My nails turn white and I'm not sure what they add to it.' Amira Muhammad feels the same. 'I used to like black henna,' she says ... 2,000 per hand for cone designs and ?2,500 for stencil ...

The dye sticks to a protein called keratin, which is found in hair, skin, and nails. Hands and feet have the most keratin, which is why the stains are darkest on those body parts. Henna flowers ...

Scholars widely believe that Egyptians would paint the hair and nails of their deceased with ... quietly applying henna on her hand. When she had finished, I took a peek and saw this leopard ...