How to make Bindis at home?

Bindi is an important part of  Indian Jewelry. There is no Indian Hindu women who has never worn a bindi - and every Hindu man at least once as well. Once you decide on how to pick a perfect bindi according to your face shape (Perfect Bindi and How to get Bindis) you may try out these easy tips on how to make bindis on your own! You can wear bindis at home, outside, during special occasions or simply anytime you feel like. If there is no shop near your place that sells bindis, you cannot order them online or do not have a friend who could get them for you from India - these tips will help you a lot.

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What you will need are various rhinestones, eyeliner - in different colours, glitter etc. Aluminium foil , glue and eyelash glue!

You can get each product you need for making your own bindis very easily. Most of them can be bought in a local beauty shop. You can look up for rhinestones and glitter at the nail care section.

Instructions:

Cut aluminium foil into a small shape. Pick any shape you like or the shape that matches your face structure. Stick some glitter and/or rhinestones on the foil as you like. Be creative and try your best. For this step use the glue or eyelash glue, both are fine. With eyeliners of different colours you can colour the foil as well. If your rhinestones are transparent, this is how you can make them look colourful. Once you are done with your bindi, stick it between your eyebrows or slightly above by using the eyelash glue! Be careful not to use any other glue which is toxic and can damage your skin.

You can also use your eyeliners to make small dots or some other small shapes around your bindi or above your eyebrows. 

If you are just too lazy to make a whole bindi or you are not as creative, you can use only eyeliner to draw a dot, tear or any other shape you like. Moreover, put the eyelash glue directly on a rhinestone and stick it as a bindi. Traditionally bindis were just a colour between eyebrows anyways and even today people will have bindis of such type on festive occasions.

Check out Aishwarya Rai's very simple beautiful bindi ornaments.

Aishwarya Rai - Bindi

Make Your Home More Indian

Tips on how to decorate your home more oriental and Indian.

Colours

~ Golden, red and other vibrant colours are a must. If this is too flashy for your taste, use more gentle pastel colours. Avoid too much of black, white and grey colour. Use them as the colours of patterns.

Colours of India

Shapes

~ Indian home usually has more square shaped furniture, however, it is not a must to have such furniture and no, there is no need to change your furniture if it looks different. Adding a couple of comfortable cushions in Indian colours can already add that Indian touch.

Indian Style Cushions

Decorations

~ Adding symbols or something that reminds of India will do just great!

Here are some of the decorations you can use:

*figurines or pictures of elephants, Hindu deities, lotus flower

*little boxes

*scented sticks

*small Indian carpet in your living room, in front of your doorstep or on the wall

Elephant Figurine

Small Oriental Boxes

Scented Sticks

Decorative Carpet

Aum and Swastika symbols

~ It is believed that the frequency of the vibration of the "Aum" sound is equal to the one of the God or Absolute. It is very popular among Hindu Indians and Westerns. Swastika is a Sanskrit word which would mean "something small that brings well-being" - kind of what we call as a "lucky charm." These would look really nice somewhere near your entrance doors as a Welcome to your guests and your family. If you think some of your visitors might feel uncomfortable around them, try to make the symbols less obvious.

Aum Decoration

Swastika Decoration

Your name in devanagari

~ Learn how to write your name or names of your family members in devanagari and make a painting. Here you can see an article about this Indian Script : DEVANAGARI.

Name "Shakuntala" in Devanagari