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Saturday, 18 July 2015

Snapperoon: Eid-ul-Fitr Mehndi 2015





Capturing my life in snaps.

So today marks the end of Ramadhan for this year.
To celebrate, we design our hands with mehndi/henna patterns.

From being fed up of having no one to do my mehndi growing up, I taught myself how to.
I'm not exactly mehndi artist of the century, but I can do the odd flower and paisley.




My sister's right hand accompanied with her blue and orange nail polish to match her Eid clothes.
(Apologies for the lighting - I'm clearly not photographer of the century either!)

 My sister's left hand - I like the design of the index finger here so will be making a mental note of that for future mehndi sessions!


This one is cute. Again, still my sister's hand. I like the simplicity of this one and I think the heart looks bolder with it being left empty and designs all around it. My sister's favourite and mine too I think!

And finally, my own hands. I've said this previously, but I really like the way simple designs look as opposed to a full hand of mehndi. I especially like the finger toppers on this one.


Honestly, I'm not too fond of this one. I'm kind of glad this one is in the palm of my hand rather on the outer. I do like it but the surrounding of the outer circle is messy and not a fan.

Despite all the time and effort it took to squeeze all these mehndi patterns out of the tube, what I failed to realise was that the mehndi tube I was using was an old one. And as a general rule of thumb, the older the mehndi, the lighter the stain it leaves. And to no one's surprise, the stain left if practically non-existent! Rookie mistake - I know! But ah well, it's all in good practice!

If you'd like to see my mehndi designs from last year's Eid-ul-Fitr, you can do by clicking this.

Cool. Right. Well, I'm off to enjoy the festivities.
Good day and keep smiling xxx

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Snapperoon: Eid-ul-Fitr Mehndi 2014

Capturing my life in snaps. 

I am by no means a henna/mehndi artiste professional but I do try!
This is all from years of practice as growing up, I had nobody else to do my own mehndi but myself.
My little sister's mehndi with her red and gold polish to match her Eid clothes.

 My mum hardly ever wants to get her mehndi done and the one occasion that she allows me to, the mehndi tube clogs up half way through hence the small design!

And finally, my own hand.
I'm quite fond of the one-sided style.

 I think the simpler the design, the more pleasing it is to the eye.
This is my attempt of following a design I found on t'internet.

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Snapperoon: University of Manchester

Capturing My Life in Snaps


If Sherlock was in Manchester.

"There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
- Colin Powell

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Snapperoon: Homemade Cheesecake

Capturing My Life in Snaps


"Love is a fruit in season at all times and
within reach of every hand." - Mother Teresa
 ...Love is also cheesecake.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/fruit.html#7T2XhJpPxWAgOCh8.99
Smile, I'm Yummy.

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Snapperoon: Garden Flowers

Capturing My Life in Snaps
"Always keep that happy attitude.
Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet."
- Earl Nightingale

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns;
I am thankful that thorns have roses."
- Alphonse Karr

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."
- Khalil Gibran
 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Snapperoon: Road Trip Sunsets 2013

Capturing My Life in Snaps

 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet

"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon,
my soul expands in the worship of the creator." - Mahatma Gandhi

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Snapperoon: London City

Capturing My Life in Snaps.

 BONG.
 
"This melancholy London -
I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled
to walk through its streets perpetually."
- William Butler Yeats