Re: Bindi
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on January 07, 2000 at 02:16:22:
In Reply to: Bindi posted by wendu on January 07, 2000 at 01:55:00:
Castle Art has absolutely beautiful bindis .... link below.
As I understand Bindis ...
Bindis are used by wives in India as a sign of their married status,
though older unmarried girls sometimes wear them on holidays. (like
dressing up). Bindis don't necessarilly go with henna, though they
are part of the array of traditional ornaments and cosmetics that
Indian women wear. The married women seem to be much more consistant
about wearing their bindi than their henna. In photographs of groups
of Indian women through the 20th century, the women nearly always
have Bindis (or at least painted spots) on their foreheads, but henna
is not all that common in day-to-day wear through most of the last
hundred years. It shows up more for special occasions. It doesn't
look to me that the two are all that closely associated.....
The eyelash glue is a VERY good thing to use! Some bindi-sticky
leaves irritations and welts. I'd just clean off the sticky backs and
start fresh with eyelash glue to be safe.