Mehndi Application by Rashmi Jain - Video

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The art form of applying henna / mehndi varies from region to region. The varying designs can mean different things to each culture, such as good health, fertility, wisdom and spiritual enlightenment.

It spans different cultures and religious traditions, thus making it possible to recognize distinctions in cultural style. Arabic mehndi designs are generally large, floral patterns on the hands and feet. Indians doing mehndi use fine, thin lines for lacy, floral and paisley patterns covering entire hands, forearms, feet, and shins. African mehndi patterns are bold, large geometric designs, usually black. After the henna paste is removed Africans apply a blackish paste of ashes, ammonia compounds and other corrosives to get the henna stain to turn out blackish. This is poisonous and is not a recommended procedure as there have been reported deaths from this procedure. We can only assume the reason they would go to these risky lengths is the natural color that henna stains, dark brown to dark orange, does not show up as well on very dark skin.

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Check this mehndi art published in TOI.

Courtesy and source : Times of India

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Mehndi Design by Rashmi Jain.

See the dark result.

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# Natural henna always results in an orange stain that darkens to brown/red in one to three days.

# Natural henna needs to be kept on the skin as long as possible.
Three to four hours is good, longer is better! If your artist says ‘only an hour’, ask what color the stain will be at first.
You want to hear ‘orange’.

# Henna Paste should appear green, brown or dark khaki and has a smell like musky hay. Sometimes you will smell essential oils like eucalyptus, tea tree, or clove oils.

# Natural henna is cooling and healing to the skin.

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A bride’s wedding designs usually includes a hidden inscription of the groom’s name on her palm. It’s believed, if the groom fails to find his name within the intricate patterns, the bride will be more dominant in conjugal life. Sometimes the wedding night is not allowed to commence until the groom has found the names. This is also seen as a subterfuge to let the groom touch the bride’s hands in order to find his name, thus initiating a physical relationship. Another superstition regarding Mehendi is that if an unmarried girl receives scrapings of Mehendi leaves from a bride, she will soon find a suitable match.

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Exclusive Mehndi design for you by Rashmi Jain

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Rashmi Jain’s feature on Mehendi and interview on Taaza TV, Kolkata on 10th March 2010.

She explains how to apply mehendi and gave tips for getting its better results. She was asked how she got into this field and what are her future plans..

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# Avoid contact of henna tattoo with water to make it last longer.

# Apply a thin coat of sunscreen while going out to protect it from dirt and other foreign material.

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Check out simple mehendi design by Rashmi Jain

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designs by Rashmi Jain - @ mehendi.co.in

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Lasting of Mehndi / Henna

* If you have a very warm skin , the tattoo will develop faster and be darker.
* If you are in a warm climate your pores will open and the skin will sweat.
* If your hands and feet are decorated the colour will come up darker.
* If you look after your tattoo you can keep your design for days longer.
* If your skin is oily or less smooth the henna will take better.

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Like the tradition, Shilpa had inscribed ‘R’ on her palm which she made Raj to discover. The mehendi was a more private function with mostly family members present.

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The mehndi powder can be a khaki, green or dark brown colour, depending on its origin. It usually develops into a chocolate brown color when applied as a paste onto the skin. Fresh mehendi powder will produce a strong dark brown colour & will last longer. Stale mehndi will produce a light orange colour, which will not get darker over time.

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Mehndi Design Application (Input)
(Just after completion application)
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Mehndi Design Result (Output)
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Mehndi Design after 6-8 hours of application - Final Result (Output)

Feet / Leg Design - BEFORE
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Feet / Leg Design - AFTER. (Final Result)

—Designs by Rashmi Jain

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# When your henna is on the skin, when you are complete with your design, add water and sugar and dip a cotton ball or Q-Tip and dab the sugar water onto the pattern until the pattern is dry

# When the henna is dry, reapply the design or leave it only on for one coat.

# Do not wash the henna off of the skin, rather scrape off the flakes, try sleeping in it.

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Sanjay Dutt came in his red sports car on Sunday evening to Aalim Hakim’s studio in Bandra for his ninth tattoo.

