Henna and Grease Paper.....

Posted by Mariel Shannon Clayton on August 23, 1999 at 21:08:22:

In a book about henna which I bought recently, it was suggested that
if you are applying henna yourself to a difficult area (neck,
shoulder etc..) an idea was to paint the design on a pice of greased
paper (baking paper or the like) and then apply the design on the
paper to the skin and keep it there until dry. The theory was that
not only will the design be better because you apply it more
intricately on the paper first, but also the paper will prevent it
from drying out, and allow your own body heat to warm the henna thus
making it darker. Does this actually work? Has anyone tried it? If
you have or will, could you please let me know the results. I have
the most beautiful dragon design which I was going to apply around my
neck in this manner, but I want to find out if this method works or
not.
Also, I was told that by warming and drying the tatoo over the heat
and smoke of an incense stick causes the colour to darken. Is this
true? or just a load of hot air?
I would love any advice and insight.
Thank you for your time
Mariel

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