after a crazy, jam-packed month of back to back henna gigs in december (12 gigs in total!), i fully appreciate the total calm and quiet (after the storm?) in january. maybe january is a bad month to get hitched, i dunno. what i know is i didn't have any gigs and as much as i am a crazed, fanatical hennamaniac (who'd henna anything that moves), i was happy to chuck the cones deep into the dark recesses of the freezer and pretend that they never existed. for a whole month i didn't even peep in there to see how they are doing. for a whole glorious month, my hands were not dotted with stains of orange, red and brown hues. for a whole marvelous month, my house didn't smell like a eucalyptus plantation.

it was nice but .... strange ...

cos i'm an addict, and a hardcore one at that. and so i coaxed my neglected cones out of the freezer and did my very first henna gig for 2005 last friday. the bride-to-be chose a well-used pattern that i love very much for its sheer simplicity and elegance, but slowly getting sick of doing. it gets chosen so often that i could do it backwards with my eyes closed while doing the hokey-pokey. heh. ok, i'm exaggerating, but you get my drift, eh?

*sigh* new henna resolution *must re-vamp portfolio*.

anyways, i think she's happy. she reported that the stain was "damn red!". ahhhh, nothing like another well-satisfied customer. alhamdulillah :).

i just managed to snap a photo of her feet.

note: this pic was taken while the paste is still on the skin. henna will only stain in a myriad of orange, red and brown hues. if it's black, it's poison, not henna.

for once, monday is such a gorgeous day! *rubs hands in glee* i am so looking forward to tomorrow and the days to come. have a great holiday week, peeps!

Jewel mused @ 5:16 PM | | Permalink

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