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Even yet more henna!
At last, I got to do grf's mehndi last Saturday, the day after the henna party - he chose a similar Native American design to the bits I used to create my most recent hand piece.



Here it is right after application -



And here it is 24 hours later -



And here it is 48 hours after application, with my hand as a comparison in color depth.



This is a really good illustration of the basic mehndi principle of color depth = skin depth + skin temperature. The skin on your palms is thicker and hotter than the skin anywhere else on your body (other than the soles of the feet,)and therefore will have much better, deeper, darker color than anywhere else on your body. The back, however, has much thinner and cooler skin, leading to a lighter color depth.

Oh, and speaking of backs, SII stopped by to show me how her peacock turned out.



There are a few speckles here and there, from the crumbly dry bits of henna getting stuck to her skin and re-hydrating with sweat while she slept, but overall it's a lovely piece, and I'm very proud of it.

Tomorrow, serpentseye's Egyptian-themed Pride mehndi!