Re: Maybe, finally, getting promised results with terped paste? (long)
Posted by Shanon Lavender on September 8, 2001 at 17:34:40:
In reply to: Maybe, finally, getting promised results with terped paste? (long) posted by Anne Beltestad on September 8, 2001 at 17:13:29:
I've gotten great color on myself on parts that don't usually stainwell. At Sirius the people who got no aftercare ie NS or LS did
better. Access to oxygen seems important to the chemical process.
The stress of moving may also be having a drastic effect on your
ability to stain. People who got hennaed just prior to the smallish
tornado (chance of showers my ass) tended to get the worst stain I
have ever seen with any mix. Stress also tends to make you exfoliate
very rapidly.
Best Wishes
Shanon
: OK, for a month or more now, admittedly in the midst of picking up
my
: whole life and moving to NYC, I have been playing with the Sirius
: mixtures, trying deseperately to get the kind of results Catherine
: posted - to no avail.
: I have a sneaking suspicion my results are not uncommon; darker
than
: whatever previous recipe, but not "blackberry" or "chesnut hull on
: the arms of dark-skinned women" (sorta reddish brown on my own
upper
: arm, and that's it). The palms have often been no darker than the
: backs of the hands, on me at least. I think my really dark palm
: results were with our OLD recipe; diva mix, eucalyptus, and clove
: oil.
: I have gone to CCJ's Sirius page over and over, trying to read
: between the lines and figure out what the difference is. I think
one
: confusing thing is that she says "paste left on" which I
interpreted
: to mean "not getting it wet", and should have meant "paste left
on"!
: (it's just hard for me to be upright, especially at a festival, and
: not touch anything after the paste is dry! The only way the paste
is
: gonna stay on is if I'm sleeping!)
: However - last night I hennaed myself with Ojai Body Arts henna,
: mixed with lemon, then 24 hours later with caj. and geranium,
waited
: an hour and went over the old design on my hand. I lemonsugared
: really well, with an application of the blowdryer.
: Then I wrapped (which CCJ says she doesn't have to do - she also
says
: no need for aftercare, heat, etc!) and slept ten hours in muggy NYC
: weather.
: This morning my fingertips are dark brick on the palms, maybe even
a
: little darker on the backs. As usual, where the design crosses the
: bend of my wrist, it's pale tan.
: This is darker than I usually get with terped paste. Darker, as I
: recall, from our old diva mix, but not like what the Reverend Bunny
: has! It's a bad time of month for henna for me, so maybe I'm going
: about this all wrong, but what do you all think?
: I know others have not had the same results as CCJ with terps.
: Catherine - do you think you're maybe just more acidic than a lot
of
: people (Kree drinks tons of coffee and always stains darker) ?
: Have you had the kind of results you post on your own hands on
: clients?
: What do people feel is the role of aftercare? Is leaving the
paste
: undisturbed on the skin as important as not getting it wet for 24
: hours? What about doing both? Several lily-gilders who are less
: impatient and fanatical about cleaning as I am have been able to go
: 48 hours without washing, and they get much darker stains than I do.
: Has anyone else had the kind of results CCJ shows on CLIENTS?
: Let me know,
:
: Thanks,
:
: Anne
Follow Ups
- the tornado effect
Catherine Cartwright Jones 02:48:49 9/9/2001
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