Bride #1: Her Henna

I wished to blog about the whole details of my wedding day, bit by bit in the most appropriate order. But I don't really have all the photos with me yet. Hence, I will write as when it becomes available.

First up, the stories of my henna, of wonderful work from Kak Norish

photo by my sister & Acestudio

It was quite a pure luck that I stumbled upon her name in one of the B2B's blog, Yuyu. Based on good reviews on her work, I looked no further and made the booking as early as 3-4 months before the wedding day. And I have to say she really lives up to what Yuyu said in her blog. Such a breeze dealing with her, Alhamdulillah. 

Received a lot of good comments on the outcome of my henna. The colors turned out great, people were amazed at the intricacy of the designs. I, too, had the highest respect of her patience, long hours staring at people's feet/hands, while trying to maintain her own composure as not to ruin the whole look, is not something any ordinary people can do. So take my words ladies, get Kak Norish to do your henna. Insya Allah, you won't be disappointed.

One happy customer at home, Bride #1

Bride #2 Bridal Henna/Mehndi

It's a neutral option towards having bridal henna/mehndi. I don't hate it nor love it, but from the google images I found, they're pretty good looking. I want something like these, just hands only - from fingers, palms and on hands up to the elbow; heavily patterned with intricate designs:

This is what I plan to get, it would be great if the design can perfectly combined to form a circle when I put my hands together side-by-side:

I want to hide his name somewhere on it ;P. Hubby-to-be is already asking how will I put his name in the design, he's curious hehe.

Last week, I sent out request for quotation emails to 5 henna vendors. Only 4 of them replied. The quoted price is from RM200 to RM600! Woahhh mahal jugak rupenye nak berinai nih.

I've booked Renuka from Creative Henna Designs because she's flexible on the henna/mehndi design (she said I can even have different pattern for each hand) and her price is reasonable for the design that I want (refer pic above). Below are some of her work - I'm obsessed with cleanliness and neatness - so she's good:

Pics taken from Creative Henna Designs facebook

Eager to be henna-ed, Bride #2