How to make mehendi on the arm and leg at home? Mechendi sketches on the arm and leg for beginners. The meaning of symbols in the drawings of Mehendi

What is Mehendi? Deciphering the most popular Michendi characters. How to perform mehendi at home? Sketches and stencils of mehendi on hands and legs?

• Michendi is a body painting using special henna. Henna used for Mechendi drawings has nothing to do with the usual henna that our women dye their hair
• For the painting of the body, you need to purchase a special henna that can paint the skin for a long time
• It is sold either already finished in tubes, which you only need to open and start painting, or in bags in the form of dry powder, which still needs to be correctly diluted

• Mehendi is suitable for those people who like a tattoo, but they have not yet damped to this decisive step. The fact is that Mehendi's drawing is not eternal - it lasts only two weeks to a month. Therefore, indecisive fans of constant tattoos can be a little to blame Mehendi, and they want to understand whether they want to live all their lives with such an image on their body
• Often, it is customary to decorate the hands and palms of the hands, as well as the feet and the upper part of the legs.
• Mehendi drawings are performed in various styles and carry a different semantic load

The meaning of the symbols of the Mehendi drawing: photo with inscriptions

• There are four main styles of Michendi. The difference between them lies in the places of their distribution
• The fact is that in the Middle East it is more customary to draw floral motifs. Such drawings to some extent resemble Arab embroidery. Their execution is more spontaneous in nature, and never meets any sketches or patterns
• North African mehendi, as a rule, are drawn in the form of geometric shapes with floral motifs. Such drawings must be repeated the shape of the body on which they are performed
• Pakistani and Indian craftsmen do not stop only on the palms and feet of people acting in the role of paintings. They stretch the drawings much higher, thereby creating a kind of stocking or gloves woven from their drawings. Indian-Pakistani mehendi combine hacksome drawings, ornaments and smooth lines
• Indonesian and South Asian mehendi incorporated one of the ornaments of the masters of the Middle East and India

Here are some values \u200b\u200bof Mehendi drawings:

How to draw mehendi on the hand in stages?

As mentioned above, it is better to purchase henna for mehendi in special packages in finished form. This will be one hundred percent guarantee of a saturated color and duration of the effect. In addition, you can apply such henna directly from the bag by simply cutting its tip.

If you still decide to cook their henna paste yourself, then you need to know a few rules:

• it is better to buy henna in, hermetically closed, packages, since henna loses its coloring abilities due to constant contact with air
• henna for dyeing hair is not suitable for dyeing skin
• heat is better to buy natural - synthetic henna can cause allergies

The process of cooking for mehendi from henna:

1. We brew strong black tea (three teaspoons of tea for half a liter of water)
2. Cook tea on low heat from five to ten minutes
3. We filter tea
4. In forty grams of henna, we gradually pour brewed tea, continuously mixing the resulting gruel
5. Add two tablespoons of lemon juice to the henna solution and a couple of drops of eucalyptus or mehendi oil
6. The resulting mixture of the consistency of the toothpaste must be removed in the refrigerator for four hours
7. In sealed packaging, the paste is stored for up to three weeks, and in frozen form - up to four months

To make a henna paste, you can use simpler methods: mix tea and lemon juice in a ratio of one to one and add henna to them. Instead of tea, you can use coffee. Some Michandi masters add sugar to the paste to increase its viscosity.

In general, it must be said that each master has his own recipe for making pasta for mehendi. Many of the creators of Mechandi keep the subtleties of preparing their stable henna solution in the strictest secret.

The phased execution of Mehendi drawing on the arm:

1. Before applying the picture, we conduct a test for the sensitivity of the skin to the henna solution. To do this, we apply a small amount of pasta to the inside of the elbow and wait for half an hour. If during the test there was no skin reaction to henna, we begin to prepare a skin area on which the pattern will be directly performed
2. We thoroughly wash the skin with soap, you can even use scrub for these purposes
3. We remove excess vegetation from the desired area of \u200b\u200bthe skin
4. Before applying the picture, lubricate the skin with eucalyptus oil or special oil for mehendi
5. We begin to apply the drawing from large main lines, and then we complement the drawing with small elements
6. You can apply mehendi directly from the package, or you can also with the help of special brushes or sticks
7. A layer of pasta applied to the skin should be at least two millimeters
8. If any error is made in drawing processes, remove it with a cotton wool
9. After completing the pattern, we leave the henna on the skin for one hour
10. At the end of the specified time, the stupid side of the knife or with a special scraper remove dry paste from the skin
11. It is possible to wet the pattern of Mehendi only after eight hours, therefore it is recommended to perform it before bedtime

Mehendi sketches on the arm for beginners

Mehendi sketches on the leg for beginners

Stencils on the hand for mehendi

Stencils on the foot for mehendi

Beautiful mehendi on the arms and legs: photo

White mehendi on the arm: photo

White mehendi is performed by white acrylic paint, the so -called glitter. This paint is made without the use of henna, because such a drawing will not stay as long as a drawing made by henna.

How much does Mehendi last?

• If you follow all the recommendations after the procedure, then Mehendi can last at least two weeks. The maximum deadline is four weeks
• In order for Mehendi's drawing to last as long as possible, it needs to not be wetted as long as possible, not to scratch, not rub and scrub
• If the mehendi is made by glitter, then it will last until the first contact with water, since acrylic paint does not penetrate the skin, that is, does not color it

How to erase Mehendi?

It is almost impossible to remove Mehendi completely after performing the procedure. But you can loosen the color and blur the pattern. The following manipulations contribute to the discoloration and removal of the picture:

• going to the bathhouse
• steaming in the bathroom and rubbing the pattern of drawing with lemon juice
• intensive rubbing the place of mehendi washcloth
• skin scrubbing
• wiping the place of drawing alcohol
• wiping the pattern of the pattern with liquid for removing varnish with acetone
• wiping the place of the drawing of hydrogen peroxide

Mehendi for men on the arm

The most ardent fans of the art of Mehendi are women. They like to transform their body with the help of such beautiful ornaments for various kinds of events, traveling, photo shoots and even weddings.

However, in addition to women, men can decorate their body with beautiful drawings with a semantic load. For them, in the Mehendi collection there are also ornaments and patterns that emphasize their strength, courage, self -esteem and heroism.

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