‘Henna’ also termed as ‘Hina’ and ‘Mehendi’, is one of the famous body art adorned by women from Middle East, Africa and Indian sub continental countries. It owes a great deal of importance in the cultural settings of these countries heading back to the bronze ages in eastern Mediterranean.
Henna is precisely used as a natural dye to adore hands, feet and various body parts, specifically by women. It is extracted from the leaves and stem of a woody shrub from hot and humid regions known as ‘Lawsonia Inermis’. In western countries Henna has gained immense popularity as a temporary tattoo and various companies are involved in the production of such tattoos that do not stay for more than a day or two.


The fresh henna leaves do not produce stains on the skin because the lawsone molecules do not trespass by fresh leaves onto the skin. The lawsone molecules are the actual cause behind the stains, as soon as they are absorbed by the outer layer of skin leaving behind a burgundy stain on it. These molecules bind up with the proteins in the skin layer when the henna paste is applied on it resulting in a temporary coloration of skin.

Well that is quite enough for the history class, I have collected some amazing henna designs videos for my beautiful readers that are pretty simple to adorn along with step by step guide. Eid is already coming-in and these simple mehendi designs are perfect to astound your friends this year. I have seen tons of blogs featuring the same old henna designs for ages and I want something awesome for my readers so I have come up with these videos for you. Feel free to follow them on Youtube.