Bollywood Beauty

 
The beauty of Bollywood has captivated the world, and excitingly made its way into influence of mainstream American fashion.  It is womanly, yet shy, and sparkly, and rich, full or color, mystery and centuries of culture.  From Mehndi and its many traditions and meanings, the rich use of color in cloth, spices and their many uses and flavors, and the jewelry that has many meanings and occasions, the makeup which enhances a woman’s full beauty.  The enjoyment of an innocence forgotten by the western world to family friendly films.  My husband was captivated by the filmstars of old like Madhuri and Rekha and Amitah Bachan, and ended up with a much more real and healthy idea of what a women looks like, then our western ideals, the knowledge that women change thru child birth and a life lived, and that thin is not the value of a woman, but morals, modesty, and a kind word, giving all she has for family.
I have been captivated by the movies, culture, and traditions since, at 17, I got my first mehndi at a cultural festival.  I was hooked by the smell and feel on my skin the mystery in the design and the folklore surrounding it, and thus started a decade long love of all things hindustani.




 
   
   
Ashwariya Rai                                             Prianka Chopra
 
Madhuri Dixit                                                - Deepika padukone
 
   
And my favorite heroine, Rani Mukerji….my favorite movie is Dil Bole Hadippa!, my 2 yr old asks to watch it daily, and we watch it about 4 times a week, it never gets old.  If you have never watched a hindi movie before, you GOT to try this one…you will be hooked too
 
Madhuri Dixit                                                               Deepika padukone
 
Part of the allure of Indian beauty is the timelessness of it, the unabashed femininity, the ruchness.
Enjoy!

Sooo, it's 8 days till Christmas and I am going like crazy to finish my homemade gifts...I have two more big projects, one medium one.  I have a sewing prject left to finish and A TON OF WRAPPING to do!  AHHH!  I am oficially stressed out.....So I was suppossed to post the dishes with mehndi/henna designs i have for sale but didnt have time to take pics yesteday, so i will try to get them up tonight.  But for right now, since i am stressed and rushed I am posting some lovely shoes!  and other nice things to break from the hustle and bustle and enjoy a little sparkle or two ;)...

They come up with the most amazing shoes now!  They are like a work of art....I am starting to understand my sisters obsession. :)











And now for some Mehndi that I love, I have had requests for mehndi for the holidays and these have been some of my inpiration as i warm up for some fun get togethers.

 SOooo, like any good glamazon, I have been thinking how i will do my hair for Christmas gettogethers and the Big C day, and these are some things that I have been deciding on...I really really really love the first one but will have to practice if it will look anyting close to that Lol....so I cant decide between half up, all up or all down and great accessories.......

 How are you doing your hair for the holidays?  What inspires you?  Any makeup Ideas?
A Very Merry Christmas to all!



 

Latest Mehndi/henna designs!

 This foot is one of my favorites...the artist did a fabulous job.

                             Love this one too!  It is possibly close to what will                                                                              on my hands next :)

 Nice for a wedding design...cute two halves of a heart.

I love henna/mehndi as anyone who know me knows all too well, it was a borderline obsession at one point i would say, as one design would be almost gone I would be applying another one over top "to practice :)".  And I never dreamed at 17 that I would marry into the culture and really get to have it on my wedding day as I always hoped i would....I had to do it myself tho LOL, as no one in my hubby's family knew how, they had always had me do it for them and would joke about making "the white girl do the Indian girls mehndi"!:)  lots of fun....and through the years i have kept up pretty well with the trends in henna designs.  So when i recently search  - Latest mehndi - on google i was thrilled to see some changes!  more practice for me yay! (I seriously doodle design while sitting through meetings and a few church services (gasp:)), and have a binder full of sample designs for any family that will consent to be my next victim .....:)  I just think the world is a prettier place because of mehndi.....*