Are you done choosing your mehndi design but clueless about how to make your mehndi darker for the special occasion? The tips below might come in handy.

The dark colour of the mehndi is often associated with deeper love and affection of the husband for the wife. So, you are patiently sitting through the mehndi application, and the toughest part is over, but now you wish your mehndi to be bolder and darker, but you do not know how to achieve it. Do not worry because we are here to rescue you with some natural hacks to get darker mehndi.

Apply eucalyptus oil

Make an exceptional choice by smearing eucalyptus oil. After washing taking off the mehndi, and washing your hands, apply eucalyptus oil to your hands and feet. It does not just smell good, but the oil helps darken the colour of the mehndi.

The good old sugar and lemon for better results

The lemon and sugar concoction is an age-old hack known for effectively darkening the mehndi. Also, make sure you are not overusing it. Simply boil some water with sugar in it and drops of lemon juice in it to prepare the concoction. After your mehndi dries, apply the concoction at least thrice on your mehndi. The sugar helps the mehndi to penetrate deeper into the skin, while the lemon juice catalyzes to ensure the release of darker colour.

Let your mehndi dry naturally.

Let your mehndi dry naturally. Don't use a blow dryer or even shake your hands. The blowing air or movement can smudge the design, and all the time you spent in getting it applied might go in vain.

Run your hands over the fumes of cloves

It is another widely followed natural hack. Just run your hands over the fume of cloves on a hot pan. Take some cloves and heat them over medium flame on a pan. Let the gloves heat up, and run your hands over the heated pan to soak up the fumes. Do this as long as you can.

Use balm to darken your mehndi naturally.

Follow this step after scraping off all the mehndi from your hands and feet.

Apply balms all over your hands just how you apply hand lotion. Leave the balm overnight, and you will wake up to a dark and beautiful mehndi design. The active agents present in balm help to stimulate colour development and create heat under your skin to offer better results.

These simple hacks will let you take complete ownership of your mehndi colour.