Mehndi or Henna is a paste that is bought in a cone shaped tube and is made into designs for women in some country it's use for men also. There are many variations and types in Mehndi Designs such as Arabic Mehndi Designs, Indian Mehndi Designs, Pakistani Mehndi Designs. In Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Sri Lankan women use mehndi for festive occasions, such as weddings, religious events and traditional ceremonies.

Over five thousand years, henna has served as a symbol of good luck, health and sensuality in the Arab world. Mehndi is a ceremonial art form which originated in ancient India which is now Pakistan and India. Intricate patterns of mehndi are typically applied to brides before wedding ceremonies.

Henna to avoid : Black henna Because sometime black henna damage you skin. "Black henna" powder may be obtain from indigo(its an typical plant pea family). It may also contain some chemical and can cause allergic reaction. Sometime you can have symptom's like rashes, itching or swelling. Of course black henna looks really nice but … black henna contain a lots of problems.

2 reason to not use black henna: with henna people like to get long lasting dramatic results quickly and easily. There is no question that Black Henna gives a nice dark stain in a short time, and the designs often last far longer than natural henna. People how are getting black henna done on themselves are not informed about the ganger that they we get. Would you choose to put a harmful chemical on your skin knowing that you could be permanently scarred or have your internal organs suffer damage? Most people who care about their health would not. Some henna artists neither know that what they are putting on people’s skins is harmful to their clients, nor realize that making and working with the substance is harmful to their own health. Many Black Henna artists however do know about the risks, and choose to use it anyway. Unfortunately, some artists are greedy and want to cash in on the public’s uneducated demand for quick-dark-long lasting designs. Other artists don’t have the patience or fortitude to explain how care for natural henna to get the best results, and fear that clients won’t want to deal with caring for their natural henna design, thus loosing the client Reaction that u can have with black henna

Things to Remember Nowadays the henna cone contains some chemicals, so if you are allergic or your skin is sensitive, then check a little amount of henna on your palm before making the whole design. If it gives you itchy or burning feeling, do not use it. Sometimes, it happens when the henna is expired so make sure to use the fresh one. Also, if you have done waxing on an area where you are going to apply henna, do not do it just after waxing. Wait a day or two, as skin pores will be opened and henna contains some chemical. This situation may cause damage or irritation on your skin. Henna gives different color on different skins. On palms, the color is darkest, near to black sometimes. On the other side of hand, the color is much lighter and then on arm it gets lighter. The color comes best after one or two days. You will notice the difference of the color everyday, first it goes darker, then after few days, it goes lighter and finally its gone!

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For occasions For bridals Use everyday Girls on weddings The end