Arabian mehandi, temporary tattoos, stylish bangles for Teej

Arabian style mehandi designs and temporary tattoos created with kajal and nail polish besides a range of stylish bangles are among popular trends seen sported by women and girls this festival season of Teej.
"Women like the Arabian mehandi designs and this has been the in trend design for this Teej festival. The colour is good and looks thicker than the traditional Rajasthani style," says Rajeshwari, a mehandi applier who is participating in the Teej Festival at Dilli Haat here.
Mehandi or henna in the Arabic design is available in two colours, red and black in which the latter is used for outlining patterns.

"When applying mehandi, the Rajasthani design are thinner and the Arabian design is available in two colours-black and red. Black colour is used for outline. Leaves are common in the Arabian style," says Shama, from Old Delhi who has been a regular at the festival organised by Delhi Tourism.
Prices charged for the application of mehandi begin from Rs 50 and goes up to Rs 1000, depending on the design. Cones that can be filled with henna are also available for those who want to try the do it yourself style.
Temporary tattoos, a modern day innovation is seen to be highly loved among the women and young people with many taking to sporting them on the wrist and near the elbows.

"Women generally want to get their names or the name of their loves ones printed on their hand. These tattoos are temporary and remain for three to four days if you do not wash them. These are generally made of Kaajal and nail polish and are not harmful for the skin," says Priyanka, who has put up a stall of unique bangles and tattoos at Dilli Haat.

Colourful bangles made of glass, laakh, gems like ruby, emerald etc are popular among women. New varieties like Panchkada, Ponchi, Ginni waale Kade, Kangan etc are being introduced for the festival season.
"We have got new varieties like Panchkada, which can be worn alone with a few glass bangles. We also have ponchi, Ginni Waale Kade, Kangan and stone bangles of different designs which we have made especially for this festival," says Nazima, another regular at the Dilli Haat's Teej festival.

The bangles were all handmade and started from the range of Rs 100.