Getting creative with mehendi is what the fashion conscious are indulging in today’s world.

From being an ingredient that helps enrich hair to becoming a significant part of a girl’s marriage celebrations, mehendi has evolved into a must-have product.

The once popular big and small dots and swastiks – that added charm to a bride’s hands have now given way to delicate patterns and attractive designs.”The concept of beauty itself has undergone a sea change. Mehendi is just following suit and is undergoing a major transformation. Now, even men are going in for mehendi, not as henna but as a design on the hands.

Mehendi ceased to be just a traditional mould of designing long ago. Today, there are different patterns that come under four main categories, mix-and-match and fusion designs. Arabic, Marwadi, Indian and black outlines are the major and well-known categories.While Arabic designs comprise a huge leaf and three to four flowers, Marwari designs are thin patterns where the entire hand is filled without a single gap. The other designs comprise kalash, doli, peacocks, mangoes, parrots, etc.Mehendi tattoos on certain parts of the body, colour mehendi and glitter mehendi are popular with youngsters. “Faces, sun, scorpions and little floral designs are currently the favourite designs. Girls prefer tattoos on their neck, forearms, upper arms, neck, waist, navel and sides of the shoulders.

Sporting the name of the spouse as part of the design is the in-thing. Earlier, the bride used to shy away from the practice. But now, she proudly flaunts it.

The magic of mehendi in all its glory and glitter continues to enthrall.

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