatory to draw them perfect.

Step 2: Cut the tip of the cone with scissors so that the paste comes out not too thick or thin.

Step 3: Try out few shapes on waste paper with the cone.Once you feel you are ready,so are you.

Step 4: Here we started.Try out the design on your hand.

Its always the case that the first attempt might not look perfect.But always remember practice and interest would take you to heights.Try drawing on paper and then on hand.It will definitely help.Always use your imagination and creativity rather than copying designs from the beginning.Then very soon you will also become an innovative henna artist.

Tips :

If you feel you might make a mistake on trying it out on your hand,try tracing a light impression of the design on your hand before starting.

Always draw starting from wrist portion to fingers.

If you are not happy about the design it can be washed off immediately with soap and you can try on a different design as soon as you've finished applying.

Here are few sample shapes and fillings that might hely you get busy with henna cones.

Candles too beautiful to be lit

Candles which are a source of illumination, used for worship,ambiance can be handcrafted with henna to make it more lustrous.These henna candles with its delicacy and beauty of fine detailed work can be used as an eye catching decor at homes,wedding celebrations,festivals and many more.Thus henna which is an added incentive to the candles make them too beautiful to be lit.

Can u find the bridegroom?

And here you found it....

The Color of Henna

This is the colour of henna the next day after applying mehendi.It will get brighter ie dark maroon .The colour of mehendi is the best on the second day after applying mehendi.So its advised that brides do their henna 2 days before their wedding.

Arabic Mehendi Designs

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Arabic Mehendi Designs For Feet

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How to make the henna paste

By following the steps below we can make the henna paste which is subsequently filled in a cone for ready application:

1. Make fine dust of earth green coloured henna which is available in the markets.
2. Sift the powder twice or thrice with a fine muslin cloth.
3. Take 2 tablespoons of the sifted powder in a small mixing bowl.
4. Pour 8 to 10 drops of eucalyptus oil and juice of a half lemon into the bowl.
5. If the mehendi powder is a little old, few drops of clove oil or filtered tea water can be added along.
6. Then add the needed water to bring the smooth paste to a semi liquid consistency.
7. This paste can be filled in cones and can be used after 2 hrs of preparation.
8. A mixture of lemon juice and sugar must be kept ready.With a help of cotton balls just dab on the part of henna applied.

Tips For Dark colour :

The henna applied must not be scraped before 4 to 5 hrs. By not allowing water to touch on henna for about 12 hrs from application dark colour could be obtained. After scraping henna off mustard oil can be applied for dark colour.

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History Of Henna

Henna Shrub

Henna is a red temporary dye used as a 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 powder is derived from a plant actually a bush,Lawsonia inermis.The bush is harvested,dried,and then crushed to make henna powder.

There is much speculation as to the first origin of the use of henna. What is known for sure is that henna has been used as a cosmetic, as well as for its supposed healing properties for at least 5000 years. Centuries of migration and cultural interaction has made it difficult to determine with absolute certainty where the tradition began. Some scholars claim that the earliest documentations of henna use are found in ancient Indian texts and images, indicating that mehendi as an art-form may have originated in ancient India. Others, however, state that the use of henna was taken to India by the Moguls in the 12th Century C.E., centuries after use in the Middle East and North Africa. Still others insist that the tradition of mehendi originated in North Africa and the Middle Eastern countries during ancient times. Henna use has also been documented in ancient Egypt, where it is known to have been used to stain the fingers and toes of the Pharaohs prior to mummification. It is also possible that the similar use of henna for skin decoration in these regions arose independently and perhaps simultaneously, and this could account for the difficulty in pinpointing an exact birthplace of mehendi art.

The art form of applying henna (known as mehendi) varies from region to region, this ancient practice has spanned many cultures and traditions. Like all symbols, the varying designs often mean different things to different cultures. It's thus possible to recognize distinctions in cultural style. Arabic designs are generally large, floral patterns on the hands and feet. Whereas Indians (from India) traditionally use fine thin lines for lacy, floral, and paisley patterns which cover their entire hands, forearms, feet; interestingly this is often performed as part of a pre-marriage ritual.

In recent popular culture, mehndi has enjoyed a renewal. Western musicians and Hollywood personalities adopted and altered the tradition so that mehndi, as a temporary, pain-free body decoration alternative to tattooing grew to be seen as hottest new fashion accessory among women and men.

Designs For Casual Evenings

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Traditonal Mehendi Designs

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Bridal Mehendi Designs

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