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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)

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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.

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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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Mehendi Design of the month

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Ancient henna wooing Hollywood celebrities

Henna, which has been playing a vital role in Hindu weddings since ancient times, is becoming popular with Hollywood and other celebrities.

Also known as mehndi, it is turning into an in-thing with celebrities as a trendy alternative to traditional tattoos. Although the final result is similar to tattoo, but the mehndi experience is delightful and painless, and the images are temporary, according to acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed.

Starting with actress Demi Moore and singer Gwen Stefani, many celebrities have been seen sporting this body art, including entertainer Madonna; actresses Drew Barrymore, Daryl Hannah, Angela Bassett, Laura Dern, Kathleen Robertson, Mira Sorvino, Naomi Campbell, Trudie Styler, Nicole Eggert, Justine Bateman, Yasmine Bleeth, Liv Tyler, and Barbara Hershey; musicians The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and Sting; singers Mayte Garcia and Erykah Badu; actors Elijah Wood and Laurence Fishburne; boxers Kassim Ouma, Michael Katsidis, and Bernard Hopkins; model Nell McAndrew; etc.

Associated with joy, celebration, festivals, and weddings, it has a recent renaissance in Hollywood. Some popular magazines and CD covers had been decorated with henna art, besides it being seen in some Hollywood movies.

Many henna themed parties involving celebrities, including birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, nightclub events, are sometimes held in Hollywood.

Henna/Hina has reportedly been used for body art and hair dye since Bronze Age. It finds references in India’s court records dating back to around 400 CE, in Rome during Roman Empire, in Spain during Convivienca, in medical texts of Ebers Papyrus, in Syria and Egypt in 14th century CE, etc.

Henna/mehndi as a ceremonial art form is said to have originated in ancient India. It can last anywhere from few days to few months depending on the type of the paste. Mehndi plays a vital role in Hindu wedding and practically no marriage is considered complete without it. During earlier times, some bridal mehndi processes took four to five days to complete. It is also applied during various Hindu vrats (fasts), like Karvachauth.

Rajan Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged the henna loving celebrities to explore some rich philosophical thought of Hinduism, which is oldest religion of the world with moksha (liberation) as ultimate goal.

Source / courtesy: Mediaforfreedom

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Mehndi ceremony just before marriage. According to the ritual, the bride does not step out of the house after this ceremony. Mehndi ceremony is essentially organized by the family of the bride and is usually a private affair which takes place in the presence of friends, relatives and family members. But the scale of the ceremony depends upon individual choice. Some people celebrate it with great pomp and show.

For applying Mehndi to the bride, a skilled Mehndi expert is called. He applies Mehndi on bride’s hands, arms, feet and legs. Traditionally, the Mehndi applied to the bride was obtained by drying the leaves of the Henna plant. Nowadays there are various types of Mehndi designs available in the market. Some of the popular Mehndi designs include Arabic Mehndi, Rajasthani / Marwari Mehndi, Crystal Mehndi etc.

This also points towards the fact that Mehndi has become more of an accessory. However, no matter whatever might be its form, it is still an essential element of the bride. According to popular belief, the darker the color of the Mehndi, the more her husband will love her. As a tradition, the bride is not allowed to work in her marital house till the time her Mehndi does not fade away. This ceremony is primarily a women function, which takes place amidst musical beats of Dholak, with women singing traditional songs for a prosperous marital life of the bride.

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Bollywood Beauty Katrina Kaif has been recently seen with an impressive tattoo on her chest. Now Katrina has got 2 tattoos on her beautiful body. One is on her chest and second is on her arm.

Katrina had a scheduled photoshoot on Monday The gorgeous actress, did not remove the tattoos after the shoot and was seen flaunting them at the wrap-up party of director Rajkumar Santoshi’s film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

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There are different mehendi patterns today that come under four main categories, mix-and-match and fusion designs. Arabic, Marwadi, Indian and black outlines are the major and well-known categories.

While Arabic designs comprise a huge leaf and three to four flowers, Marwari designs are thin patterns where the entire hand is filled without a single gap. The other designs comprise kalash, doli, peacocks, mangoes, parrots, etc.

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List of Mehndi Songs for mehndi marriage / wedding function or mehendi ceremony

1 ) Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna - Dilwale Dulhaniya Ley Jayengay
2 ) Mehndi Wali Raat - Qila
3 ) Mehndi Ki Raat Aai - Model
4 ) Mehndi Ni Mehndi - Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin
5 ) Saajan Saajan - Aarzoo
6 ) Bhumbro Bhumbro - Mission Kashmir
7 ) Mehndi Hai Rachney Wali - Zubeida
8 ) Likh Key Mehndi Se Sajna Ka Naam - Ishq Hua
9 ) Mehndi Lagao Gi Mein - Mehndi
10 ) Mehndi Mehndi - Chori Chori Chupke Chupke

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The occasion of Mehendi is fun a filled ritual. The mehndi celebration is filled with fun and enjoyment as the family members and friends gathers to celebrate this lovely occasion. Not only the bride apply henna paints on her hand and feet but groom also painted mehndi.

Recently, I visited one of the my relative’s marriage at Guwahati (Jain family) where I happened to get this snap of groom painted with mehendi…

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Rashmi Jain applying mehndi….simple design

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Mehndi / Henna or temporary tattoo Culture and Craze in public places and shopping malls.. Girls / Women are crazy for getting mehndi on their hands while their outings at shopping malls / other places….It is a hobby / interst for many or fun for others. Mehendi Artist professional charges for
the same are in the range of Rs. 100 to 300/- depending on the designs. One can select /choose mehndi design from their albums.

Now a days, we can find mehndi / henna artist’s shops in shopping malls, parks, multiplexes etc…

I just happen to click some snaps of different places while I went around….see below

Mehndi / Henna Shop at Choki Dhani, Jaipur

Mehndi / Henna Shop at Mani Square Mall, Kolkata

Mehndi / Henna / temporary tatoo - artist’s Shop at Big Bazaar Mall, Kolkata

Mehndi / Henna / temporary tatoo - artist’s Shop at City Center, Salt Lake City, Kolkata

At South City Mall, Kolkata

Pictures / Images by Rashmi Jain @ mehendi.co.in

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Drawing Mehndi / Henna tattoos is not so difficult; anyone can learn it,” says Rashmi Jain.

First, you must clean or wash the skin / area where you want to apply the pattern. Mehndi is generally applied to the hands and the feet but can also be imprinted on the shoulders etc.

If you are worried about making a mistake you can make a light first trace of the pattern / design on the skin. Mehndi is painted on with a special instrument or henna cone, and the design patterns should be drawn from the outside to the inside.

If you want mehndi pattern or design thin lines, try drawing it with a toothpick or matches.

After the Mehndi tattoo application is completed, your applied areas must be away from water for about 4 to 6 hours, as the skin require some time to absorb the henna paste and getting dark.

Now, once you are not happy with the design pattern, it can be washed off within that period with soap and hot water.

Next day morning, the pattern will have taken different depths of colors ranging from orange to brown where the paste is absorbed into the skin depending on different degrees.

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