Re: A New Beginning
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on June 4, 2001 at 00:51:26:
In reply to: A New Beginning posted by Robin on June 3, 2001 at 23:45:10:
: How long will henna powder keep after it has been mixed and put into: an applicator bottle?
Just a couple of days, (unless you can remove all oxygen from the
batch by inerting, i.e. doing the whole job in a nitrogen atmospbere
or something .. something pre-mix paste makers often do). The minute
the hennotannic acid molecule gets near something that's going to zap
the h off the upper right hand corner (oxygen for instance), it's
going to demise.
: Where is the best place on the web to order powder? There are so
: many sites I'm confused!
Look through the pix at the link below ... I try to put the source of
the powder and technique on the same page as the pic of the results.
: I have a gut feeling that I will prefer the powder over the pre-
: mixed - is this usually the case?
Since the FDA is getting very picky about pre-made paste for henna
body art .... it would be smart to learn to use powder. As I
understand the law, any pre-made is pretty much liable to seizure
either at the border or in interstate commerce. 100% pure henna
powder is legal for use in hair, and is shippable and importable in
that form, and then you can verify for a customer precisely what you
put in it. Any paste for body art, especially if the ingredients are
unlabled or improperly labeled, is going to be more and more under
scrutiny.
: When using the applicator bottles vs. the cones - how can I keep the
: mix from catching air as it comes through the tip?
Sift, sift, sift, sift.
: I guess I sound like a true beginner . . . Aghhhhh!
Everybody was a beginner once!
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