#mehndi inspired

[issyyhearts]

GUYS SOS

nobody sent me mehndi/henna ideas for my friend to do 😭😭 and she's coming round tommorow guysss helpp

also send me cute EASY stuff for me to paint cuz were gonna do some painting too!!

[hayatheauthor]

Desi/Arab Writing Prompts Part 2

"The bride hides the groom's name in her Mehndi and if he finds it then they're meant to be together for all eternity."

"And if he doesn't?"

She looked over his shoulder nervously at the question, her eyes locking on the tall figure hiding amongst the shadows of their wedding hall with wide black eyes transfixed on the man before her.

"Well, then they don't last very long." 

Prompts Masterlist

[zazyas]

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[mumms-the-word]

BG3 Wedding Season Tag Game

Inspired by @lewdisescariot's post about Spring/Summer being wedding season, I present to you an unofficial Wedding Season Tag Game!

It's time to create your special day. Your favorite companion or NPC has proposed to your OC, or your OC proposed to them, and now it's time to plan and throw a wedding! The first list is about the details, while the second zeroes in on specific moments!

Tag a friend and challenge them to answer some (or all) of the prompts on this list. There are 31 prompts, so you can also use the prompts as a daily headcanon/art/fic challenge. Use the prompts however you like! If you want to share your stuff with a shared tag, you can use the tag #bg3weddingseason

✨Details✨

Wedding, or something else? - What do the characters think about weddings or marriages? If not a wedding, would they acknowledge their relationship in a different kind of ceremony?

Proposal - Who proposed to whom? Were there rings or other gifts involved?

Bachlor/Bachelorette parties? - Do the characters get a bachelor(ette) party before the big day? Does anything crazy happen?

Pre-Ceremony Events - Are there any special events, ceremonies, rituals, or preparations the couple must do before the wedding day? Ritual cleansing, asking a parent for the character's hand, mehndi/henna painting, little pre-ceremony games or challenges, etc?

Formal or informal affair? - Is the wedding elaborate and grand, or simple and sweet? Is it a tenday-long series of parties or is it a quick vow exchange in front of Withers?

Venue - Where is the ceremony and/or reception? Inside? Outside?

Timing - What time of year are they getting married? What time of day?

Traditions - What traditions are involved in the ceremony/reception? Is there a mix of traditions from either partner?

Decor - What kind of notable decor is there at the venue? Do they have something like an arch, a carpet aisle, fairy lights in the trees, or other elaborate decorations? Did they choose to decorate at all?

Flowers - What flowers or other natural elements do they have as part of their decoration, if any? Are these flowers significant?

Bouquet or no bouquet? - Does someone carry a bouquet, or do they choose to carry something else? Or do they walk down the aisle with nothing at all?

Music - Is there music at the ceremony or the reception? What kind of music? Do they hire an orchestra, band, or half-decent bard to serenade them?

Outfits - What is the married couple going to wear? Is there special significance in the outfit choices, colors, jewelry, etc?

Rings - What do their rings look like, if they choose to exchange any?

Vows and Unity Ceremonies - Does the couple exchange vows? Do they complete any kind of "unity" ceremony, like handfasting, planting a tree together, etc?

Wedding Party - Are there bridesmaids, groomsmen, attendants, special witnesses? Are they dressed a certain way or positioned in a special spot?

Going Down the Aisle - Does anyone escort the character walking down the aisle? Do they go alone?

I Now Pronounce You... - Do your characters change their last names, keep their last names, arrange for a specific kind of name? For example, "Mr. and Mr. Dekarios" or "Lord and Lady Ravengard-Cliffgate"?

Guests - Who else is there? Are there any special details about how the guests are arranged, what they are wearing, or what they are doing?

Food - What kind of food and drink is being served at the reception? Is there a lush feast or simple fare? Is there a wedding cake or some other kind of traditional wedding food?

Dancing - Is there any dancing? Elegant waltzes or all-out party-hard tavern music dance parties?

Ending the Night - How does the reception end? Is there a big send-off, or does everyone quietly fade out as the night turns into dawn?

