My Collection

Henna Plant

Mehendi is paste made from ground leaves of a shrub plant called Lawsonia Inermis. It grow in countries of hot tropical climates like Indian, Pakistan, North Africa, Middle East & other Asian Countries. The best color comes from the youngest leaves on top of the shoots. These leaves are dried and ground into a fine powder for different fineness, thickness, precision and smoothness. The rest of the plant is dried and ground to make hair products like hair dyes and shampoos.

Indian Mehendi & Arabic Mehendi Designs

Traditional Indian Mehendi Designs
intricate designs with fine lines, leaves, peacocks, mangoes, flowers, lace, auspicious and religious symbols. These designs usually covers the entire hands and feet.
Arabic Mehendi Designs
large flowing patterns, incorporating mangoes, swirls and flowers. Usuallly animal motif and human faces are not used due to religious reason.

Brides Mehendi Collection

Glitter Mehendi Designs

Mehendi...Love Juice

According to Loretta Roome, a henna expert, in societies where mehendi is traditionally practiced, marriages are often scheduled to coincide with ovulation.

"That's part of the intention," she said. "It's a fertility rite.

The henna is the color of blood, representing the breaking of the hymen.

In fact, Muslims call mehendi 'love juice."'

TraDiTioNaL & NoN-TraDiTioNaL MeHeNDi DeSiGns

How to Apply Mehendi?

The Henna Recipe
Henna powder + Mehendi oil + Lemon juice,
Add coffee or black tea a little at a time.
If you like your henna stringy, add 1 teaspoon of sugar to the mixture
Applicator
You can make a cone out of a plastic bag and making a small hole in the tip andsqueezing the henna paste into the desired design
Tips and Tricks
Apply the henna paste on clean skin free of oils lotions. A warm wet towel can be used to open the pores of the skin, works great on shoulders and arms and other body parts.
Also use a spray bottle with a mixture of lemon juice and sugar,and spray it on to keep the henna from cracking and falling off.
Lastly leave the henna on as long as possible.
Do not wash the tattooed area for the next 4-6 hours.
Now have fun. What ever you draw is beautiful and is a master piece in its own.

Henna

Henna is all natural, safe, temporary and painless
- a unique way to decorate your personality, spirit and body with henna art symbols.Henna derives from a plant known as Lawsonia Inermis, whose leaves are dried and crushed to make a powder with natural dying properties.
The application of henna has four distinct benefits ("the four C's"), as it cools, conditions, cleanses, and colors the skin.