i hate putting tael by myself. i always get ammi to do it. she does it nicely. i did my maalish and i didn't feel anything :(
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what kinda a tel? olive? jasmine or something else...we lived in a village with limited resources so i remember my mom putting mustard oil eeewwwwwwww...and this must have been when i was under 9 coz she passed away when i was 9**