Honeymoon - Does the couple take a honeymoon anywhere?

✨Specific Moments✨

The Night Before - Write about the night before the wedding. Are your characters nervous? Excited? Do they see their partner or keep away?

Getting Ready - Who helps your characters get ready? Are there any sweet, funny, bittersweet, or adorable moments that happen?

The First Look - Write about the moment when your married couple sees each other in their wedding outfits for the first time.

Ceremony - Write the scene where they exchange vows, complete a unity ceremony, exchange rings, or etc.

First Dance - Does your couple have a first dance? What is that like for them?

Private Moments - Every couple needs a private moment away from the big day. When does your couple escape the festivities, before, during, or after the ceremony/reception, to have a private, quiet (or perhaps not so quiet) moment?

Reception - Does anything specific happen at the reception? Drama, a sweet moment with a parent or other companions, cake-smashing, games, a surprise?

First Night, Morning After - Write a specific moment or detail about their first night together as a wedded couple, and/or what it is like for them to wake up the next morning as a wedded couple.

Different cultures around the world have different wedding expectations, ceremonies, events, and so forth, so if you find that this list doesn't let you explore those ideas, feel free to adjust the prompts to suit you and your characters more!

Enjoy and have fun!

[etfrin]

inspired from the ask: "Coryo feeding desi!reader with his hands while her mehendi dries"

—desi! brat(-ish)! reader x soft(-ish)! friends! Coryo Snow 💌—

“Coryo,” you whine, your lips forming a small pout as you look at the blonde man. Coryo rolled his eyes at you when you didn't notice it. He didn't understand the point of festivals he was asked to join though he did appreciate the cultural aspect of it all.

Your house was getting decorated with flowers and whatnot, each servant and family member busy perfecting everything for the holud ceremony being held in your house.

Coryo sighed when you whine his name again in the same bratty tone (the one he wished to fuck out of you). “I will do no such thing,” Coryo said, “It's improper, you're not a child.”

The pout doesn't leave your lips and it takes every ounce of his self-control not to lean forward and kiss you. “Please!” You requested, “Come on, yaar! I haven't eaten anything since morning!” “And that's not on me,” Coriolanus replied simply.

You huff like the spoiled brat you are. “Fine!” You said, standing up from your seat, “I'll ask Sejanus!” “He will understand the struggle, the henna will take time to dry.” You add, now close to walking past him and outside the bedroom to find Sej.

“Sit down,” Snow said, his eyes flashing in anger but his eyes cold. Despite a hint of alarm flashes in your mind, you knew he gave in to you. Coriolanus didn't like being challenged, the fact you were going to Sejanus. You knew he wouldn't like that, even if you aren't his girlfriend but just a friend (for now) he would be jealous nonetheless.

You grin in triumph and get back to your seat. In front of you was a small table and a tray filled with various plates of food. Specifically, a dessert that you want to try right now but are unable to due to the wet henna tattoos on your hands. His eyes flicker to the patterns you had drawn on your skin, various patterns seemingly meaningless yet so damn pretty. He knows that the result will turn out great and will only make you much prettier, too pretty for his sanity to survive.

He sits down beside you, picking up a bowl with what looks like carrots but he never saw anything like it before. Seeing his confusion, you explained, leaning towards sarcasm near the end, “It's Gajoer Halua, a carrot-based sweet dessert. Now please bless me and feed me, Coryo.”

He chuckles, feeling amused by your behavior, unable to help himself as he replies “Why should I? You're not deserving of blessings. You're a brat.” A brat he will take soon enough, no doubt on that. You rolled your eyes, “Pretty please, or else I'll smear all of this,” you flicked your eyes at your mehndi-covered palms (henna), “all over your damn face.”

If it was someone else, he would have thought it was teasing or bluffing but you? Yeah, you definitely would do it if he continued to drag this out any longer. He takes a spoonful of the vibrant orange dessert, he has the urge to coo you to open your mouth like one would to a child. But he was above that silliness so he said nothing, his eyes cool despite the fact his heart seemed to be going haywire when you leaned in to eat. You wink at him as you taste the halwa on your tongue, the sweetness dancing in your mouth.

