Wednesday 30 November 2016

Mehndi For Beginners

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Whether it’s a simple curved branch with leaves, bud designs or the gota patterns, you should remember these easy designs. While it takes time to obtain a fair hand in intricate designs, you can always start with the simple henna or mehndi patterns and with practice later on you can go for intricate Arabic henna designs.
mehndi patterns
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In order to start with any kind of mehndi design, you have to learn the art of drawing leaves and vines. The below collage of patterns can give you some basic ideas to learn from.








How to draw peacock design using mehndi

After you have practiced the leaf and vine designs, now you should start working on the peacock design, which is essential in the art of henna. Follow this peacock henna step by step tutorial to learn how to do henna.




Peacocks are one of the most beautiful henna designs which add elegance and charm to the body art. Go through these image tutorials to easily learn how to draw the outlines and also the elaborate patterns within.




With basic henna designs mentioned earlier in the post, you can fill in the body of the peacock. However, always make sure to carefully draw peacock’s eye and beak to create natural effect. For fingers, you can either go for checkered designs, floral patterns or simple vines. You can make bigger or smaller peacock designs with mehndi.





Fill it up according to your wish. You can make small flowers or add checks to fill the peacock.
Peacock henna




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How to apply henna design – step by step tutorial
How apply henna design step by step tutorial

Some tips to follow:

  • In order to check if your skin is allergic to your skin, you can apply a small amount on your hand before starting with the step by step henna design
  • If you’ve done waxing on your hands, then wait for a day or two before applying henna. As pores are opened and the chemicals present in henna might enter through open pores
  • The color of the henna is different on palm and on skin. While it is darkest on palm, it appears to be lighter on hands. It only get darker after one or two days
Here are some more images of simple henna designs. Use the above mentioned techniques on step by step henna application, and keep practising different shapes and sizes of motifs that you love.




simple henna designs












































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