Arabic Mehndi Designs

Arabic Mehndi Designs are is very popular in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and became popular in other parts of the world. Mehndi is known as the art of the application of henna tattoos or drawings in various locations agency for special occasions and events. Mehndi designs by hand is usually used for brides before the wedding day or other special occasions such as festivals and meetings to represent fertility and love.

Indian Mehndi Designs

How To Make Henna Mehndi Cones

Henna Mehndi paste with cones can be applied in many ways. Some People uses tooth peak to place the mehndi patterns. Some use little bottles and apply it. The pre-mixed paste comes in tubes and is squeezed out easily. If you want to make your own henna mehndi paste at home, the choice is yours that what fit comfortable with you, I personally use cones. Cones are available at many beauty parlour but they are not much giving much effective shade on your hands. I have tried to explain how to make a fresh Henna mehndi cones at your home.

What You Will Need:

• Freezer bags – 1 freezer bags make at-least 2 cones
  
• Scissors
• Cello tapes
• Twist ties
• Step 1. Cut the freezer bags in two parts in square shape

• The size of the mehndi cones is upto you but dont make it too big else it will be hard to make a classic designs. It also depends on the size of the freezer bags you start with. I usually cut the bags into 7″ squares. And make a square patterns keep in mind all edge having 90 degree angle. So that you can wrap easily while folding.
• Step 2: Make a cone turned round giving a funnel shape.

• Step3. It is not that much easy as you look in picture. The plastic is very much slippery wrap the the plastic in such a way that at the end of the corner so space must left so that your paste should not come out of the cone.Just while wrapping keep it in mind that the funnel end should have small plastic covered area.so that it can be easily cut for paste to come out. The second step is the most difficult step while making mehndi cones at home.It will take some practice till you get a one good to use mehndi cone.

• Step 4.Now taping the cone with cello is easily available in market.As soon as you get a good shape funnel you will need to tape along the side edges where the plastic overlaps. Be careful while tapping keeping in mind that plastic should not leave the exact space, or you will have to start again. Its very easy if you make some small pieces of tape ready before doing this process. Tape all the way from bottom to top so that you get a cone shape structure.
• Step5. Now just fill the henna mehndi paste. Take one small spoon and take a small amount of paste it in and pour it in cone carefully and press a finger slightly against it.Repeat it till the plastic cone get half full. Filling too much paste can cause the cone to be hard to handle and burst due to excessive squeezing.
• NOTE:Never use any metal utensil try to use only plastic and glass one.

MEHNDI DESIGNS

Mehndi

Mehndi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as by expatriate communities from these areas. Mehndi decorations became fashionable in the West in the late 1990s, where they are sometimes called henna tattoos. Henna is typically applied during special occasions like weddings and festivals like Diwali, Bhaidooj, Teej and Eid. In some Hindu festivals every woman tries to have Henna done on her hands and feet. It is usually drawn on the palms and feet, where the color will be darkest because the skin contains higher levels of keratin which binds temporarily to lawsone, the colorant of henna. Henna was originally used as a form of decoration mainly for brides.

In the modern age usually people buy ready made Henna cones, which are ready to use and make painting easy. But in rural areas in India women grind fresh henna leaves on sil (grinding stone) with added oil, which though not as refined as professionally prepared henna cones, brings much darker colors.

The term henna tattoo is inaccurate, because tattoos are defined as permanent surgical insertion of pigments underneath the skin, as opposed to pigments resting on the surface as is the case with mehndi. Likely due to the desire for a "tattoo-black" appearance, many people have started adding the synthetic dye p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) to henna to give it a black colour. PPD is extremely harmful to the skin and can cause severe allergic reactions resulting in permanent injury or death.Alata (Mahur) is a flower-based dye used to paint the feet of the brides in some regions of India. It is still used in Bengal

Popular brands of mehndi include Pakeezah, Golden, Dulhan, Zoom Golden, Baybe, Kewlarinova
and Karachi

Tradition

There is evidence that mehndi as a ceremonial art form originated in ancient India. Intricate patterns of mehndi are typically applied to brides before wedding ceremonies. The bridegroom is also painted in some parts of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sudan. In Rajasthan (north-west India), the grooms are given designs that are often as elaborate as those for brides. In Assam, apart from marriage, it is broadly used by unmarried women during Rongali bihu (there’s no restrictions to the married ones).

The use of henna and mehndi by Prophet Muhammad ensured its place in history and its popularity and acceptance among Muslims. In Arabic speaking countries such as Morocco, and some other countries in Central Asia, it is applied on any special occasion. It is done during the seventh month of pregnancy, after having the baby, weddings, engagements, family get-togethers, diwali, as well as on other occasions