06/08, 5:30pm: began mixing paste with the approximate measures below:

• 1 Tbsp. MDH® brand henna powder combined with 2 Tbsp. RealLemon® brand lemon juice and mixed with small wire whisk.
• Added approx 1/2tsp sugar, 1/2tsp Zaiqa Foods® brand henna powder (stale), and 1tsp rose water.
• Allowed to stand for approx 5 hours
• Added approx 1/8 tsp. eucalyptus oil.
• Filtered paste through 1 layer of a synthetic muslin-like cloth.

06/08, 11:30pm: began application with a metal-tipped cone (.5mm). Despite paste being slightly too runny, I'm still getting clogs. Will have to try .7mm or .9mm tips. Also am anxious to see how a real Jaq bottle works; maybe the problem is the style of tip. Anyway, after the beginnings of frustration with the clogging issue, I switched to a regular plastic cone. At this point, smooth flow was more important than thin lines. Of course, switching at this point made the "runny-ness" of the paste problem worse as the thicker lines had a tendancy to spread. These technical problems are really beginning to get to me as they effectively prevent my being able to concentrate on the actual artwork...and that's what I need to be practicing instead of constantly arguing with my tools. sigh

Allowed design to dry at ambient room temperature (70-something), gently rolling lemonsugar over parts which were drying faster with a cotton swab. When all areas of design had lost their gloss, applied mist of lemonsugar with a spraybottle.

06/09, ~1:30am: Took the "applied" photo. Gave it a quick misting of lemonsugar and covered with unrolled cotton balls. Covered everything with a plastic glove.

06/09, noon-ish: wrapping & paste removed.

06/09, 07:00pm: took the " removed-1" photo.

06/10, 04:30pm: took the " removed-2" photo.