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I like the concept behind this answer to the challenge. The hand is almost evoking a sense of "stop" instead of "Intimacy." Perhaps a curling of the forefinger might do better to send this message?
I dunno... to me, the "grundge look" just doesn't work on what should be the softness of feminine features. I mean ... seeing her hand so dark reminds me more of mechanic's hands (the kind that are so greasy they can never truly come clean). I would much rather see her pores softened and skin lightened.