“That's a good boy,” you grin, “Thank you, Coryo.”

‘Fuck. Fuck. Fuck,’ Coryo thinks, as a blush emerges on his cheeks from the praise. He shouldn't like the way you said it, a tad bit degrading but a compliment nonetheless. He shouldn't like that he wants to hear more thank yous (and 'good boys' but he will never admit that).

Coriolanus Snow thought of you as a friend and dreamed of you as a girlfriend but in reality, you'll be the end of him.

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[tachiha3]

Since Maiko week starts on twitter today…

Day 1 - Wedding I've wanted to draw Mai in traditional wedding clothes for a long time. I'm headcanoning their wedding was a (mostly) private ceremony on ember island, hence the thai inspired clothes. And I added bridal mehndi cause… why not?

Maybe drop a like on my instagram too?

[geesenoises]

so long 2023

hellooooo! i'm writing this in the final minutes of jan 2, to tell you about the two (2) things i wrote and posted last year. thank you to @sorrybutblog and @oknowkiss for tagging me. (jan 2, 2, fics, 2 friends! a theme is emerging!) i am almost certain everyone else has done this already, but just tagging a few pals anyway. please drop me a link to your's if it already exists!: @cavendishbutterfly @elskanellis @oflights @wolfpants @sweet-s0rr0w @basicallyahedgehog @moonflower-rose @phoebe-delia @shealynn88 @phdmama @citrusses

i'm extremely low output in a good year, but whew. 2023 was a rollercoaster (fun and terrifying in turns, and truly there was no way to step off once i was strapped in) in my life and i feel like i've just stopped screaming. i'm hoping to have some rest and the mental space to do creative things again this year, including finishing a wip that's languished since 2022.

the first thing i wrote:

is a ficlet that doesn't have a title, but the tagline: NUT SO HARD A PATRONUS COMES OUT, which i feel needs no further explanation. i am desperately tempted to expand this into a full fic because. what happens when you're out in public and your boyfriend back home indulges in a deeply satisfying wank to the thought of you?

the second thing i wrote was:

draco malfoy starring in... bad idea, right? (T, 2.3k words) Leaving the party to see Potter’s new house couldn’t be a bad idea, right? I mean, Draco was invited…

i had a blast writing this and posting it in tiny drips on tumblr!! the banner is some of my best work imo!!

and you know what? as a bonus round, here's a shoutout to some of my favorite drarry/fandom related shitposts and fic-related thoughts that i wrote this year:

middle-aged harry = keanu reeves

i love it when harry is pathetic

lesbian drarry getting having a mehndi party before their wedding

draco/sirius inspires..... emotions in harry (which unbelievably inspired this work of genius from citrusses!!!)

dron + sectumsempra scars

harry is bad at being rich

can’t believe both harry and draco are tsunderes. tragic. (that is literally the whole post lol sorry)

and finally: canon draco and harry are straight, hate each other, and happy about it.

thanks everyone for hanging out and laughing with me!! here's to another year of shitposting, but also please actual words and complex thoughts!!!!

[nonbinary-morro]

Pavitr Prabhakar inspired mehndi

(ignore the fingertips they're old + at the akward stage of fading)

[spotsupstuff]

Kept meaning to ask. I've been curious about ancient hair (?). Like is there anyways to cut it? Is there a special process? Since it seems so much more.. attached then ours. Do certain regions prefer longer hair? Is it possible to dye it?

i've talked about it once before (here, in case u haven't seen it yet), but true dat i haven't really gone into as much depth there

it still def is more attached than ours and it's quite... literally the actual anemone part of the whole Ancient, probably the most blatant show of their ancestry/evolutionary past. just because of that it would be most likely left completely alone in most places where they r hanging on to the tradition (like most of lower circles with their continued worship of the Folk Gods. Iterator colonies that more or less do this as well are Suns' and Haboob's)

