Simple and Beautiful Mehndi Designs | Simple Mehndi Designs by Ayesha Akram

Makeup has become an essential for women in all over the world. Girls used various types of cosmetics and natural abstracts to become beautiful. Mehndi is one of them natural abstracts used to draw different tattoos, patterns and designs on hands, feet and on other parts of the body. It is famous in all over the world but in South Asia it’s become a tradition. This craze evolves courage and guts to become a mehndi artist in young girls and Ayesha Akram is one of them.

Here we have some Simple but Beautiful mehndi designs by Ayesha Akram for you. Hope you will like the work of Ayesha Akram.

Simple Floral Mehendi

This is a simple mehndi design occasionally used to draw for parties or casually. Ayesha Akram got a good hand and she had a variety and quality in her work. She has beautifully drawn this floral design. This is an Indian mehndi design covering palm and wrist and looking marvelous.

Beautiful Mehndi

This is an Arabic mehndi design; usually draw as a bridal mehndi design or for wedding parties. Ayesha Akram really has a good technique and sense to draw such a strong mehndi designs. Design covers both side of hand, fingers and wrist. Sharp red color mehndi paste has been used for this Arabic mehndi design.

Simple Back Hand

Simple Front Hand

Ayesha Akram has a variety in her hand and she can draw all types of mehndi designs like Indian, Arabic and Pakistani. This Pakistani mehndi design has been beautifully drawn by the artist. This floral design is really looking great, covering fingers, palm and wrist. Usually mehndi designs have drawn with thick mehndi paste in Pakistan to give strong visual impact.

Simple Bridal

Beautiful Mehndi Art

Simple but Beautiful

Good mehndi artist can draw every type of mehndi designs and especially they have skills to draw beautiful bridal mehndi designs. Bridal mehndi designs have usually drawn on both hands and arms with a thick and rich designing work. These are some of her simple but beautiful mehndi designs including Indian bridal mehndi design and Arabic bridal mehndi design.

Shamaeel Collection | Sitara Premium Collection 2011-12

Shamaeel Ansari is a big name in Pakistan fashion industry. She started her career almost two decades ago. She has introduced an exclusive style reflecting the tradition of Pakistani fashion and culture in contemporary times. She has a good understanding of what to do with a piece of cloth by transforming it into a highly treasured piece of fashion and design. Having previously worked together in exports, Premium Brand Shamaeel and Sitara share a very healthy working relationship. This time they have partnered together to bring us innovative designs, beautiful fabrics and a style statement through their collection, for both local and international clients. In this shamaeel sitara collection of 2011-2012, she has something for everyone. Outfits, whether casual or classic have really stylish and perfect look. Mix variety of embroidery work along with stylish and elegant designing has been used to develop this collection. All the dresses have stylish, modern and trendy patterns.

A fabulous piece of artistic work this dress has. Open kurti pattern of shirt looking modern and elegant with perfect stylish embroidery work on it. The fabric has beautiful embedded design and the designer also use this embedded design in a very effective way and have developed this fabulous dress.

Following range of dresses of shamaeel wardroab has unique and stylish designs and patterns. All the dresses have been designed beautifully on same fashion and designing grounds. All the dresses have embroidered design on chest and shoulders in a wide range and variety of neck styles. All the shirts have full sleeves of different styles like umbrella, skin fit and casual fit. This shamaeel sitara premium lawn collection 2011-2012 has all types of Pakistani shalwar kameez dresses for every gall of Pakistan. This collection ranges from open kurti to semi frock. Scroll down to have a closer look to all these fabulous dresses.

Open Shirt

   

Long Kurti Fashion

Premium Style

Long Gown

Long Frock

 

Long Kurti

This dress has fabulous blend of floral and lining embedded designing on it. The dress is in sleeve less pattern with V shape neck style which is the demand of summer season. The color scheme is superb and has powerful impact on designing.

