The shining faces of Indian women, bright saris and unusual patterns adorning their hands and feet are mehendi. This is real magic! And why not try drawing intricate patterns yourself at home?

  Mehendi is an ancient ornamental art of applying henna patterns to the body. Even in Ancient Egypt, noble beauties adorned their bodies with henna paste. And in India, even now, not a single wedding, not a single celebration can do without a mehendi ceremony. Preserving, protecting properties are attributed to these figures. They bring well-being, beauty and peace to their owner. And also perfectly cheer up!

Photo mehendi on hands and other parts of the body

There are 4 styles of mehendi

• Arab. It embodies floral motifs that resemble Arabic painting and embroidery.
• African (Moroccan, Berber). Contains elements of geometric shapes with floral motifs.
• Indian. Patterns mainly consist of ornaments, lines and bitmaps. Pakistani and Indian drawings are applied not only to the feet and palms, but also rise higher.
• Asian. This style incorporates elements of Middle Eastern and Indian patterns.

Henna for finer grinding mehendi than for hair coloring. It can be natural and synthetic. The latter is dangerous for the skin, can cause allergies and even burns, so I advise you to use only natural. It is brown, but can be tinted with basma. It will turn out black or burgundy - depending on the concentration.
  You can now buy natural henna even by weight. On the Internet, you can easily find dozens of online stores selling henna and ready-made compositions for applying different colors. It is packaged immediately in cones for ease of use when applying the drawing. Henna for mehendi can be of different colors, the main thing is to make sure that all components are natural.

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Drawing Rules

  Before applying the picture, lubricate the skin area with special oil for painting with henna (you can use olive). This expands the pores and brightens the color. Apply henna directly from the cut-off tip of the cone in the form of a drawing you have conceived. The drying time of natural paste depends on the humidity in the room (30-60 minutes). Clean off the dried crust, do not rinse. It remains a red color, which gradually darkens to brown within 48 hours.

The brightest and most persistent color is obtained on the palms and feet, where the skin is rougher. According to traditions, hands are decorated from palm to elbow and feet from feet to knees.
  With proper care, the mehendi will delight you for about two weeks. Henna loves warmth! After applying mehendi, do not go outside if the window is cloudy or raining. Better stay in a warm room and drink warming Indian tea.

It is recommended not to wash the painted skin for 8 hours. Before taking water procedures, apply any vegetable oil to the drawing. Do not rub the pattern with a washcloth. Frequent washing, friction on the fabric of clothing or shoes significantly shorten the life of the mehendi.

Mehendi sketches

Sketches of mehendi are presented in sufficient resolution so that you can print them and use them in practice when creating your own drawings. Some pictures may seem too complicated for you, but they can be disassembled into elements and start small.
  When you click on a drawing, it will increase and you will be able to examine it in detail. If you right-click on the thumbnail and select "save link as", you can save the picture to your computer.

You can also download all thumbnails as a single file in.

The recipe for making pasta for mehendi at home

It is most convenient to use homemade henna paste in a cone for drawing drawings at home, which you can buy in Indian shops. Its composition: henna, citric acid. But you can make pasta for mehendi yourself. There are several recipes.
  1. Make very strong tea. Mix half a cup of tea leaves with lemon juice and sugar. Mix the resulting solution with henna powder to a thick paste. Composition insist 15-20 minutes.
  2. Mix a quarter cup of strong tea and lemon juice. Then slowly pour a quarter cup of henna into this mixture, stirring quickly. You should get a paste without lumps, quite thick and viscous. Before applying the composition should be infused for 4 hours.

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How to make a paste from henna powder

How to make a henna cone

Mehendi has already gone beyond the bounds of body art.   Combining henna, acrylic paints and contours, rhinestones, some even draw small paintings, cards for friends, decorate candles. You can also paint jewelry, clothes, bags, shoes, creating your own unique style. The space for the flight of creative thought is unlimited. Catch inspiration and transform your world!

Mehnendi (or Mendi) is the traditional name for biotattooing with natural henna paste. You can prepare pasta yourself and apply an original, bright picture at home. help make it beautiful.

How to make henna for a tattoo at home yourself

Before you make a henna tattoo yourself and cook a paste at home, you should consider some important points.

At first, you can only use henna intended for body painting   (for mehendi, mehndi). Henna hair for bio-tattoo is not intended, because it has less intense coloring properties.

Secondly, henna is better to use from a newly opened vacuum packaging, otherwise the powder will oxidize in air and will have a weak coloring effect.

Bio Tattoo Henna Recipe

The simplest composition for pasta:

1. Strong tea leaves
2. Lemon juice
3. A few drops or special mehndi oil

Henna Paste Cooking Instructions

Make a strong tea brewing (2-4 tsp. Black tea in 0.5 l of water). You can boil the tea on low heat for 5-10 minutes for a more intense color. Received tea leaves need strain.

