Importance of Hartalika Teej
Hartalika Teej is a special festival, when women do sixteen makeup and adorn themselves. It is mandatory to apply Mehndi on this occasion, because without it this festival seems incomplete. On this day women worship Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati and pray for the long life of their husbands.
Tips to darken the color of mehendi
However, the color of mehendi starts fading with time. If you are also struggling with this problem, then this article will prove useful for you. We will tell you some simple solutions by which the color of your mehendi will become darker.
Try these easy home hacks
While mixing henna, add tea leaf water instead of normal water. For this, boil a cup of water and add tea leaves to it. When the water cools down, add henna in it.
Add a little oil before mixing it in henna. This will ensure uniform color of mehendi. When the mehendi dries slightly, mix water and sugar in a bowl and apply it on the mehendi with cotton. This trick will make the color of mehendi even darker.
After the mehendi dries, apply pickle oil with cotton. This will make the color of the mehndi even darker.
After removing mehendi, avoid washing hands with water. First use household balm, but do not apply it on the pores of the fingers. This will improve the color of mehendi.
When the mehendi dries, apply a little mehendi oil on the hands and stay away from water for about 3 hours. This will make the color of mehndi even brighter.