Re: Help...me....


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Posted by Zimra on April 09, 2001 at 06:48:59:

In Reply to: Help...me.... posted by Talia on April 09, 2001 at 05:46:41:

: Nothings working. i'm not getting a good stain on customers, and if
I dont get a good stain on customers no one will want to come get
henna from me.

What is your henna source and recipe? And how long do you leave the
henna on? How do you wrap? These all can make a huge difference in
your results.

I think your problem may be that the henna and the skin under it are
getting too dry. If there is no sweat/moisture, it won't keep
staining. Of course, if there is too much moisture, especially
without a good fixative, the henna will get messy. I "fix" my henna
with either super-gooey lemon sugar or new skin (and I've tried the
facial mask too), and I wrap in cotton, then TP, then plastic wrap.
The plastic keeps the heat in, and makes you sweat. The cotton keeps
the henna in place, and absorbs the extra sweat. The TP just makes
the whole thing neater.

If you are doing a lot of henna on body parts that aren't the hands
and feet, that might be a problem too. It seems that henna mixed with
stinky oils may help improve the take on these areas... at least,
that's my theory, since premix henna seems to take well on places
like upper arms and tummies, and premixes have lots of eucalyptus oil
in them generally, or camphor or terpinol.

Zimra


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