Step By Step Process to Make a Mehendi Cone At Home

Step By Step Process to Make a Mehendi Cone At Home

Bridal Mehendi, Bridal Mehndi, Mehndi, Mehndi Class, Mehndi Course
How to make mehndi cone at home perfectly? do you want to know the process and steps involved in that. Mehndi making at home is very brilliant idea. Mehndi is truly the essence of Indian culture. It’s rich colour and an amazing fragrance has us all falling for it. It is a form of art which is well appreciated as well as enjoyed. But even as an established artist, one can go wrong if the tool used isn’t constructed to perfection. The mehendi design made can portray you as a novice if the henna cone is not made correctly. There are many people who use sticks for creating henna designs but the process is extremely difficult to learn. Hence, hand rolled mehandi cones have been used for ages now, to…
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Unique Ways To Hide Your Husband’s Name

Unique Ways To Hide Your Husband’s Name

Bridal Mehendi, Bridal Mehndi, Mehndi, Mehndi Class, Mehndi Course
A wedding is the beginning of the most beautiful journey that a man and a woman embark on for a lifetime of love, trust and togetherness. And it is the beautiful rituals that make a woman more than ready to take this journey. As a bride, she feels beautiful, she feels celebrated and she is made to feel like the most important person. It is her day and she wants it to be nothing, but perfect. Little things like going for the wedding shopping, getting dressed up as a bride, or getting her groom’s name written in her mehendi are what brighten up her day. This is why we get you creative ways to make your mehendi all the more special. You can also try these tricks to hide your hubby's name in…
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Tips and Tricks to Make Bridal Mehndi Designs

Tips and Tricks to Make Bridal Mehndi Designs

Bridal Mehendi
Every bride wishes her mehndi is dark and beautiful. Indian weddings and bridal mehndi designs go hand in hand. The designs are majorly lacy and intricate. It consists of a peacock, initials of the groom and so on. Have you ever thought how to get that dark red color for your bridal mehndi designs? Well, there are some simple tips you can consider to make your henna or mehndi dark and attractive at the same time. Let It Dry for A Longer Time Some people do not like the smell of mehndi and decide to wash it off early. However, if you want that dark red color, then keeping it to dry for a longer period it highly recommended. Ensure you wash off the henna after 7–8 hours or even…
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Significance of Mehndi in Indian Marriages

Significance of Mehndi in Indian Marriages

Bridal Mehendi
One of the most important pre-wedding ceremonies in Indian marriages is the ‘Mehendi ki raat’. It is not only a fun pre-wedding ritual but also has a deep-rooted cultural significance to it. Traditional Ritual Applying mehendi to the bride and the groom before the wedding, is one of the oldest Indian traditions. The ceremony, however, entails an elaborate application of mehendi designs on a bride’s hands and feet. As for the groom, a mere token of application of henna is a mark of good omen. As a wedding tradition, it is followed in many part of India as well as in neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Mehendi is quite popular among Muslims as well. According to Islamic literature, Prophet Muhammad used mehendi to dye his beard and administered…
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Advice on Planning your Bridal Mehndi

Advice on Planning your Bridal Mehndi

Bridal Mehendi
With so many plans and arrangements to make, how about making at least one part of that easier? Choosing your bridal mehndi artist for your wedding, can be a difficult decision. We want to lay down some things that you can use in order to help you make that decision. Here is a checklist that will help you make that important decision, and give you a chance to go over all of the things you may not have thought of or known of. My Bridal Mehndi (Henna) Checklist Where can I find a mehndi artist? The best places to find a professional mehndi artist in online. Try search engines such as google.com (.ca). Make sure you type in key words such as mehndi, henna, artist, YOUR CITY. Make sure you put…
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Myths & Traditions About Henna

Myths & Traditions About Henna

Bridal Mehendi
"Why is henna/mehndi done for weddings?" is a question I get asked time and again. For a bride to get ready for her wedding, she has to go through 16 beautification, cleansing, and religious rituals called "solah singar". Henna/mehndi is one of the sixteen rituals which is used to beautify the bride. Often when I do bridal henna, I get asked "Does your henna color come out dark? I really want my mother-in-law to love me". While people know about the correlation of henna color to mother-in-law's love, many people don't know where this legend originated. This legend dates back to the olden times when women were taught to be subservient and not voice their opinions. When a newlywed woman got married, her henna color was an indicator of how…
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Taking Care of your Bridal Mehendi

Taking Care of your Bridal Mehendi

Bridal Mehendi
Contrary to the belief that mehendi has to be done a day before your event, it is best to get it done 2-3 days before. Mehendi reaches its peak color about 48 hours after it has been removed. If you are not familiar with the mehendi artist, you should always do a trial run with them. This allows you to check the quality of the design and color of the mehendi. I often tell my clients to do this but influence from others leaves them misinformed. A trial assures and reiterates what I am advising. Some important steps to take to get a good color: Ask the artist if they are mixing their own mehendi or bringing pre-made cones. Pre-made cones are usually full of chemicals and the color can…
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