Re: Mixing metal with henna?
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on June 28, 2001 at 18:34:26:
In reply to: Mixing metal with henna? posted by Lauren on June 28, 2001 at 14:46:55:
: I remember back when I used a packaged henna on my hair, the: instructions said not to use metal bowls or implements. How come? I
: see some companies use a silver bowl and I know that different wires
: are traditional. I've never noticed a difference with metal,
: plastic, or whatever.
Copper will react with the acid and change the resulting color. In
many countries, metal domestic ware has a high copper content. We
mostly have stainless steel. I have ONE spoon that reacted strongly
with henna, but all my other stuff has never reacted.
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