Re: Lack of henna powder
Posted by Anon on August 19, 1999 at 16:12:34:
In Reply to: Lack of henna powder posted by Keltie on August 19, 1999 at 05:36:10:
: Shop owners kept trying to sell me the henna for hair, telling me
it's
: exactly the same thing. I read some ingredients skeptically, but
: didn't bother. I'm not that desperate yet.
If you *do* get desperate, go to a health-food store or something and
get Light Mountain hair color/conditioner, RED (the darker ones might
be okay; don't get the lighter ones as they're neutral). It really is
red henna, nothing else. Needs serious sifting (figure losing 1/4),
but the result gave me a reasonable stain. Note please that I'm not
suggesting this as high quality, but as an interim measure that will
at least work.
Side question: Does anyone do anything with the sifted-out bits? Are
they worth grinding & re-sifting, or maybe worth making into a thick
paste for large, solid areas (like dip or nails)? Or are the bits
that sift out also less potent, like chaff?