Body painting is something that people throughout the world love to try while the western world is more into permanent or temporary tattoos people in the east prefer applying Mehndi.
Mehndi is a colored paste which people put on their body mostly hands and feet. This mixture is made up by grinding leaves of Henna plant. Once applied it needs to be dried out and washed, this leaves a brown color on your body more like a tattoo but without all the pain and needles. Putting mehndi on hands is a practice mostly done in the subcontinent the people apply mehndi on different celebratory occasions but is especially applied during Eid and weddings. In old days women used to apply the paste directly on their hands and feet without any design but now the paste is applied through a pipping bag type cone with a pointy end like a pen or pencil to give precision to different intricate designs.
In Ramadan muslim women throughout the countries of India and Pakistan after the sighting of the moon start preparing for Eid by preparing delicious food and applying mehndi. On this night (Chaand Raat) there's a huge crowd of ladies around the salons waiting to get the best and unique mehndi design.
There are different kinds of mehndi designs inspired from different cultures like Arabic, Moroccan, Indian, Pakistani and other western styles and there's also an option of colors from brown, red and white being the most common ones.
BROWN MEHNDI
Brown color mehndi is the most commonly used mehndi color in the Pakistan and India. This is the original color of the Henna plant leaves. This color mehndi is available in dry powdered form and also as a paste in a cone. This can be applied on hands, feet and also on hair as hair color dye.
WHITE MEHNDI
White mehndi is made after adding white color to the brown mixture of Henna leaves this is'nt that long lasting as the brown one but looks beautiful ones applied.
RED MEHNDI
This color Mehndi looks really beautiful on hands giving a reddish brown color on the hands but always be careful in buying the best Mehndi products since some colored Mehndi can be harmful for your skin.
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Amazing very unique design
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