Graceful Jewelry Chain Link Mehndi Design for Foot

A bold jewelry mehndi design tailored for the foot, featuring leaf trail and crescent motif. Rated as Easy, this pattern is perfect for an engagement.

The soles take henna as well as the palms do, while the top of the foot stains lighter. Stay seated and avoid walking until the paste has dried completely. This is a beginner-friendly pattern: practise the main shapes on paper first, then copy them onto skin with a fine-tipped cone.

Jewelry-style mehndi imitates ornaments such as rings, bracelets, anklets and the hathphool, a hand harness that links a ring to a bracelet. It is usually drawn on the back of the hand, where real hand jewelry is worn.

Application tips: Scrape the dried paste off instead of washing it, and keep the area away from water for the first 12 to 24 hours. The stain starts orange and darkens to reddish brown over 24 to 48 hours as it oxidises.