Re: Lack of henna powder

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: You're really better off buying wholesale anyway : -- 99.999 % of the henna powder you get in an : indian grocery (or off-the-shelf anywhere) is old : and has lost most of it's dyeing power. I try not : to use any henna that's been harvested longer than : 2 months ago -- and I consistantly get great : results. : And -- hair henna is NOT skin henna -- not even : the health-food store kind. It's from a different : part of the plant. Skin henna is from only the : topmost, most potent leaves of the plant. Hair : henna is from the rest of the plant, like twigs and : other cellulose material. : Why not buy it online? It's so much cheaper : (besides being fresh), and fast. : : Argh. I went trotting all over downtown : Kingston (Ontario) today : : trying to find henna powder. I'm not anywhere : near finished the bag I : : have, but I want to be prepared. : : There is NONE in the city. None that doesn't : come in a kit, that is. : : You can buy tubes of paste, but I'd far rather : mix my own. Looks like : : I'll be buying online, unless there's a source I've : missed. I haven't : : found anything like an Indian grocers or : anything here yet, but I'm : : not entirely giving up hope. : : Here's something, though. I was in one trendily : ethnic store asking : : about it, and was informed that you can't buy : henna powder for mehndi : : in Ontario at all. Apparently it's sold out : province-wide. Any fellow : : Ontarians out there who can verify this? : : Shop owners kept trying to sell me the henna for : hair, telling me it's : : exactly the same thing. I read some ingredients : skeptically, but : : didn't bother. I'm not that desperate yet. : : -Keltie : : >^,,^<

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