So, this henna artist asked if I was capable of sitting still for an hour or two.
Okay--If you knocked me out, then maybe. And it didn't help that the movie she put on for the first hour was South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut.
But apparently, there was a severe dearth of guinea pigs around.
For best results, the henna paste is supposed to be left on the skin for 2+ hours afterwards before getting scraped off.
The artist gave me detailed instructions on what to avoid doing--at least until she got a photographer to take snapshots the next day--and made me call someone to pick me up so I wouldn't ruin my palms on the steering wheel.
I said Yessir, Understood! and the first thing I did when I opened the door to leave was smear the paste all over my palm.
I AM SO DUMB.
But, look! it turned out fine: