Mehendi: art henna body painting

Mehendi: art henna body painting
 Striving in every way to decorate your body was inherent in man since ancient times. One of the most interesting and ancient ways of painting is the art of mehndi body. Today, it is common in many countries and is considered an excellent analogue tattoo. Henna body painting very original and has several styles, depending on the type of ornament or pattern.
 Henna for applying a variety of patterns on the body is obtained from the leaves of Lawson growing in North Africa, Sudan, India, Egypt and America. Its leaves are dried and ground into powder. Henna in cosmetics is widespread as a means for toning and strengthening hair. It is also effective in the treatment of acne.

Mehendi favorably with traditional tattoo lack of pain during application, as well as the ability to delete or change the patterns on your own. Paint henna body today is very fashionable, especially among women who adorn themselves for the holidays, for hen parties or simply use mehendi as a fashion accessory.

Mehendi four basic styles: Middle Eastern, North American, Pakistani (Indian) and South Asian (Indonesian). Mostly, the differences are in the variety of figures and patterns. Thus, in the present Middle Eastern style vegetable and flower ornaments resembling Arabic textiles and paintings.

Figures sredenvostochnogo mehendi not too expressive. Pakistani style creates a unique patterned gloves and stockings, which show drops peyslinskaya shawl or the same floral motifs.

Mehendi North American style - it's mostly clear geometric line follows the curve of the hands or feet contours. Sometimes added here and floral patterns. Finally, the South Asian style is often a symbiosis of Indian and Middle Eastern styles.

Mehendi provides a wide field for the masters of fantasy and self-expression. Fashionable styles mixed together or come up with something completely new, copyright. Apply henna patterns can independently and with the help of stencils and special pencils or tubes. On sale is a ready and carbon paper pattern for faster application mehendi. Tattoo carbon paper carefully translated into the body and then an ordinary brush on top of it is applied henna.

Color pattern will depend on the natural skin tone: at smuglokozhih tattoo will be more dark and light skin tone mehendi is reddish. After application of the ornament should wait to sports, as active sweating significantly shorten the integrity of the image.

Mehendi not spared fashion and glamor. Today Henna complement rhinestones. The usual pattern is applied to the crystals by means of adhesive to the human skin and rhinestones Svarovsky have adhesive side, so with them you just need to remove the tape and press it to the surface of the skin with the already patterned.

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