The actor, who has four on his back, two on his chest, two of his forearm and the lastest one on his upper-arm, has designed every one of the tattoos personally. Dutt admitted, “I’m addicted to the tattoo needles, and everytime I want to feel high, I call my tattooist Vishwas and ask him to keep the needles ready.”

The incredible hulk…who Bollywood calls a true-blue rock star, bore the pain with a smile (check the photograph!) and the Samurai came alive on his arm. Dressed in a sleeveless jacket and orange track-pants, Dutt was in a good mood and clicked photographs with fans surrounding his car.

Source: TOI

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This is a really simple henna design great if your a beginner.

By Rashmi Jain

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Mehndi / Henna design of the month - August 2009

by Rashmi Jain

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Creating your own henna pattern is really very simple as long as you have an imagination. It doesn’t require a lot of artistic skills, just creativity. Most traditional henna patterns are based on very simple shapes - circles, triangles and lines are the most basic.

One of my such design is for your quick reference )

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African henna patterns are bold, large geometric designs.

Throughout time henna has been associated with special celebrations. Betrothals, weddings, the eighth month of pregnancy, the birth, the 40th day after a woman gives birth, naming ceremonies, circumcisions, etc, are all events celebrated with henna. Eids, and other religious holidays are also occasions to be hennaed. There are also some healing ceremonies, like the Zar in North Africa, which include its use. A common practice seen in India and in the Islamic world is the pre-wedding tradition of ‘Night of Henna’ parties, like the Sudanese one described earlier.

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Learn the best henna recipe with guarenteed results for life
Learn to mix up the smoothest henna in the world with professional products
Learn how to create inspiration and aspire designs from it
Learn the best state of the art aftercare of henna
Learn the key secrets only a expert artist can unveil

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Course Details

Fully believing in the philosophy that Knowledge only grows by sharing, I consider it our pleasure to share our skills with individuals interested and learning the art of Mehendi Design.

Mehndi / Mehendi Art course by Rashmi Jain.

The course covers the following.

# How to make / preparing Mehendi / Henna Cones.

# How to apply Mehendi / Henna. Simple design Sketches

# Advanced design techniques of Bridal, Modern & Rajasthani designs etc.

Class Duration - 2 hours Course Duration: Usually it requires 8 classes depending on student.

At the end of the course, you will be awarded with certificate and can improve your skills on your own to become an expert Artist. Mehendiworld.com provide all the required material for the course along with some copies of designs on paper.

more details / contact Rashmi Jain at Kolkata, India

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Q. How do henna “tattoos” work? They’re not permanent like an ink tattoo, but they also don’t wash off like a pen mark.

A. Henna tattoos are made by making a paste out of leaves of the henna plant and something acidic like lemon juice. The leaves alone won’t stain, but acids release a dye called lawsone, which is what actually does the job.

Lawsone molecules form very strong bonds with protein molecules and also penetrate the skin quite well. If you put some lawsone on your skin, which has a lot of protein, the lawsone will seep in deeply and stick to the proteins.

If you apply a paste with lawsone on it and leave it on for a while (traditionally many hours) you will have stained all the way through your outer skin layer. Note that this is more than just the outer layer of dead skin cells - this dye goes well into the living skin.

If you just draw on your hand with a pen, it’s very unlikely that the ink will penetrate far, so it usually washes off, perhaps with a little of the upper layer of dead skin cells, with little difficulty.

For a properly done henna stain to disappear, you have to wait for the outer layer of skin to slough off, which it does naturally over a period of days.

A real ink tattoo involves injecting ink below the epidermis and into the dermis, where it sits pretty much forever.

The epidermis is continually being shed and grown back, but the layer of skin below, where the ink is put, is not shed, so the tattoo is permanent.

Dr. Knowledge is written by physicist John Swain of Northeastern University. source link

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