To make the plastic cone, I cut a rectangle (5.5 x 7 inches) out of stiff flexible plastic ("stiff flexible" sounds oxymoronic, but the plastic should be a bit stiffer than that of a ziploc freezer bag.) I roll the cone by identifying the tip area with a place approximately one inch from the long end of the rectangle. Roll this shape into a cone (starting with the 6 inch side rather than the 1 inch side) and adjust the thickness of the tip. The whole process takes practice, so don't give up. After you have formed the cone, take a piece of adhesive tape and, placing it at the tip of the cone, stick the tape down the cone (by sort of twisting the cone while holding the tape in place).
Now, fill the mehndi cone. Take a spoon (preferably a small-one with a long "stem") and pick up a spoonful of mehndi. Carefully drop the mehndi "lump" into the cone, being careful not to let any mehndi stick to the upper sides of the cone. Depending upon the size of your cone, fill up the cone until it is about half full. Using too much mehndi in the cone will not allow you to close it correctly. If mehndi does stick to the sides of the cone, gently push down the mehndi with a spoon and wipe the inner sides clean afterwards. Then, after filling the cone, use a paper towel to clean up any stray mehndi, any use tape to seal the cone together (to prevent mehndi from leaking). Then, fold down one "corner" of the top and make a sharp crease; fold down the other corner and crease it as well. Next, roll the top down very tightly until the mehndi is tightly compressed at the bottom of the cone and use a long piece of tape to fasten the roll vertically to the rest of the cone.
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