Re: Aftercare with Cajeput

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Posted by Maureen on July 27, 2001 at 12:53:20:

In reply to: Aftercare with Cajeput posted by Lisa K on July 27, 2001 at 11:00:16:

Hi Lisa,

My experience with cajeput in my mixtures is that I might wrap and
might not. I only use the lemon sugar, tissue and glove or towel to
wrap if I am going to keep the paste on all night. But, the Siruis
experiments seem to have had success without any lemon/sugar, NS,
tissue or anything. And have had success when having the paste on
for only a short period of time. I have not done a design that I
just left on for 15 minutes or an hour as yet. I still keep the
paste on for hours and keep the area warm. I think it has become a
ritual that I can not give up. And, I obtain stains that are very
deep browns and burgandys immediately when I remove the paste.
Because of the amount of sugar I put in my paste, the paste does not
fall off on its own. I always have to scrape. But you might want to
try it on yourself prior to Tuesday. Don't ever try something for
the first time on a customer. It will do something flukey and make
you look silly. Let it do something flukey on you at home so you can
learn to overcome the fluke. Once the paste has fallen off or is
scraped off the care is exactly the same. And because of the fast
demise of the stains with the EOs, I would really stress the after
care. Remove the rest of the dried paste with animal fat, no washing
the body part for 24 hours, no swimming pools or hot tubs for the
stained part, etc.

Someone listed really good before and aftercare instructions down the
page a bit. If you don't have these written down, you might want to
copy it. No sense repeating here what has been stated so well
previously. You will find that to some extent this henna thing
really does allow for personal preference. As long as you do certain
things exactly right, you have a lot of room to play with the rest.
Let us know how it works out for you.

Maureen

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Re: Aftercare with Cajeput Lisa K 04:58:00 7/28/2001 (0)
little OT but maybe helps? Alissa 15:13:56 7/27/2001 (0)

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: Hi Lisa, : : My experience with cajeput in my mixtures is that I might wrap and : might not. I only use the lemon sugar, tissue and glove or towel to : wrap if I am going to keep the paste on all night. But, the Siruis : experiments seem to have had success without any lemon/sugar, NS, : tissue or anything. And have had success when having the paste on : for only a short period of time. I have not done a design that I : just left on for 15 minutes or an hour as yet. I still keep the : paste on for hours and keep the area warm. I think it has become a : ritual that I can not give up. And, I obtain stains that are very : deep browns and burgandys immediately when I remove the paste. : Because of the amount of sugar I put in my paste, the paste does not : fall off on its own. I always have to scrape. But you might want to : try it on yourself prior to Tuesday. Don't ever try something for : the first time on a customer. It will do something flukey and make : you look silly. Let it do something flukey on you at home so you can : learn to overcome the fluke. Once the paste has fallen off or is : scraped off the care is exactly the same. And because of the fast : demise of the stains with the EOs, I would really stress the after : care. Remove the rest of the dried paste with animal fat, no washing : the body part for 24 hours, no swimming pools or hot tubs for the : stained part, etc. : : Someone listed really good before and aftercare instructions down the : page a bit. If you don't have these written down, you might want to : copy it. No sense repeating here what has been stated so well : previously. You will find that to some extent this henna thing : really does allow for personal preference. As long as you do certain : things exactly right, you have a lot of room to play with the rest. : Let us know how it works out for you. : : Maureen
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