Shamaeel Ansari Collection

Party wear Kurti

Shamaeel is an artistic mind designer and she has a great sense of humor about fashion. She always design unique dresses and in this shamaeel sitara premium lawn collection 2011-2012, her skills at highest level. The following dress is a real example of her artistic mind. This semi frock type long kurti has been modified and design beautifully according to trend. Lace and strip work more accomplish this dress. Zig zag and wavy printing pattern is looking stylish.

Premium Long Frock

Sitara Collection

2011-2012 Sitara Collection

Shamaeel is an artistic mind designer and she has a great sense of humor about fashion. She always design unique dresses and in this shamaeel sitara premium lawn collection 2011-2012, her skills at highest level. The following dress is a real example of her artistic mind. This semi frock type long kurti has been modified and design beautifully according to trend. Lace and strip work more accomplish this dress. Zig zag and wavy printing pattern is looking stylish.

Shamaeel Party wear

Exclusive Black

Style and fashion remains incomplete without black and shamaeel really knows this. Following are the beautiful addition to shamaeel sitara premium lawn collection 2011-2012. Dresses in black has stylish and trendy look and they are best for parties.

Girly girl!

Until a couple of years ago, I had no clue about make up or eyeshadows or any of the paraphernalia that is available in the market, and most definitely would not know what an eyelash curler is....reminds me of the girls making fun of Anne Hathaway in The Devil wears Prada! Of course, I did use the occasional foundation/eyeliner/lipstick on occasions...nothing more than that!

Anyway, after we moved to Paris, I couldn't help but notice all the beautiful colors around me and especially, when you see all the lovely cosmetics laid out beautifully in every store - the girl in me has to stop and look, evince interest and finally BUY! ;). 

So many women wear the right makeup here and it enhances their gorgeous faces and I changed my mind. I am slowly building up my collection from MAC (gasp!) and I must admit, I just love getting ready for work and can't wait to put on all the colors in the palette!!!!! :D

Though many people tend to pooh-pooh make up, I truly believe its an art! Its akin to a painting, except its your face or personality.  You can wear a different persona every other day! I just have fun with it, the key is not to take it too seriously. 

Of course, I am definitely not one of those people who refuses to go out sans make up. I do believe, I am naturally beautiful, both outside and from within...but then life would be boring, if it was all plain and vanilla?...make up adds that colour and makes your features 'pop'!

I tried a smoky eye and after much deliberation decided to put it up here, just for kicks! :) It needs a lot of practice to get a finished look, I know... I will get there....soon!

 Edited to add:

Stylish and Chic! ( In my personal opinion and stuff I have learnt over the years...)

•  Do not pluck your eyebrows into a thin line, it makes you look worn out and older - You do NOT want that, I am sure! 
• Refrain from wearing clothes with rhinestones and stay away from plastic earrings or any other accessory - they are really tacky!
• Puff sleeves and jackets or blazers with paddings are a big no-no, unless you are really tiny and petite! They are not flattering in any sense, even if the fashion magazines make it out to be a major trend!
• Waist coats are a very classy way to brighten up a dull top or sweater - my personal favorite and style (if you have noticed!). They are very fashionable and practical too!
• I fill up an empty spraying bottle with rose water to clean my face - it is a great cleansing medium, keeps you feeling fresh and moisturizes as well!
• The Holy grail -  Moisturize, Moisturize and MOISTURIZE!
  

DIY Memorabilia

On our holiday to Austria back in 2009, we visited Vienna. We bought this lovely (The Kiss) painting by Gustav Klimt, in the form of a ceramic tile as a memorabilia! We have a huge collection of fridge magnets from all our travels and it is our most prized collection! (that requires another post!)

Anyway, It has been lying around for a long time and I wanted to make sure it is not lost over the years, in some insignificant corner or lost in transit when we move homes! Its a small piece and to get it framed was such a pain AND when we did find someone, it cost 10 times more than the tile itself! So I set out doing it myself!

1. I bought a standard picture frame and removed the glass.
2. I also bought a plain textured wrapping paper ( I wanted something that looked grand, enhance the painting, not be a distraction!)
3. I wrapped the cardboard in the matte-gold textured wrapping paper.
4. The ceramic tile had a velvet patch on the back and it was convenient to stick it on to the wrapped cardboard.
5. Finally, I put it all into the frame, and voila!...

