Does anyone know: premade paste question
Posted by Anita on August 05, 1999 at 17:27:41:
Does anyone know what is added in the premade paste tubes that makes
the henna have such a long shelf life? I found a Rani Kone in an
Indian store the other day and bought it out of curiosity. On the
box, it gave a manufacturing date of a year ago, and an expiration
date of 2000something. I was amazed at the wonderful color it gave.
A deep rich brown-burgundy. It had a good consistency right out of
the tube, no clogs, no problems. It also dried quickly with very
little flaking and cracking problems. The paste looked just like
home-made henna paste, a dark greenish black color and smelled the
same, too. I did detect some kind of scent, though that was like
pine-sol. Not turpentine, but like a pine-cleaner smell. There was
no list of ingredients on the box or the tube, it was made in
Pakistan. While I loved the results of the Rani-Kone on me, I would
hesitate to use it on anyone else not knowing whether or not there
are harmful ingredients in it. Can anyone give me any more
information on these kones?