How to Remove Mehndi at Home with Natural Products

One of the best ways to remove mehndi at home with natural products is to use baking soda and lemon juice,which are two of the best ingredients to remove mehndi from hands. Take some baking soda and mix it with lemon juice to make a thick paste. Apply it on the mehndi colored area. When it dries completely use a loofah and exfoliate in circular motion. Now wash the hands in warm water. This process usually dries out the skin. So, don’t forget to use a good moisturizer.

This is also a great way to remove mehndi from nails.

The next method to remove mehndi from hands is pretty easy, but you should take into account it can dry your skin quite a bit, so you must make sure not to use it often and to moisturize your skin properly.

Take a bowl of hot water and put some chlorine in it. Make sure the temperature of water is tolerable. Now dip your hands in the solution for 2-3 minutes. Itching and irritation will occur but it will also accelerate the fading process of mehndi.

This is a pretty easy method to remove mehndi, Dip your hand in warm water for 4-5 minutes. Then rub them against each other. This process fastens the mehndi color fading. If you add white vinegar to it it can also server as an effective way to remove mehndi from clothes too.

Washing your hands frequently helps a great deal to lighten the mehndi color. But it may also make the hand dry and is not the best of methods to remove mehndi in one day. So, use a good moisturizer after the color fades away.

Olive oil is a gentle emulsifier and has many benefits for the skin. Dab some olive oil in a cotton pad and apply it all over the hand. This emulsifies the mehndi color and helps to fade the color quickly. Keep applying it at an interval of every 3-4 hours. Table salt can also be added to it as it hastens the process of fading.

This is one of the most popular ways to remove mehndi at home with home remedies. It's also pretty easy too! Just apply toothpaste on the mehndi and rub between the hands once it dries.

Rub your hands with lemon juice and its light bleaching property will aid in the discoloration of the mehendi.

Rub some hair conditioner on your hands and watch as the mehndi color gently fades away.

If you want to know how to make mehndi last longer, follow our tips!

Now that you know how to remove mehndi from hands, you may also notice that, after applying henna your nails may get dirty with the paste too. If you want to know how to remove mehndi from nails, take a look at this oneHOWTO article.

Another question that may arise when you remove henna is how to get it off clothes,as it may spill at some point during application, or if you don't let the mehndi dry fast enough.

The best method is to make sure you use cold water to clean the stain. Get some washing-up liquid and rub it on the stain. Rinse off and apply white vinegar on both sides of the fabric and leave for a couple of hours. Wash as usual.

This should usually do the trick.

If you are wondering how to get henna off leather, we are sorry to say that mehndi is pretty permanent when it has stained leather, so there is no safe way of removing the stain effectively.

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Tips

• Mehndi color fades away naturally. So, it is advisable to not use any extreme method which may permanently damage the skin.