Best Indian Mehndi Designs – Mehndi or “Henna” is a form of body art based on dyes prepared from the plant called Lawsonia inermis. It is an immensely famous and widely used technique for adorning the body.

It’s used especially on the palms, during festive occasions by the women of different cultures, mainly belonging to the Middle East and South Asia but fast gaining popularity among the Western women as well. Mehndi is heavily applied during wedding celebrations and the idea is deeply ingrained in the Indian culture. It is customary to adorn the hands, feet and sometimes even shoulders or other body parts of the bride. Apart from that, Eid, Divali and Karva Chauth are some of the celebrated occasions in India where it is happily put on.

Latest Indian Mehndi Designs for Hands

It is a belief among the people of India that the darker a bride’s henna is, the more strongly she will be loved my her husband. Whether you condone or laugh at such superstition, it is true that darker shade of mehndi is more beautiful and pleasing to look at. Various methods are thus administered to make the mehndi blacker or redder.

Here are a few easy tips to make your mehndi stain darker:

• During the time the paste is drying and beginning to crack, apply a mixture of lemon juice and white sugar. This re-moistens the henna mud.
• Heat, body or otherwise, can also cause the color to darken. To achieve that, simply wrap up the decorated area with something to trap the heat like tissue paper or something equally lighter. Or hold out your hands near some form of heat.
• If henna is implemented on thick skin, it’ll have a darker color when washed off as compared to thin skin. A strategic application will help.
• Make sure not to exfoliate your skin while your hands, et cetera are adorned with henna. It’ll cause the color to fade quickly.
• Natural oils also help preserve the color of the stain.

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