Catherine Cartwright Jones I wrote u letter about gif but u have not responded.I am intrested in chemistry behind henna..

Posted by atul mulay on March 25, 2000 at 07:03:12:

In Reply to: henna is red/brown but can be oxidized or percipitated to black posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 24, 2000 at 08:46:58:

: People here who have tried the Kali product report that they got
: absolutely pathetic results. It might work on hair, but as far as
: anyone's tried here, it sure doesn't work worth a damn on skin.

: I've personally tried adding black iron oxide to henna paste. The
: henna stain appears to be darker when you first take off the paste,
: but that darkness very quickly vanishes .... theiron oxide
absolutely
: does not breach the skin cells, and therefore has virtually no
effect
: on the henna stain color past the first day. It might work on hair
: which is more porous..... it's just not happening on skin.

: I've tried indigo mixes on skin .... again..... works ok in hair,
but
: is pretty useless on skin. The black henna indigo hair products
I've
: tried (and tried, and tried, and tried) just didn't work on skin.
A
: sad grey smudge was the best I ever got. The only people I ever
heard
: from who got indigo to work were in extremely hot humid climates,
and
: that makes the staining behave differently.

: I have a complete chemistry rant on henna, how it penetrates skin
and
: binds, including traditional techniques to get henna black .....
but
: you'll need to email me and ask for it, and be cool about
copyright.

Follow Ups:

• didn't get the email Catherine Cartwright Jones 17:24:16 3/26/00 (3)
  • Thanks u Catherine Cartwright Jones I got ur long mail about henna chemistry. atul_mulay@hotmail.com(from India) 00:26:27 3/28/00 (2)
    • Re: Also interested in henna chemistry. Monique 09:45:51 4/16/00 (1)
      • Re: Also interested in henna chemistry. Catherine Cartwright Jones 14:48:02 4/16/00 (0)