Re: Urine and amonia.
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 02, 1999 at 15:11:28:
In Reply to: Urine and amonia. posted by W. Raven on August 02, 1999 at 05:35:47:
Be very cautious using ammonia....when it works. the results are
beautiful, but if you use it unwisely, you can get caustic burns and
lose your henna to exfoliation. I have not had good results mixing
henna paste with a base. It releases dye when it is in an acid mix.
However, you can certainly percipitate the henna color to dark brown
or black bith a base after it has stained the skin. Email me if you
want the ammonia rant. I do not, however, have a pee rant. (So
suburban American I need something in a glossy package.) I can email
you pictures of before and after ammonia, turning a burgundy henna to
pure black.
Well....the pee thing could be a spendid answer to all people who want
black henna from traditional henna artists.....hand them a little
flyer with their henna with explicit instructions! (Find a bucket,
drink plenty of fluids!)