Re: difficult skin?
Posted by Shanon Lavender on October 01, 1999 at 07:01:29:
In Reply to: difficult skin? posted by Catherine Nielsen on September 30, 1999 at 21:12:44:
How well does henna take on your sister when you do a hand or foot
design? How long ago did you make your paste? How long was the
paste on? I get great color on my feet but have an area around my
ankle that will only get the faintest ghost of a stain when 1 inch
away I have a beautiful brown that lasts for 4-5 weeks. Needless to
say it was dissappointing to take of the wrap and find out part of my
flower was completely missing. The neck/chest isn't the greatest
place for henna so try a different spot and see if it works any
better. I haven't noticed any diffences in color based on time of
the menstrual cycle for me but others have. I do think it is more
likely a placement problem.
: Is it possible that some people's skin just doesn't take henna
well?
: I am having the devil of a time with my sister; nothing I do seems
to
: be able to produce a dark stain. The design I did on her
collarbone
: and chest the other day was VERY pale, almost nothing at all. This
: was the same batch that, on me, gave mahogany stains on the palm,
and
: a chocolate color on the back of the hand. She wouldn't keep the
hot
: pack on, but I have had this failure on her skin before. She is 16,
it
: couldn't be hormones, could it? Anyone run into this before?
Thanks,
: Catherine N