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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 12, 1998 at 19:10:02:

In Reply to: Hi.. can you help me? posted by Marie on March 12, 1998 at 17:40:27:

:Here's a straightforward recipe that hasn't failed me yet....sift
your 100% red henna powder (from whatever source, Egypt, India,
Pakistan,.....) through a fine tea strainer to remove the leftover
grit and twigs. Squeeze fresh lemons or limes and strain the juice.
add the juice a little at a time to the henna powder, stirring, until
the henna is a paste about the consistancy ot thick cookie dough. (1
lemon for 1 0z henna, approximately) Boil some VERY strong tea or
espresso and sweeten it with sugar. Add the hot tea or coffee, a bit
at a time, stirring it into the henna until the henna is a consistancy
a litle softer than toothpaste.
Apply the henna with a flat toothpick as is done in the African/Arab
henna tradition, or make a tiny cake decorator cone with scotch tape
and a square of freezer bag, fill it with henna for the
Pakistani/Indian style mehandi patterns and squeeze it out into frilly
paisley and peacock paterns. When these patterns are nearly dry, dab
them moist again with a cotton ball dipped in lemon juice. Let them
dry again. When the patterns are firm to touch, no longer smooshy,
cover the hennaed area with cling wrap and tape it in place. This
will make the hennaed skin hot and sweaty, and the chemistry or your
sweat will help the henna to go darker, and your skin pores will open
up and accept the henna more.
Does that help? There are many other slightly different recipes for
henna, but all of them are based on getting the henna to ph5 or
sourer, and warming the skin and henna up to increase the chemical
reaction.
We can answer more questions for you at www.mehandi.com , and stop by
there any time for free hennaeing patterns and lore.
There are many other things you can temporarilly decorate your body
with, some safe, some not, but nothing else makes the 3-week change in
your skin safely like red henna. Not much can get through your
skin's barrier and color the cells, and there's if it's IN your skin
cells, make sure it's not harmful! The other products passing as
mehandi that are not henna are mostly things staying on top of your
skin, like resins (Temptu) and inks (acrylic)...or perhaps manic
panic hair dye which is fda approved for hair, and will dye skin.
Safety of that on skin? I don't know. Indigo will dye skin, but the
stench of extracting the dye from the plantstuff is not sexy.

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: :Here's a straightforward recipe that hasn't failed me yet....sift : your 100% red henna powder (from whatever source, Egypt, India, : Pakistan,.....) through a fine tea strainer to remove the leftover : grit and twigs. Squeeze fresh lemons or limes and strain the juice. : add the juice a little at a time to the henna powder, stirring, until : the henna is a paste about the consistancy ot thick cookie dough. (1 : lemon for 1 0z henna, approximately) Boil some VERY strong tea or : espresso and sweeten it with sugar. Add the hot tea or coffee, a bit : at a time, stirring it into the henna until the henna is a consistancy : a litle softer than toothpaste. : Apply the henna with a flat toothpick as is done in the African/Arab : henna tradition, or make a tiny cake decorator cone with scotch tape : and a square of freezer bag, fill it with henna for the : Pakistani/Indian style mehandi patterns and squeeze it out into frilly : paisley and peacock paterns. When these patterns are nearly dry, dab : them moist again with a cotton ball dipped in lemon juice. Let them : dry again. When the patterns are firm to touch, no longer smooshy, : cover the hennaed area with cling wrap and tape it in place. This : will make the hennaed skin hot and sweaty, and the chemistry or your : sweat will help the henna to go darker, and your skin pores will open : up and accept the henna more. : Does that help? There are many other slightly different recipes for : henna, but all of them are based on getting the henna to ph5 or : sourer, and warming the skin and henna up to increase the chemical : reaction. : We can answer more questions for you at www.mehandi.com , and stop by : there any time for free hennaeing patterns and lore. : There are many other things you can temporarilly decorate your body : with, some safe, some not, but nothing else makes the 3-week change in : your skin safely like red henna. Not much can get through your : skin's barrier and color the cells, and there's if it's IN your skin : cells, make sure it's not harmful! The other products passing as : mehandi that are not henna are mostly things staying on top of your : skin, like resins (Temptu) and inks (acrylic)...or perhaps manic : panic hair dye which is fda approved for hair, and will dye skin. : Safety of that on skin? I don't know. Indigo will dye skin, but the : stench of extracting the dye from the plantstuff is not sexy.

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