| Stone Type | Meenakari |
| Weight (g) | 0.00 |
| Colour | White |
| Occasion | Wedding |
A broad crescent edged with pointed kundan stones carries a painted meenakari band along its lower curve, with a gold flower at the top and a pearl dropping beneath. Roughly 5.3 inches overall, in three colourways.
This borrows the chandbali outline from earrings — flaring at the shoulders and curving inward below — and applies it to a tikka. The result sits wider across the forehead than a pendant shape and reads as a moon rather than a triangle, which is exactly why the form earned its own name.
The stones ringing the crescent are colourless, with all the actual colour confined to the painted band beneath them. Separating the two that way means the sparkle and the colour never compete: the eye reads a bright outline first and then drops to the enamel inside it. Set coloured stones around the same edge and the band would be lost.
The enamel is laid into recesses bounded by raised metal walls, so it finishes level with the gold rather than sitting on top. That flushness is what distinguishes real meena work from paint, and it is why the band catches light as a smooth surface rather than a textured one.
Red & White, Red & Green, and White. Availability is confirmed before payment.
A centre parting is needed. The hook slides into the hair and the crescent rests on the forehead with the chain lying flat.
Weddings, bridal wear, festivals, sangeets and receptions.
Type: Chandbali maang tikka. Metal: Brass base. Finish: Gold-tone plating with meenakari enamel. Stones: Kundan and Monalisa. Size: approximately 5.3 inches. Available in 3 colourways.
This is brass with a gold-tone plating rather than solid gold, which keeps the price where it is and the weight low enough to wear comfortably. Plating is a surface rather than a bulk property, so how long it lasts depends almost entirely on what it meets — perfume, hairspray and sweat all shorten it, while a dry cloth after wearing and a closed pouch between wearings extend it considerably.
Put this on after perfume, hairspray and hand cream, and take it off before washing, swimming or sleeping. Wipe with a dry soft cloth and use a dry soft brush around the stone settings and between any pearls, where a cloth cannot reach. Store it in a zip-lock pouch — which is what the supplier themselves advise, and the single most effective thing for a plated piece, because it keeps humid air off the metal. Never use silver polish, dip cleaners or an ultrasonic cleaner.
An earring that swings reads very differently from one that sits still. Drops, bells and fringes catch light every time you turn your head, which is why they photograph well and why they suit evening light; a flat stud only lights up when the light moves instead. Neither is better, but it is worth knowing which effect you are buying.
Costume jewellery earns its place by letting you wear a shape you would never commission in precious metal. The designs here come out of a tradition centuries old; the materials do not pretend to, and we do not describe them as though they did.
| Stone Type | Meenakari |
| Weight (grams) | 0.00 |
| Colour/Finish | White |
| Occasion | Wedding |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA1905 |
