Henna Body Art

photo credit: Vincent Tulio

In order to produce sophistication and complexity in the designs with skill and tidiness, plastic cones are a convenient option that can also be produced domestically with ease and quite inexpensively anytime that.

The equipments required so far for its preparation are easily available at home and nearby shops.

You would be requiring small freezer bags, scissors, scotch tape and twist ties. One freezer bag can conveniently be used to form two plastic cones for Mehndi.

The procedure is quite easy but quite care-involving as well whilst cutting and handling of the freezer bags.

Primarily, cut the freezer bag in to squares. The size of the cone depends upon your own discretion though try not for very big ones as they are quite difficult to handle.

The edges should be cut with 90 degrees angle to keep them as appropriate as possible. After this, make a funnel shape out of the squares.

As the plastic is quite slippery, wrap the square around itself in such a way that it completely overlaps it other half and leave no space for the Mehndi paste to squeeze out of small holes.

At the end of the funnel, leave a small hole for paste according to your own convenience and also according to the consistency of your paste and what size hole is required to get an even flow.

Great care is, now, required to tape the cone, making sure that it is done along its side edges where it overlaps. Tape all the way till the bottom of the cone and have few pieces ready with you instead cutting them whilst holding the cone otherwise it could deform your cone.

Your cone is partially ready now and the next step is to add the Mehndi inside the cone

The cone should be half-filled with the help of a plastic or glass spoon instead of a metal spoon. After it has been filled, twist the remaining of freezer cone with the correct pressure and way of squeezing to prevent out-spills of contents and tie it up with the twist ties.

Your home-made Mehndi Cone is ready for usage of creating out amusing designs and patterns on hands and feet!

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