But! the global religion is everywhere, pricks as well and if the masks are any indication, these guys liked their individuality so all that customization has got to be real

since they are already cutting off hands like nobody's business (and it's not Too strange for someone in the lower circles to show up without a limb that they've lost in the name of escaping some predator, rather than dying to 'em- thankfully they've got solid enough regeneration abilities), they wouldn't really have beef against just taking a knife to the "hair" and straight up just chopping it off

going to a barber isn't so unlike going to a butcher or a sushi cook, i guess 👁👁 except there's got to be some anesthesia or smth like that involved cuz dear gods.

next step would be cleaning the wounds, bandaging them up and after the tube body of it + the tentacles inside heal up enough the bandages come off n Boom, haircut! the wounds could be potentially cauterized to prevent any further healing unless the "hair" will be cut above the area

for dyeing, i suppose either directly painting on it with some special paint could do, by all accounts they could actually get tattoos on their "hair", something similar to mehndi (would track with the RW inspirations), with the technological advancements this world has they might have something more chemically oriented that would stimulate the pigment in a certain way? who knows, these bitches weird, they might as well (i can see the first three as acceptable n not that unusual for lower circles, too)

as far as hair customization goes, there are also the fuckin

lil hair decorations. they deserve a lil shout out too

things can mean smth (like the beads with Inkling standing for each of her kids, she's very proud n happy for having them in her life) or nothing much really (like with granmama Sparru). i imagine that some of these could be crocheted! the elderly/stay at home would be the ones to wear them most often cuz they don't run into the risks of getting the things damaged/caught on something while running thru fields or forests or whatever like younglings often do, but there's no reason why a different age group couldn't wear them too (most likely very low circle oriented, if only cuz the high circles have their golden bone masks that often cover the "hair")

[issyyhearts]

GUYS GUYS GUYS

how should I do My nails cuz I have some acrylics to like shove on but my natural nails are so good and I don't wanna ruin them and I'd also just have to paint and shape the acrylics anyways BUT they'd last till the end of the holidays??

or if nit what should I do on my natural nails like colour and a teensy design I can't do like detail detail but I've done little hearts and gems and stuff before so I coukd do smth little LMK!!

or send me like pictures or smth SANE WITH THE MEHNDI/HENNA INSPIRATION SNED PICTURED

tyty bbys

[dmdog]

Thinkin about rakshasa maybe having tiger stripes that look like makeup or tattoos, Vincent being designed after a Siberian tiger could have Scythian inspired patterns and Ajira can have mehndi coloured stripes around her hands and arms since she’s a bengal tiger

And I never deny myself an opportunity to draw catdad with or without clothes

[theoneandonlyyeti]

I decided to make a second outfit for Mahika! this time inspired by the lovely dance costumes for the traditional kuchipudi dance from andrah pradesh!

shes technically supposed to be barefoot with mehndi on her feet as well but i was lazy and didnt want to draw that lol

also i drew her catalyst! its a decorated kashmiri egg! and i imagine she fights sorta like how you would imagine if earth benders actually made contact with the people they were fighting (think wrio but geo)

[please do not repost! reblogs are fine!]

[thelensofyashunews]

CHANI NATTAN, INDERPAL MOGA & AR PAISLEY BRIDGE BORDERS WITH JOINT PUNJABI-ENGLISH HIP-HOP EP EAST TO WEST

 Today, Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley bridge East and West with the release of their highly-anticipated joint EP “East To West”  via 91 North Records. Merging authentic western hip hop sounds with traditional South Asian roots, the 7 track tape, which draws inspiration from early 90s and 2000s Hip Hop, sees Vancouver’s Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga unite with Toronto’s rap titan AR Paisley in a project of timeless music that stays true to its roots while breaking international boundaries.

Featuring evocative bars, as well as a soulful, emotive blend of nostalgic sounds, East to West is sure to cement Nattan, Moga and Paisley's status as the new titans in the Punjabi - Hip Hop scene. Opening track 'Block Boys', blends the essence of early 2000s hip-hop with vibrant Punjabi sounds, in a dynamic fusion that highlights the artists lyrical flair, while fueling an exciting narrative of their collective grind and hustle.

