Re: Henna and Grease Paper.....

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 24, 1999 at 00:05:38:

In Reply to: Henna and Grease Paper..... posted by Mariel Shannon Clayton on August 23, 1999 at 21:08:22:

Does this actually work? Has anyone tried it?

The theory works better than the practice on this one. Paper,
expecially baking paper, is crisp and flat. Your body is squidgy and
round. In areas like the neck, which takes henna very poorly, the
henna will crackle off the paper into a mess when you try to wrap it
around your neck...unless the henna is damp, in which case the henna
will squish. A shoulder will fare somewhat better. Paper transfers
work, but with reservations. Try applying the dragon to paper, and
wrap it to your shin, or some very even place on your body. The
smaller the transfer, the less potential for difficulty there is.
Natasha sort of glues her paper transfers down with extra lemon sugar,
and that is a very reasonable way to get matching henna bracelets on
ones self. Grease paper? I prefer paper towels, and Natasha uses
paper from dress patterns. A non-crinkly paper is a better choice
than grease paper.

: 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?

If your henna is heated while it is on your skin, it will definitely
be darker, but one stick of incense is not enough. Try the techniques
in the "how to" at the link below, and for really dark henna, nap with
a heating pad over the henna while it is on your skin.

I've been doing henna 10 years, and while I agree that there are many,
many ways do do henna...I have to wonder how much depth of experience
some of these "experts" actually have.....seems some of them haven't
really done their homework....

• Mehandi from the TapDancing Lizard

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