Re: Another glove idea

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 3, 2001 at 13:42:09:

In reply to: Re: Another glove idea posted by Lisa K on October 3, 2001 at 05:14:42:

: I will need gloves. Talking about all this need for heat made me
: wonder about something. I enjoy the outdoors in the winter and use
: hand warmers. You know the kind that come in a package and you
shake
: them and they stay warm for hours. I know people who ski or hunt
use
: these. What do you think about putting those inside the glove?

There are many ways to get your hands up to temp in winter henna.
NOrtherners have two problems here ... those of us who are acclimated
to cold have fewer capillaries out at the surface of our extremities
(to conserve body heat) as well as chilly room temps. Cold hands.
Cold hand epidermal cells don't bind with the henna dye well, for the
same reason that you get better colors dying cloth in a simmering tub
rather than in ice water. Warmer keratin molecules are expanded, and
more activated so are more likely to bind with dye molecules.

How to get your hands hot? Visit a sauna. Wrap. Get a heating pad for
your mattress. Use handwarmers made of rice bags (put into the nuke)
or storebought. Steam. Dance and drink. Hold your hands to a bonfire.
Anything that gets your hands HOT is going to help your henna results
(though avoid getting sweatty and smearing)!

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Thanks CCJ, from a frosty fingered friend!!! N/T Lisa K 20:20:55 10/3/2001 (0)

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: : I will need gloves. Talking about all this need for heat made me : : wonder about something. I enjoy the outdoors in the winter and use : : hand warmers. You know the kind that come in a package and you : shake : : them and they stay warm for hours. I know people who ski or hunt : use : : these. What do you think about putting those inside the glove? : : There are many ways to get your hands up to temp in winter henna. : NOrtherners have two problems here ... those of us who are acclimated : to cold have fewer capillaries out at the surface of our extremities : (to conserve body heat) as well as chilly room temps. Cold hands. : Cold hand epidermal cells don't bind with the henna dye well, for the : same reason that you get better colors dying cloth in a simmering tub : rather than in ice water. Warmer keratin molecules are expanded, and : more activated so are more likely to bind with dye molecules. : : How to get your hands hot? Visit a sauna. Wrap. Get a heating pad for : your mattress. Use handwarmers made of rice bags (put into the nuke) : or storebought. Steam. Dance and drink. Hold your hands to a bonfire. : Anything that gets your hands HOT is going to help your henna results : (though avoid getting sweatty and smearing)!
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