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Oil for mehendi

In recent years, the mysterious word “mehendi” has become more and more common. What does it mean? If we translate complex terms from dictionaries into human language, these are drawings that are applied with specialized paint on human skin. Mehendi are a good replacement for tattoos. If you decide to get a tattoo, but do not know how the drawing will look on you, then you can make mehendi, and everything will become clear. The drawings themselves can be varied: animals, plants, inscriptions, etc. Caring for them is quite easy, but it is still needed. The most important procedure after the direct application of mehendi is to coat the pattern with oil. How to do it better, its approximate price and other information you will learn in our article.

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Oil for mehendi (henna drawings) – purpose

This oil has a sufficient number of functions, however, we will tell you about the three most important.

  1. Softening the skin. After applying mehendi, the skin becomes very dry. If you want to restore the former softness of the skin, then the oil is definitely worth buying. Of course, you can also use a regular emollient cream, although the oil will do much better with this, especially if you assume that it has a natural composition..
  2. Antibacterial effect. After applying such a washable “tattoo”, it is important to disinfect the drawing, but here the usual cream will not help you.
  3. Maintains the brightness of the picture. After applying this oil, your drawing will not only last longer on the skin, but also will not fade in the sun and when in contact with water..

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Of course, oil for mehendi still has a fairly large number of advantages, for example, a short-term expansion of pores, although it is stupid to list them all, the above functions of the oil already recommend it for purchase.

How to use mehendi oil?

When creating mehendi, oil is applied twice. The first time you need to apply it before the master will make a drawing for you, and the second time at the end of drawing a drawing to fix it. You need to use a very small amount of oil, and the layer itself should be thin.

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Information before buying oil for mehendi

Of course, the price of such oil depends on the volume and the firm. Most often, the bubbles for it are produced in a small volume – about 6 milliliters. At first, it may seem that this is very small, and it will only be enough for one drawing, but this is not so. The price for such a tube will vary from 100 to 200 rubles, the average price will be about 150 rubles.

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The compositions of different companies will naturally differ from each other, but not much. For example, taking the first bottle of oil in the pharmacy, we read the following composition: terpineol oil, eucalyptus oil, clove oil.

A fairly large number of companies produce oils for mehendi. Among the masters, several are valued, which we can tell you about. The first, respectively, is Irisk Professional. For a novice master, this phrase might not give anything, but people who have been working in this industry for a long time are familiar with it. Not a bad company Ayun. The plus of the oils of this company is that they are produced in large volumes – 20 ml, however, their price is rather big – about 300 rubles.

Prepared by: malinnik (Prokhorova Margarita Vadimovna)