Re: Lac and resin

Posted by Jenna on March 18, 2000 at 07:40:38:

In Reply to: Lac and resin posted by Charles on March 17, 2000 at 23:06:03:

: What is Lac and resin? When you put these on do the look like paint
on your skin, or does it look like a stain.

: Also, where can I find some of this stuff on the web?

Lac is a dye from the insect called Cocous Lacca. Yes it does stain
and I use it in my paste for a redder color. However, Lac is a large
molecule and it first needs to be in a high Ph to reduce the molecule
for being able to actually hold a stain on skin.I have found that
using ammonia to make an extract works for a burgandy color. But for
my skin, I put the powder of Lac in the concentrated lemmon juice you
can find in the grocery store .
I found alot of info on the natural dyes section on the web. A man
called Mohan Gulrajani specializes in Lac , however , it can be bought
in the US from dye companies.Mohan is in India, and runs a very very
excellent business and is very helpful. His business is called Alps
Industries check it out.
Jenna

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