6 Full-Body Mehndi Concepts That Every Millennial Bride Would Love
Mehndi is a really integral part of our wedding rituals. So why restrict it only to our hands? Try experimenting with it, by applying full body mehndi.
Mehndi is one of the most important wedding rituals in India. A bride’s hands are considered to be incomplete if they do not have mehndi on it. Some of the brides’ revel in it and some are not really on board with a lot of mehndi. But most do take pleasure in a tradition that has been going on for years now.
What we do not think about is that how restrictive we have made this tradition to be. Why do we just choose our hands and feet to be adorned by mehndi? There are a lot of ways in which we can get a full body mehndi and it would make us look just as beautiful, if not more so than mehndi on our feet and hands.
Full body mehndi is a beautiful art that draws attention to the bride in various beautiful ways. Since, we are not so used to seeing full body mehndi on people, seeing it on a bride sparks a new trend and also intrigues the guests.
Hearing the concept itself people would get some ideas as to what it is. To make it even more clear, it is basically mehndi done to different parts of your body, some you might feel are unusual and some are just extensions of hand and feet. Like, Bajuband mehndi, back mehndi, collarbone mehndi, thigh mehndi and many more. Want to know why some of these full body mehndi locations are so intriguing?
1. Make Collarbone the Canvas
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This full body mehndi looks very beautiful and appealing. For brides who want something extra which also looks appealing, then a collar bone mehndi would be a beautiful addition to her full body mehndi. It is not hidden away, rather it is there for everyone to see. Now this location for a mehndi, if you feel, is too in your face for a bride, it can always be carried beautifully by her bridesmaids or even the sisters of the groom.
2. The Neat Necklace of Mehndi
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This type of mehndi sits very prettily around your neck and it is larger than a collarbone mehndi but is definitely as pretty. As the name suggests, it looks like a necklace and if you are not just that into jewellery then this could be the mehndi for you. This would be a better fit for the bridesmaids rather than the bride as a bride might have to wear a necklace in compulsion. You can get any intricate designs that you want to get, which can be as big or as small as you want, and you wouldn’t feel a thing.
3. Mehndi design or Bajuband
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The Bajuband mehndi is something that can carry brides superbly through her functions. This mehndi is not just an addition to your full body mehndi but also can act as a replacement to one of your jewellery pieces. It can act as a Bajuband for the various functions you have, and it has advantages over the real deal. It would not be as costly as a real Bajuband. Additionally, you can have any intricate patterns that you would want, and which you might not find in a real Bajuband.
4. A Tattoo on the Back
This type of mehndi can be very interesting for the bride or bridesmaid to get. Since it would depend on the type of blouse one wears, that if it would show or not. This makes it a very alluring choice. A bride could totally pull off this type of a full body mehndi. Get a fascinating motif done in the centre of your back or you could even get the hashtag of the Shaadi written on your lower back, and have fun!
5. Flaunt That Midriff
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Belly mehndi would be very similar to back mehndi in intrigue, as shown, this would also be solely dependent on what type of blouse do you wear. If it’s long or short, or maybe you could wear a gown to hide this mehndi completely. This could be a better choice for the bridesmaids or the sisters of the groom, as they could maybe not get a motif done but rather a phrase related to the wedding.
6. When Mehndi Goes Thigh High
This mehndi is tantalizing than all of the other full body mehndi design. It is the one mehndi place that would not be seen by mostly anyone as it would be right up your leg, and it is not like you would be wearing shorts for showing it off. It could be an enticing secret between the bride and her groom.
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After learning all of this would you not want to get a full body mehndi done? Also, when getting it done for your wedding or a close ones wedding try keeping the tone of all your mehndi designs similar to each other. Don’t you just love the concept of full-body mehndi?
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