• The hotter you are, the darker the mehandi colour comes out on the skin. The old wives tale goes “The darker the color the more your husband   loves you!” 
  
• We at Mehandi Creations, specialise in making top quality, fresh, natural mehandi paste to guarantee the rich bridal color it will give to all brides.
  
• Excessive washing and lotions may affect the color of the mehandi. 
  
• Once mehandi is applied on the skin, it may be left overnight or left on for at-least 4 hours to enhance the deepness in color. 
  
• The mehandi can be scraped of with a payment card or an unsharpened butter knife.
  
• The mehandi on the skin should not be covered with a plastic bag or gloves as it will result in condensation from sweating and therefore   loose the definition in design. 
  
• Lemon Juice & sugar syrup can be applied with cotton wool on to the mehandi once it is dried. This will secure the mehandi onto the skin more and therefore, result in the darkness of the colour on the skin. Application may be repeated, if mehandi feels dry and hard. 
  
• The color on the skin will darken on the day after the mehndi has been applied. The darkness in colour will last for a few days and will fade   away.
  
• The mehandi powder can be a khaki, green or dark brown color depending on where it comes from. It usually develops into a chocolate brown color when applied as a paste onto the skin. Fresh mehndi   powder will produce a strong dark brown color and will last longer. Stale mehndi will produce a light orange colour, which will not get   darker over time.
  
• The use of black “henna” should be avoided as it contains a dangerous   chemical called Para-phenylenediamine (PPD) found in hair dyes which causes skin irritations.
  
• Brides should have manicures, pedicures & waxing done before mehandi is applied on them as otherwise the mehndi will be waxed off with the hair!
  
• To beautify your mehandi for mehndi nights, wedding or receptions, body glitter and gems in different colours can be applied on the skin to match the outfits. Mehandi Creations specializes in all types of glitter work.