 

P.S - I have not been very successful in sourcing glass slabs, so I can use the one that came with the picture frame, to work on a glass painting! :D Two birds with a single stone!!!

Accessorizing intelligence!

I love wearing different accessories and I feel it adds zing to your personality. Now that winter is here to stay, I wear dark colours and full sleeved sweaters and tops, and long chains, necklaces and pendants add some colour to a plain garment! Remember that the focus is on the chain or necklace that makes a "statement", which means you have to tone down on everything else! :)

I have noticed these cute "owl pendants" a lot on many fashionable women....but they  all looked the same, and I didn't want to be added to the common crowd! 

But one afternoon, before work, I planned to meet a friend for quick catch-up and some coffee. I arrived early at our meeting point, so I browsed around and found these lovely statement necklaces AND they were on sale ( only the one with the pearls was a bargain)!

The owl pendant in a crystal is something I have never seen, and it was really unique, pretty and MINE! Bien sûr, it has to be!  Right?

I wore it to work and my colleague made a comment that its a symbolic representation of intelligence and knowledge in Greek mythology! :) I was intrigued and googled it to find that its absolutely true...how cool is that?

It reads that in Greek mythology, the owl, and specifically the Little Owl, was often associated with the Greek goddess Athena, a bird goddess who often assumed the form of an owl. Athena was also the goddess of wisdom, the Arts, and skills, and as a result, owls also became symbols of teaching and of institutions of learning, being included in the crest of arms of many universities. In the Western world, owls continue to be traditionally associated with wisdom. They are the unofficial mascot of the high-IQ...

I have a big stand that holds a variety of these statement necklaces now, and they do make any dull garment interesting and make me all charged up as well...who needs diamonds and rubies? :)

Itching to be creative...

I miss working on glass painting that I used to freely work on - one after the other, back in India! In Paris, I am not sure where I can get slabs of glass from...Anyway, this weekend, S and I were busy rearranging the furniture, cleaning and clearing all the clutter from the busy weeks we had....when I found a pile of pebbles I collected from NICE, in the south of France!

I coloured each pebble in a vibrant colour and put them together in this clay Uruli, Amma gifted me when she came to Pune! :)

Its difficult to grow plants as its winter, but I don't give up! Actually, the coriander-hoarder in me does not give up....so I built a space on the balcony around the colourful pebbles. I have loads of little coloured pebbles and small knick-knacks that I have collected over the years...and never really get rid of!

...Slowly, I added the Rajasthani men too....along with the christmas pinecones!

....and now I have something to cheer me up....as I look along outside, with a gorgeous view of the Eiffel Tower and sip coffee, read a book or talk to S!

Wrought Iron Accents!

I love anything in Wrought Iron...I feel it adds a unique charm to any space and has a nice contemporary feel to it too. Some time back, when I scoured through every home store in Paris for a dressing table for a "budget", I came back with this...though it was slightly expensive! :) I never disappoint the shop owner....:P

It gives a nice earthly feel to that corner of my home, and I think it can look nice, wherever we move too! :) I am sort of confined, in terms of space here in Paris as compared to our own spacious home, back "home"! Not that it stops me from working on improvisations!

I saw some lovely wall sculptures and wall hooks, and some amazing ideas - just need another room! :D To give you an example, I am loving this...very unique and "inspirational", yet modern!

(Picture courtesy: www.ironaccents.com)
If you live in the U.S, you should definitely look it up, I was browsing online and found them! They have an amazing collection of everything under the sun in iron! :)...no, I am not being paid to plug this in...I genuinely feel its a great site with some interesting products to offer...

P.S - The wall clock is a lovely gift for S from his team in India, when we came to Paris and the twin tower hanging is ....from Prague, duh! :) Our memorabilia from that lovely mystical place that did not disappoint one bit! We are very blessed to see so much beauty in our lives! Truly!