There IS a traditional henna way to make hair black
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 31, 2000 at 15:05:17:
In Reply to: No way to make it black... posted by Megam on March 30, 2000 at 13:12:46:
The traditional Persian method of making your hair raven's wing blue
black involves hennaeing your hair, THEN, you indigo your hair which
has the startling effect of first turning your hair intense green,
them over 24 hours it oxidizes to black. This has to do with henna
being acidic and indigo being alkaline, so the two react and go
blue-black.
There are some facinating descriptions from tne 17th to 19th centuries
of proper English gentlemen having their hair and moustaches done by
the local barber in Persia .... and enjoying all the pampering and
steam of the baths and suddenly realizing their moustache had just
been turned brilliant green .... then to their relief it settled down
to blue-black.
I've never heard of this being done successfully on skin. Sorry.