At such a volume of tea leaves take 35-50 g of henna powder. It is advisable to sift the henna through a fine sieve. Add hot tea leaves to henna powder. Do this little by little, continuously stirring. If you want to make the picture brighter and more durable, you can add a few drops (or eucalyptus) when stirring and 1-3 tsp lemon or lime juice.

The resulting composition by consistency should resemble a toothpaste. It is important that the paste is not too liquid, otherwise the conceived pattern may not work out at all - such a mixture will flow and linger poorly on the skin. In extreme cases, you can dilute too thick a mixture later. It is advisable to wipe the paste thoroughly through a sieve to avoid the formation of lumps. Then the mixture is cooled and at the same time insisted for at least 3-4 hours. The mixture is transferred to a cone for drawing (syringe package).

Kneading instruction

Self-made syringe package

The syringe package is easy to make on your own. For this you need tight and durable   plastic bag. It is convenient to use a packing film for gifts and flowers. The optimal size is 20 x 16 cm. Fold the sheet of film with a cone (“bag”), and seal it well with adhesive tape or tape at all seams and on the tip. The resulting syringe package is filled into two-thirds of the paste with a teaspoon. The top edge is needed several times bend and fasten with duct tape.

In the lower sharp edge of the packet a needle   pierced hole. Through this hole, henna will fall onto the body to create a pattern.

Pasta storage

It is convenient to store the paste in a syringe bag. Seal the hole at the tip of the cone tightly. To do this, the tip of the cone can be bent and fixed with a paper clip or clothespin.

The paste should be stored in the refrigerator for up to 20 days. In the freezer - up to 4 months. Before the next use, make sure that the paste has a uniform consistency.

Original recipes for making henna for mehendi

1. Henna for tattoo with sugar

1. Prepare a strong tea brewing (the stronger, the more intense the color of the henna).
2. Half a cup (approximately 100 ml) of tea leaves is mixed with the juice of half a lemon and 2 tbsp. l Sahara.
3. The resulting solution henna powder is diluted to a thick paste.
4. The resulting paste cools and infuses for 30-60 minutes.
5. The resulting composition can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

2. Henna with lemon

1. Henna ¼ cup
2. Juice of one whole lemon
3. Freshly brewed very strong tea
4. A drop of eucalyptus oil.

Mix strong tea and lemon juice in a 1: 1 ratio. Add henna powder to the resulting liquid and mix quickly to get a sufficiently thick and viscous paste. Transfer the paste into a drawing tube. This mixture must be infused for at least 4 hours. Stored in the refrigerator for up to 14 days, in the freezer for up to 2 months.

3. Coffee henna for temporary designs

1. 2 sachets (2 tsp) instant powder of natural black coffee.
2. 2 tbsp. l lemon juice
3. 5 drops of eucalyptus oil.
4. 5 drops of clove oil.

Brew coffee in one and a half cups of water and let boil up to ¾ cup. Take 1 cup of henna powder and mix thoroughly with the resulting coffee. Add lemon juice and oil. Such a mixture is infused for 2 hours. Stored in the refrigerator for up to 20 days, in the freezer - up to 4 months.

You will need

• Henna Powder - 40 g
• Lemon juice
• Sugar
• Eucalyptus, Tea Tree Oil, Almond Oil
• Tea or coffee
• Syringe, cone, toothpicks, polyethylene
• Glass bowl
• Sketch or stencil drawing

Instruction manual

Initially, drawing on the skin was sacred, it was believed that certain patterns could protect a person from troubles, attract good luck and even cure diseases. Over time, applying color patterns to the body began simply for beauty and self-expression.
Decide on the pattern in advance. If desired, you can choose to apply an ornament with a value or come up with your own pattern. If you doubt your abilities as an artist, it is better to make a stencil.

Preparation of the composition for a temporary tattoo takes about a day. Some shops sell special henna for the body, but it can be replaced with a regular hair dye.
Squeeze the juice of 2 lemons into a glass or ceramic bowl. Sift 40 g of powder through a sieve, filtering out possible debris and impurities. Combine the juice and henna until pasta and cover with a film, leave for 12 hours in a warm place, but not in the sun.
If you plan a bright orange color, add a teaspoon of sugar and the same amount of tea tree oil to the paste. Add lemon juice to a creamy consistency and leave again for 12 hours under polyethylene.
To get a darker color of the lines, instead of lemon juice, add half a cup of strong black tea or coffee with a spoonful of sugar. Add the essential oil of eucalyptus or tea tree and also leave for 12 hours at room temperature.

Be sure to prepare the skin for applying henna tattoos. Treat the body area with a scrub, dry it, wipe it with alcohol, and then eucalyptus oil to better fix the color.
To get thick lines, you can use a syringe or make a special cone. Roll a bag from a piece of film and fix the edges with tape. Pour the mixture in and gently cut the tip to form a small hole. For finer strokes, use a toothpick or brush. To facilitate the work, you can apply a drawing on the skin with a cosmetic pencil and then simply circle these lines with henna.

