The Instagram for Kundan Henna boasts photos and videos of all sorts of intricate henna designs by its self-taught founder from Alberta, Canada. Henna is actually a small flowering shrub used for ...

The history and tradition of Indian bridal henna, also known as mehndi, can be traced back thousands of years. It is an integral part of some Indian weddings and is considered auspicious and symbolic.

Neha Assar can spend up to three hours holding a bride’s hands before a wedding. She will also devote three hours to holding her feet. Ms. Assar is a henna artist specializing in mehndi, the ...

Eid al-Fitr 2023 Mehndi designs: Eid al-Fitr is around the corner, and the pious festival is synonymous with mehendi/henna laden hands, flaunted by women of all age groups, dressed in their best Eid ...

It took almost fours hours for two artists to cover Roseate Rakshikaa’s hands and feet with traditional henna adornment. Hidden within the patterns representing fertility, good luck and love was the ...

Muslims throughout the world are busy making extensive preparations for one of the most important Islamic festivals, Eid al-Fitr, which falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth month of the ...

Mehndi or Mehendi is a form of body art that can be traced to ancient India, in which decorative designs are created on a person’s body using a paste created from the powdered dry leaves of the henna ...

Two days before her marriage, Anita Judge had a traditional mehendi party at her brother's home in Palo Alto, which was filled with the melody of Indian music and the scent of samosas. Ravie Kattaura ...

With Eid around the corner, the demand for henna artists has increased exponentially. Most artists have a packed calendar and are no longer taking bookings. Khaleej Times spoke to some henna artists ...

It’s 2008. I’m ten years old. I have a henna cone in my hand and I’m not afraid to use it. I squeeze unrecognisable flowers onto the women, and I paint wonky footballs and messy rockets onto the boys.

It’s hard to pin down the exact origin of the ancient body art of henna. Some speculate that Cleopatra, perhaps the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of the words “consummate beauty,” used ...