Re: 52 hours....go shopping for camphor spirit
Posted by Pia Angelique Priagola on December 08, 1999 at 00:43:47:
In Reply to: 52 hours....go shopping for camphor spirit posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on November 03, 1999 at 17:34:19:
: I got some pix of the two legs together. The camphor spirit leg is
: definitely darker. The camphor leg kept oxodizing long after the
: plain leg. It's as if the camphor (a strong oxidant) is darkening
the
: henna withing the skin cells, as opposed to the air oxidizing the
: topmost cells. I can't sling my leg onto my microscope stand so
I'm
: guessing. I'm doing another trial tonight, hand and arm. The
camphor
: may have made the henna penetrate farther (camphor readilly
penetrates
: subcutaneous skin) ... I'll watch for that over the next week to
see
: which leg holds color longer.
: The only down side seems to be that camphor kills the lovely
natural
: henna scent. When you mix camphor spirit into your henna paste, DO
: NOT take a deep whiff. The alcahol, camphor and henna mix, at
first,
: smells absolutely gaggeous!