‘Heater’ splices hypnotizing synths, and bouncy bass-heavy percussion over laid-back production from collaborator Jass G, on a track that embodies an aura of dominance and carefree enjoyment. The vibrant and uptempo vibes of ‘Dancer’, an experimental and innovative sound influenced by 90s disco, gives way to ‘Mehndi’, a song inspired by the vibrant culture of Punjabi wedding season - an interplay of nostalgia and romantic undertones that exemplify the artist’s versatility.

The project changes pace on love song ‘All Eyez On You” an intense cut that beautifully reflects on the feeling of being completely enamored by a single person that becomes the center of one’s world, despite the constant allure of the spotlight.  Nattan, Moga and Paisley ride out the ups and downs of life's relational tides, with their most introspective single to date “Seasons’ - an ode to the unpredictable nature of relationships that compare to ever changing seasons. Rounding out the tape is the 2023 release, ‘What’s Beef’, the first collaboration between the artists, which started their ascent together in the hip hop space.

Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley are one of the most exciting breakout rap talents of recent years. With music that is relatable in every sense, driven less by punchlines and more by traditional roots and nostalgia, the artists reflect on their personal experiences of the process saying, “We feel nostalgic when we listen to music right now, the sound reminds us of when we were in middle school going to theme parks, playing basketball etc. We had a lot of relatable connections to music like the music that resonated with us most during our upbringings.”

Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga, and AR Paisley also blaze a trail as the first Canadian South Asian trio to showcase Punjabi hip-hop on the viral platform On The Radar.

Shot in New York City, the trio delivered a dynamic East To West Cypher freestyle on the platform, which has seen the likes of Drake & Central Cee, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty amongst other notable rap acts. The East To West tape follows an exciting 2024 for the rising stars, with a consistent slate of releases from Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga that includes their 91 North Records debut ‘Facetime’ which garnered nods from outlets such as Billboard Canada, reaching #1 on Spotify Canada's Vancouver Pulse Chart and recent release ‘Bhabi’. 

The year has also proved to be a breakout one for Paisley, whose surprise collaboration ‘Drippy’ with the late Sidhu Moose Wala accumulated over 15 million views in under a week, charting #9 on Canada's Billboard Hot 100. They are set to round out the summer with a performance at the UK’s R5B Festival on August 31st!  

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[lizzybeth1986]

So I'm writing a fic about Hanara's pre-wedding henna party for KTAW Day 1, and thought I'd put up their outfits and henna designs in a separate post:

Hana:

(sources for henna: Pic 1 is from this article on ShaadiWish and Pic 2 from the deiasgallery Insta account)

Hana is dressed in a blush pink takchita with ornate floral designs for the henna party (source: Moroccan Glam). The designs for her henna are more floral and flowy, taking inspiration from desi mehndi designs more popular in her mother's home Bethulia.

Kiara:

Kiara is wearing a traditional green and gold caftan with vine and leaf designs in gold embroidery. She also wears a long gold net veil over her hair. Her henna also reflects the Moroccan style of henna design, particularly the Fessi tradition from her grandfather's home town of Fes.

You will notice if you look closely that the name of the spouse (in Pic 2) is in a small box directly below the pinky finger. Which is why it's far easier for Hana to find her name on Kiara's henna.

Dress Source: Pintrest

Pic 1: The Heart of Morocco Pintrest

Pic 2: Mehndi by Ramiya

Henna Candle Set:

Source for this design from the BySoor FB page.

I will be reimagining that the gold design in this set as rose gold instead, but with the pinks and purples being a bit brighter to match the metal design. Hana and Kiara's names are written on different candles.

Some of Kiara's cousins organize the party, so here are four of them that feature in the fic:

Nour Hakmoun - Asmâa Hamzaoui (FC, top left)

Nissrine Hakmoun - Aicha Hamzaoui (top right)

Imane Boussou - Houdaa Founou (bottom left)

Fatimazahra Elmeliji - Imaan Hammam (bottom right).

Soraya El-Baz (the henna artist) - Yousra Mansour