Simple Mehndi Designs and Henna Designs For Women

In some weddings, people and wants to wear Mehndi Mehndi designs that match the color of the wedding usually applied to the bride before the wedding day. Organised as part of the post Mehndi, where professional designers will be invited to submit a request from the bride’s Mehndi and arms and legs and feet.
There are very intricate mehdi designs and henna designs that are painted on the hands and feet of women in India and Pakistan with Henna and mehndi. This tattooing is a way to beautify the woman for a special occasion which is mostly her wedding.
Wedding is an elaborate affair in India, comprising of a large number of rituals, customs and traditions. One of the important rituals, especially in context of the bride, comprises of ‘Mehndi’ (commonly known as henna). As a part of this ritual, the powder of henna leaves is mixed with water (and many-a-times, oil and lemon juice as well), to form a paste. This paste is then applied on the hands as well as the feet of the bride, in the form of intricate patterns. The henna is removed only after the design dries off completely. However, the bride cannot wash her hands and feet with water, for the next 12 hours at least, to make sure that the color comes out to be dark and rich. See some exclusive Beautiful Mehndi Designs in our previous post.
In context of an Indian bride, mehndi is believed to signify the strength of her marriage as well as the amount of love that she will receive in her husband’s house. In fact, it is said that the darker the color of the mehendi (on the hands and the feet of a bride), the stronger will be the marriage and longer it will last. At the same time, the dark color of henna is also said to mean that the bride will receive a lot of love from her husband as well as her in-laws.
Amongst the traditional henna designs, drawn on the hands and feet of a bride, one can include the ‘baraat’ scene and the ‘doli’ scene. Baraat is the term used to denote the procession of the groom, including all his family members, relatives and friends, before he arrives at the wedding venue. ‘Doli’ signifies the end of a wedding ceremony, when the bride goes away with her husband. Both of these designs are extremely intricate and involve long hours of labor.
With the changing times, the type as well as style of bridal mehndi has also undergone a vast change. Rather than the traditional mehndi (made from henna leaves), brides have started opting for tattoo mehendi, chemical mehendi, stone mehendi and even sparkle mehendi. In these types of mehndi, altogether different designs are used and accessories like tattoos, sparkles and stones are added to make eye-catching patterns.