Not every bride wants to fill her hands and legs with Mehendi – all the way to her upper arms and calves. Some of us want simple bridal mehendi designs. If you’re a minimal-loving bride who doesn’t want to spend hours getting her henna applied, this list has been curated especially for you! It’s a lookbook for anyone who wants to limit the mehendi to their wrists (max!) and there are some nice design ideas even for those who want just a touch of Mehendi on their fingers!
It’s a scroll-worthy collection, and we hope you find (and PIN!) your favourite minimal design from here!
Simple Bridal Mehendi Designs for Front of Hand
1. Circular designs with some hatke borders
Instead of doing the simple circle in the middle of the palm (which some brides prefer), choose to do something a little more creative!
You can either go super simple like this…
Image courtesy: Colorblind Productions
Or this with the cuff and leave even your fingers empty (easier to eat with Mehendi still on your hands by the way!)
Image courtesy: Saurabh Rungta Photography
Or you can go for a fancy circular/mandala type of henna design like this…
The Lightsmiths
Or extend your circle into an eye-shaped design.
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We love how the bride and groom names get featured as a simple wrist-design element!
2. Traditional Portrait designs
You can incorporate the portrait inside your circular Mehendi design…
Image courtesy: 1Plus1 Studio
Or opt for this unique way of adding Krishna & Radha on your hands.
Image courtesy: WhatKnot Photography
If you want to include traditional elements (like the palki, bride-groom, lotus and elephant), you still can by choosing a super simple design like this!
Image courtesy: Vows & Tales
3. Butti Mehendi Designs
Go all the way with buttis (helps keep the overall design very minimal)…
Image courtesy: Fotowalle
Or choose to add buttis to a part of the design.
Image courtesy: Alankritaa
Image courtesy: 1Plus1 Studio
4. Jaali Inspired Designs
Jaali Mehendi designs are a classic favourite, and just like in mehendi for legs, they’re a popular pick for hands as well.
Full jaali design
Image courtesy: 1Plus1 Studio
Partial jaali design on part of the hands
Image courtesy: Shutterdown Photography
5. Arabic style Mehendi
Arabic Mehendi designs are as it is khulla-khulla style Mehendi, but when it’s a minimal mehendi design, it stands out even more!
You can either go for a fingers-only Arabic design…
Image courtesy: Heena by Solange
Or a string-like design…
Image courtesy: The Photo Diary
Or choose this beautiful Arabic mehendi design that’s just-right for the bride who wants henna just till her wrists (and not the full hand!)
Arabic Mehendi Design Idea #1:
Image courtesy: Henna Lounge
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Arabic Mehendi Design Idea #2:
Image courtesy: Shevan J Photography
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6. Unique Designs
Brides are experimenting more and more with their wedding mehendi, so you’ll see a lot of unique designs making their way to your Instagram feeds now.
Here’s one with birds & hearts that we really loved for those who want simple Arabic, but with a twist!
Image courtesy: Photozaapki
Simple Bridal Mehendi Designs for Back of Hand
A lot of us might want a palm full of mehendi as a bride, but there are plenty of us who want simple mehendi designs on the back of our hand. Yes, even as a bride!
1. Simple Circles
You can either for simple circle designs like these –
Image courtesy: The Wedding Salad
Image courtesy: Minal Sakhare
Image courtesy: Journeys by Ram
Add a mandala in the centre –
Image courtesy: Henna by Divya
Or opt for a half-mandala mehendi design like this –
Image courtesy: Heartfire Henna
2. Jaali Designs
Image courtesy: Mahima Bhatia
These are modern interpretations of a jaali that looks like hand gloves.
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Image courtesy: Pooja Joseph Photography
You could also opt for a partial jaali design like this –
Image courtesy: Henna by Divya
3. Arabic Jewellery Design
These are Arabic Mehendi designs that look like hand-jewellery (haathphool!)
Image courtesy: Henna Lounge
Image source: Zyloon
Image courtesy: Henna Lounge
Image courtesy: Henna Lounge
Image courtesy: The Photo Diary
Image courtesy: Tuhina Chopra Photoworks
While these really simple mehendi designs are made special with the addition of real jewellery!
Image courtesy: Studio Kelly Photography
Image courtesy: Shreya Sen Photography
4. Floral Designs
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Image courtesy: Henna Doodler
Ilona’s Henna ‘n’ Stuff
Image courtesy: Anuraag Rathi
5. Unique designs
You can either opt for mehendi on just the fingers…
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Or choose a unique pattern like this!
Image courtesy: Henna by Divya
You can add Jhumkis to your simple mehendi design –
Image courtesy: Alisa Parveen
Image courtesy: Beginnings For You
Or choose a delicate mehendi design…
Image courtesy: Talita Mehndi
Image courtesy: Henna Inspire
Now that you’ve seen all the design options you have for your hands, don’t forget to check out some beautiful feet mehendi designs we’ve curated as well!
We hope you found a Mehendi design to love here. Do pin your favourites and share it with any friends who are getting married!