Re: Transfereing henna designs from paper

Posted by Kat on August 12, 1999 at 04:38:16:

In Reply to: Re: Transfereing henna designs from paper posted by Dee on August 11, 1999 at 20:00:29:

Hey there!
I found some sucess with what I think you are talking about. I
used a piece of paper towel and put it on top of a piece of wax paper.
Then I soaked it with lemon-sugar. I waited until that was dryish-
still flexible, but no extra liquid. Then I hennaed it! Really easy.
Plus, you can place a design below the wax paper and trace it. Once
the henna was begining to dry out, I lemon-sugared it a little more,
then let it dry a little more. I placed it where I wanted it ( I found
out how hard it is to be still for back designs!) and wrapped over it
like I would any other design. As long as it isn't too wet when you
apply it, I've gotten really good results- no awful smearing or
anything.
Another method that someone else came up with is just using a
ballpoint pen and drawing on normal paper what you want. It transfers
pretty easily with jsut some rubbing alchol. I've done that a few
times when a friend wanted a specific design- works well!!
I hope I explained that well enough- good luck and happy henna-
ing!!
-Kat
PS- Just give the free-hand stuff a try, though. If you can doodle,
you can henna some cute designs.

: Thank you for your help. I still would like to know more about this
: being able to put a henna design on light paper and then place it on
: the skin, (areas difficult to freehand on yourself). I have seen the
: lady who's site it is post here and also wondered if anyone else has
: tried this with any sucess? I have been able to learn so much
: reading your posts. It feels like it will take me forever to learn
: even just the basics.

Follow-ups:

• Thanks for the tips! Dee 18:52:48 8/12/99 (1)
  • Re: Thanks for the tips! Kenzi 20:14:40 8/12/99 (0)