MAHANDI DESIGN IDEAS

    Science of Mehandi (henna) body art

  

Henna comes from the dried leaves of the plant Laws onia Inermis. If the plant sounds like it has origins in the west, it's because its botanical name was given by the famed Swedish botanist carl Linnaeus, who named it after his assistant, the Scottish physician Isaac Lawson. The dried leaves of the plant are crushed and ground into a fine powder that's mixed with oils and water to create a paste. This paste uses water and clove oil-which smells spicy and left a cooling sensation on the skin. The paste is packed into cone-shaped containers and the fine points is used to create delicate patterns on the body. The molecule that's responsible for the staining of the skin in lawsone. Lawson is unusually small for a dye molecule and once on skin, it slowly migrates from the paste into the outer layer of skin, binding to the keratin proteins and creating a stain. The longer you leave the paste on, the darker the stain will be. Applying Mehandi to layers where the skin is thicker, like the hands and the feet also take up more lawsone, yielding a darker, longer-lasting stain.4hours later, scrubbed off the dried paste to reveal a bright orange stain. Over the next 3 days, the lawsone molecule oxidizes and becomes a reddish-brown. Over the next two weeks, the upper layer of skin cells shed, and the henna stain tads until it eventually disappears. This is different from permanent tattoo, where pigment is injected into the living layer of tissue. because henna is temporary.

MEHANDI DESIGNS IDEAS

Here are some steps for drawing Mehandi designs:

Draw the head you can also add dots to the crown with a black pen. And then draw the body use a fine henna cone with more pigment of the same color as the body. Draw the feathers on the wings you can write the numbers three three times on top of each other and the repeat with three more three and draw a big and luxurious tail with many ovals. Draw the peacocks' paws, fingers and spurs. The steps will follow you can draw a beautiful peacock Mehandi design.

Lotus Mehandi designs are one of the most loved for their cultural and symbolic significance. A lot of brides, and bridesmaids like going for the lotus Mehandi designs since it not only looks beautiful but also symbolize purity, strength, and spiritual growth. Flowers are common designs, as they represent beauty and new beginnings, with the most popular being the lotus flower. It's a symbol of grace, purity, and heart. Flower designs-flowers in henna represent happiness and joy. Vines and leaves, common choice for wedding henna tattoos is symbolic of devotion and vitality. Dragonflies and butterflies both of these elements symbolize change and rebirth in henna designs.

Making a big circle-start from the central point as a dot then keep applying henna spirally until you have made it big enough as per required. More-you can make different designs by making curvy lines then joining them together. You can let them empty, fill with different strokes or fill them up complete.

HALDI AND MEHANDI

Haldi and Mehandi are both important Vedic customs in Hindu weddings that have symbolic and practical meanings. Haldi is made by the turmeric paste is applied to the bride and groom to keep them healthy and protected from evil spirits on their wedding day. Turmeric has healing properties and protects the skin from germs, and its bright yellow color is considered auspicious. After the Haldi ceremony, the couple is often not allowed to leave their home until the wedding.

                                               Mehandi the henna paste is applied to the brides' hands and feet to cool her body and relieve stress before the wedding. The paste herbal remedies can also prevent nerves from tensing up. Mehandi is also preventing nerves from tensing up. Mehandi is also considered to bring luck, joy, and beauty, and its scent is said to have aphrodisiac properties.in many Indian communities the paste is traditionally applied by a happily married woman from the brides.

MEHANDI DESIGNS IDEAS (PHOTO)

Henna is this amazing, gorgeous henna body art that is found, and also the plant grows, in many countries like Pakistan, Yemen, Morocco, India, and many many countries in the middle east and Africa as well. And this beautiful art form has been practiced for thousands of years. Henna was originally used for its cooling properties by people who were living in these really hot climates like the desert. and what they would just mix the henna powder into a paste and then they would apply it to their hands and their feet.it would just be really cooling and soothing. Hey also used it for ailments such as burn, headaches and all these different ailments that would be you know, just would soothing. Henna is very relaxing all that. And because it has medicinal properties, people really used it a lot for cooling, like if they had a burn somewhere on their body, hey had open wounds, maybe a stomachache or a headache henna is so grounding.

                                                  Since henna naturally has this gorgeous stain on the skin, they were like some mehndi designs lets create some henna body art.so it used to celebrate really happy occasions like wedding, pregnancy, halide, babies being born, you know, after the woman has gone through all that, she get to have henna.so she can look beautiful and feel fabulous and really uplift her whole vibe and spirit. And the henna paste itself symbolizes prosperity and good health and also it has a really good vibe.

Best natural henna paste for dark stain

I will share you an easy way to mix natural organic henna for a dark stain. You can use any natural good quality henna powder. First boil one and two cup of water and add half tbs of tea into the water and boil 5-7 mins and switch off the flame. Sieve with a muslin cloth to remove the tea granules and let it cool down completely. Sieve fresh lemon juice using a muslin cloth. Time to mix the ingredients.100gm henna powder,3tbs sugar(the sugar keeps the Mehandi in contact with the skin for deeper penetration) and add 2 tbs eucalyptus oil(this oil hellos the henna darken safely and effectively)and 3 tbs fresh lemon juice(lemon juice acts as a dye release and allows deep penetration of color) and mix well and add 1 cup brewed tea water(helps to darken the stain of the henna naturally).the all ingredients was mix well as a thick paste. Then cover it with cling film. After 24hrs the process of dye release varies between 8-24hrs.it depends on the quality of your henna powder. Now mix it using any spoon, fork, electric hand mixer etc. Mix it tills becomes smooth and silky. Henna paste is ready.

6 hacks that will help you darken your bridal Mehandi

1. Wash your hands with a hand wash and towel dry them before you apply your Mehandi.
2. Rub eucalyptus or mustard oil before you start applying Mehandi.
3. As soon your Mehandi dries, apply a mixture of sugar and lime water on your Mehandi.
4. Don't scrap it off, the dried bridal Mehandi will fall on its own.
5. Mash a few cloves and roast them on a hot pan. Hold your hands over the roasted cloves and let it sleep.
6. Apply a dollop of the Vicks and rub it over your colored hands.