The best artists are those who come recommended by your girlfriends. SpiceRoute magazine of Spicejet Airways have done the groundwork for you and shorlisted Rashmi Jain as one of the best mehndi / henna artist.
Inderjit Nagi of SpiceRoute featured uncovers the fascination behind this ancient art form and the talented artists moving the practice into the 21st century
Rashmi Jain @ mehendi.co.in with MS Dhoni at Kolkata Airport. Rashmi Jain had an opportunity to travel together with Dhoni in the same flight (spicejet) from Jaipur to Kolkata on 29th December 2008.
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Just before Id, women don their hands with intricate mehendi designs. But this year its the Arabic design that is most popular among women in Hyderabad. A Hyderabadi woman Vaishnavi Soni said, “Every year I fill my hands with Henna but this year I like the simple look. On Id I will stick kundun and glitter on it.”
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Quick Tips for Arabic henna / mehendi design:
Clove oil is a must in the mehendi mixture for an Arabic design to run smoothly, and takes just an hour to dry. Then tapping some lemon and sugar syrup on the mehendi gives the darkest shade of red you desire.
Henna artist Rashmi Jain said, “Arabic design usually has flowers or leaves which looks so beautiful on hands”.
Bollywood actress Esha Deol has a passion for tattoos, sporting two on her beautiful body. One is a scorpion on her left bosom and the other the Gayatri Mantra on her back.
With the release of her movie, “One Two Three”, the actress has introduced a brand new, unique piece of bodyart on her left shoulder.
Henna tattoos or Mehndi tattoos are a kind of temporary tattoos. Temporary tattoos are normally applied to the skin using water to transport the design to the surface of the skin. In some regions like India, the Middle East, North Africa and other Asian countries, temporary tattoo art forms are known as Mehndi.
Henna Tattoos : Henna tattoos are a version of menhdi, a traditional type of body art from India. Traditional henna tattoos consist of complex designs to decorate the hands or feet – they were an integral part of many Indian festivals. Nowadays though, the same technique is used for washable tattoos in a variety of standard tattoo styles. These temporary tattoos can sometimes look quite realistic.
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Henna tattoos or Mehndi tattoos are a kind of temporary tattoos. Temporary tattoos are normally applied to the skin using water to transport the design to the surface of the skin. In some regions like India, the Middle East, North Africa and other Asian countries, temporary tattoo art forms are known as Mehndi.
