Beautiful Hand Mehndi Designs

Mehndi or Henna is one of the integral part Indian beauty on her wedding day or festival days. It’s an ancient art of painting hands and legs with Mehndi, which forms an integral part of Indian culture. Usually it forms a Mehndi ceremony, just before the wedding day, with all the ladies gathering together to apply Mehndi to bride as well as to each other.

Beautiful Mehndi Desing done on back hand.

Another nice Mehndi desing done on hand.

There is a wide variety of Mehndi designs or patterns and each one of them want their desings to be unique and beautiful. Apart from Indian Mehndi desings, there are Arabic Mehndi designs and Pakistani Mehndi designs. Lets take a look at different type of designs and patterns.

 Mehndi still not washed out, but looks nice even now.

Simple but attactive Mehndi design

 

A blend of Swirly vines leaves and flowers. Nice design.. !

There are various patterns used like flowers, peacocks, leaves, swirly vines mangoes, geometrical figures, butterflies, free hand drawing and abstract designs.

 Another good artistic desing which you can try at home. 

Another design from flower and leaves

 Complete Abstract shapes

 Mehndi made darker by tea and lime.

 Beautiful Mehndi designs are not only applied to hands but also legs as well. Just see these beautiful Mehndi desings for legs shown here.

 Mehndi on legs

 Nice and simple.

 Method of applying Mehndi: 

 Henna or Mehndi leaves are first grinded to dust and mixed with usually black tea and mustard oil to form a thick paste. This paste is then poured into a plastic cone with a sharp tip with a tiny hole. Now the mehndi design is made on the hand and its a skill to make it unique and beautiful. After around 7 to 9 hours later, when Mehndi is dry, a little water mixed with sugar and lemon is sprinkled to get a darker print. And after a few hours the Mehndi is washed out with water and you will see a nice beautiful Mehndi design for hands and legs. 

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Beautiful Mehndi designs for legs on wedding day

Beautiful matching Mehndi design for Hand and Legs

Henna and Mehndi application is quite common in Indian tradition. Brides and females who have to attend several events apply this gorgeous Mehndi designs on hands and legs. The designs for Mehndi designs on hands and foot are different. Thus if you are planning to apply Mehndi designs on legs then you should make selection of a few decent Mehndi designs for leg. This will help you to get the superb designs on your foot before the occasion of wedding.

A little complex design on legs

Peacock design with mehndi

 As far as the Mehndi cone is concerned, you can make Mehndi cone at home if you wish. But this might take away lot of your time. If you feel that you don’t have that much of time then it would be better to get a ready made cone from outside. Ready-made Mehndi cones are available in many shops and thus it would be very simple for you.

Abstract design covering toe

Simple but beautiful design

Henna on sides of the legs looks beautiful

 If you are newbie and feel that creating a design on your leg would be a difficult task then you can hire Mehndi artists. They are trained in Indian, Pakistani or Arabic mehndi designs. They are the best people to get what you want. But if you want to do it yourself then there are foot beautiful Mehndi stencils available in the market. You can get that. If you don’t want even that then first it would be advisable to create your own design on a paper. After that you can make a rough design on the foot with a black pen. Over and above that you can create the Mehndi design with the cone.

Pouring a little water intermediately help daken the color

Simple but elegant design on leg

 If you are doing it for the first time then sit in a comfortable position because applying Mehndi design on foot can take lots of time and thus you would need ample of time. You can try once before your wedding day so that it looks best before the occasion. Work gradually and cleanly. This is because a shabby and unclean design doesn’t look good. If you don’t wish to get into tough detailed designs then the best thing would be to go for simple Arabic designs. These designs are very easy in creation.

Small but complex design

Another good one with more length

 After you have applied the design on your foot let it dry for 1 hour. After that you must apply lemon and sugar paste. Again hold the Mehndi for around 30 minutes. After that you can get rid of it. Just use a simple brushing technique for Mehndi removal. Avoid use of water so that the color doesn’t get affected.

Use of added colors along with mehndi

Now, to decorate the Mehndi design even more you can apply sparkle cone over it. This will enhance the looks of the design. Even though Mehndi is an old tradition, it has created buzz everywhere in the world. Newer trends come up but the importance of authentic Mehndi is just not lost.

Use of flowers in mehndi design

Designs are not mirrored on each legs

Adding a few glitters to make it more attractive

It is vital to note that these days the ready-made Mehndi cones have some chemicals inside them. Thus before you actually apply the entire design, try a small spot for design first. Rest for a while. If you are allergic to the chemicals in the cone then you will develop rash or itching. In such a case you must leave the idea of the ready made Mehndi cone.

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The Art of Indian Mehndi designs tradition

Art of Indian Mehndi design and its origins

The word Mehndi comes from a Sanskrit word Mendhika. This is definitely an art form. But traditionally it was an intrinsic part of Vedic customs. Both haldi and mehndi took prime place in traditional Indian customs. But in olden days mehndi designs were not as progressive as they are today. At that time, Mehndi designs were symbolic in nature. For example, a sun or moon, a bird or fire or lamp etc. were the traditional designs that used to be presented on hands and feet. The overall idea of mehndi designs was to represent internal awakening.

Even though mehndi as an art of temporary skin decoration started in India it took no time to spread to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives and Arab. In fact, today even the European and Western countries have accepted this as an art form to glorify and decorate skin. In India, mehndi is not just limited to be applied during weddings. It is applied during various festive occasions like Karva chauth, Diwali, Durga Puja, Teej, Bhaidooj, Eid and so on. 

In olden days mehndi was made at home and a thin stick or fingers were used to apply it on hands and foot. Today, we have readymade mehndi cones and there are so many great artists who create superb designs for you. It won’t be difficult today to find good mehndii artists. This is because we have many of them. There are very talented mehndi artists who apply intricate designs of mehndi to brides before the wedding event. In some places of India this system is also followed for bride grooms. In fact, before wedding a special event or party is organized, known as Mehndi event or Mehndi party. 

Even in Gulf countries a day before wedding celebration of Henna night is organized. This custom has spread even in Middle East Arabic mehndi design and Africa. In fact, it is believed that African tribes have better idea about mehndi since ages because even in their tradition Henna was used as body decorating theme for creation of some symbols on the body.

The art of mehndi design in India is therefore quite old and even though it is old, it is still popular. The designs available these days are so rich and beautiful that no one can escape without getting impressed. The modern designs have a combination of designs like leaf, mango, groom’s or brides name hidden in the design, peacock, swastika, kumbh and many such symbols that make any event graceful and elegant. Initially when ready-made mehndi cones were not available and it was made at home, people used to apply mehndi in hands and foot and then they used to keep it overnight. But now when ready-made cones are available, mehndi is worn only for around 3-4 hours and result is awesome. It is believed that if hands are not put in water then the color would even be darker in forthcoming days. Thus, brides to be are told not to put hands in water. 

We already have so many mehndi patterns and designs. We are sure as time passes; there would be more discoveries and inventions in this particular art form. Please do comment below if you loved our designs.