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The Elegance of Mehndi Designs



Have you ever wanted a tattoo? It's a seemingly simple step but maybe in your heart of hearts, you know that while it's fashionable it is also socially still quite edgy. While becoming ever more trendy around the world, there are still many parents and certainly grandparents who would not approve of a permanent mark. Maybe this is good, surely it's true that a permanent mark, no matter how stylish, cannot remain always as trend-setting as it was when first inked.


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Fortunately, there is the henna option for those of us who value the femininity of a beautiful design but aren't ready to risk the ire of our older relatives with such a long-term commitment. Henna will last from a week to a month, depending on the oil content of your skin, and if you're as creative as you are fashionable there is the option of Mehndi designs. These intricately beautiful patterns arrive like a breath of Eastern promise refreshing your look and reflecting your inner creativity.






Usually, simple mehndi designs are floral in nature and there is a multitude of styles to choose from. However, you can unleash your inner artist by innovating your own styles with no fear of unsightly or even painful laser surgery to remove them when they become faded.  Indeed, anyone can ink simple mehndi designs themselves, and of course, it's immense fun to let your girlfriends loose on your skin without the possible long-term stigma, or simply becoming bored with the same motif.


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Before 700 AD the dye of the henna plant was used as body paint in Egypt, and from there it expanded to India where the practice grew and developed, moving further, into Africa as well as Bangladesh, Nepal and around the Middle East. Even going back as far as 1680 BCE, wall paintings depict mehndi designs adorning women's bodies in Minoan Greece.





As the origin of the form, Arabic mehndi designs are at once some of the more classic while also being some of the easier to design for the adventurous among you. See these breathtaking designs for Arabic mehndi designs:

While primarily mehndi designs for hands are most popular, easy mehndi designs can beautify feet and legs also, and it is not uncommon for ladies experiencing hair loss to implement them on the scalp as decoration, so they are not limited to just cosmetic use.  From the most elaborate to more simple mehndi Designs, there really is no limit to these glamorous motifs

Thanks in no small part to Bollywood, and of course the web, simple mehndi designs are reinvigorating the henna scene in the west. This trend will only expand as the style trends on the catwalk.

While traditionally applied for weddings, the practice spread to religious ceremonies and then to purely cosmetic applications. Now any woman can indulge herself for any occasion such as seen here:

As with all temporary cosmetics, there is virtually no limit to the inventiveness of these styles, and even the more simple mehndi designs can be elaborated on. Should you so wish, you can turn your skin into your palette, displaying your imagination for elegance to everyone, or you can reserve the beauty of the style for special occasions. Why limit yourself?





Mehndi designs for hands are some of the most intricate, and probably the most popular for women of discerning tastes, as you can see in the mehndi design images below here:

Mehndi designs will complement any outfit, and from the ancient traditions, they promote fertility and good fortune thus the connection with weddings and religious festivals. While  being traditional, they are also modern, as you can see from these latest mehndi designs:


There is no better example of East meeting West, and nothing shows the fusion of your cosmopolitan nature than these at once beautiful and ancient traditional designs. Even more simple mehndi designs can accompany most any outfit. So why consider a permanent tattoo or any other skin adornment when this wonderful art form is literally at your fingertips?


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