Re: Aaaa!

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 26, 1999 at 20:33:58:

In Reply to: Aaaa! posted by Amy C on August 26, 1999 at 20:21:03:

The older stuff is what I use for teaching classes, and when I want to
play the ammonia trick. The older batch , with the base ph hit to
make it go velvet black, is for my palms and feet. Any time henna on
your palms or soles isn't what you were hoping for, can be tweaked up
with ammonia. But, the old batch, with sufficient warmth, will
still give you a great bittersweet on the palms, and cigar wrapper
brown everywhere else.

I used up a terrifying amount of my older henna last week, when I had
a Cleveland library gig where 50 kids frantic for henna turned up and
sat patiently through my history and traditions lecture, then dove
into the pile of henna cones, and all left the library, wrapped with
tp and saran and tape, looking like there had been a napalm disaster.
The librarian had spent all day trying to explain to frantic people
that I could only mamage 50 participants in the lecture, that I would
be back in October. I have another one of these Saturday.

When I've got to do a really difficult spot, (like a back or tummy
that calls for all tannins on deck) or if I want screaming burgundies,
I use the new stuff.

Follow-ups:

• Slooowly drifting off topic again. Amy C 02:26:46 8/27/99 (3)
  • Re: Slooowly drifting off topic again. Anne 14:02:39 8/28/99 (0)
  • Re: teaching kids Jeremy Rowntree 13:58:42 8/27/99 (1)
    • Re: teaching kids Laila 03:45:45 8/31/99 (0)