The beauty of body art has always attracted the views of people around. But not every girl decides to make a long-lasting tattoo. If the newfangled current does not give rest, then we offer to decorate ourselves with a temporary pattern.

Before the best henna recipe for mandy, you need to answer one important question that surely arises for all beginners - is it possible to use ordinary hair powder and oil that are sold in cosmetic stores for henna art?

This product is suitable for our purposes, although professionals recommend special pastes for drawing on the body from specialized retail stores.

And now we offer you some interesting ideas to make masterpieces with your own hands at home.

The traditional recipe. Henna for temporary tattoo:

1. From black varieties of tea to prepare a very strong, dark tea leaves.
2. Per 100 ml. the finished base must take 2 tbsp. sugar and squeeze the juice out of half a medium-sized lemon.
3. Gently breed with henna. Mix thick. You can drip clove oil.
4. Insist 20 minutes.
5. Store at home in a cool place for no more than 2 days. Shelf life not to exceed.

The following type of henna for mehendi:

1. It is good to brew a couple of bags of instant coffee in 1 ½ cups of water and wait until boiling does not bring the volume of liquid to ¾ of the total amount.
2. Mix a strong drink with carefully sifted natural dye powder to a thick slurry.
3. Pour 5 drops of eucalyptus and clove oil into the mass, as well as 20 ml. lemon juice. If the density of the composition has suffered after breeding, then you can add a little more henna to it.
4. Draw at least 2 hours later.

Many modern girls do not like the natural brown shade of the dye, they want to make rich patterns at home. The problem is solved - there is nothing easier than using black henna for a tattoo.

We offer an interesting recipe on how to dilute a mixture for dark mehendi:

1. Take equal proportions of basma for hair and the main component of the leaves of lavsonia - 1 tablespoon each. Make stirring.
2. Add to them 5 gr. sugar and ¼ cup lemon juice. This tip on making mandy paste does not replace the last ingredient with plain water. The release of pigments occurs only in an acidic environment.
3. Ready henna should be dense. It must be placed under a plastic bag and left to ripen in a dry, warm place at home for up to 12 hours.
4. After the specified time, according to the advice on how to make a blank with henna for a black tattoo, you need to add a small amount of hot thick tea leaves from black leaf tea.
5. Cook and leave alone for another 1 hour. Do not use oil!

What henna is needed to create a mehendi on a large area of \u200b\u200ba house? What paint is painted on the body? All of the above compositions are suitable only for work in small areas. When you want to cover your back or stomach, you need to make a large amount of paste and here it will be difficult to calculate the correct proportions in order to get enough from a small amount. Especially for experienced craftsmen, the following henna recipe for a large-scale drawing at home was developed:

1. In ½ liter of boiled water, add 2 tsp. ground natural coffee and tea. Cook for 1 hour over low heat. Do not forget to stir. Strain.
2. At this time, it is necessary to make a dye. Take the powder in an amount of 35-45 gr. and carefully sift it through a fine sieve. Then inject into a hot liquid base. Ready paste with henna for a tattoo, obtained at home according to this recipe should have a consistency of sugar glaze.
3. For a more intense shade, it is recommended to breed 2 tsp. lime juice.
4. You can draw after 3-4 hours, after complete cooling.

Ornaments on the body will amaze you with its beauty and richness. All the tips on how to dilute a solution of henna for tattoos at home, came to us from ancient times. They were passed down by women from generation to generation. The oil must be natural.

What paste to use for mehndi

Due to the popularity of the art of decorating the body with temporary drawings, we don’t have to think much about how henna for mehendi is made from hair dye, you can just get the finished color of the desired color. Included with them is oil for fixing the picture.

Which dye is suitable for home-made henna:

When purchasing goods and oil to make patterns on the body with henna, you need to check the list of components. There is a risk of allergic reactions due to artificial additives.

The safest mehendi paste prepared by recipe from ancestors.

Instructions for use

In order for a drawing created at home to be beautiful without streaks and blots, it is not enough to know how to make a mixture of henna for mehndi. You will need to know the special nuances of applying and storing the dye.

1. Before the procedure, it is necessary to cleanse the skin with detergents and peeling.
2. If the dye is purchased and is in the package, then to open the mixture with henna, which is sold in a cone, you just need to cut off the sharp end. The mass prepared at home is placed in a similar tube for convenient application.
3. The composition can make a pattern on the body yourself from a photograph or draw on a stencil.
4. The exposure time is an average of 20 minutes.

Shelf life of different types of henna for mehendi:

• In the form of a dry powder for hair or skin does not lose its properties over a long time (see on the box).
• In a closed cone - six months, after opening, use no more than 3 months.

How to store residues after one mehndi procedure and oil? Be sure to refrigerate the house and strictly follow the instructions that contain the henna recipe or the manufacturer wrote.