Re: Minor henna crisis last night. I desperately need some advice...
Posted by lisa on October 22, 1999 at 01:41:21:
In Reply to: Minor henna crisis last night. I desperately need some advice... posted by Shel on October 21, 1999 at 22:14:54:
Shel,
Can you alter your costume at all? I was thinking that you could
either wear gloves, gauntlets, or maybe cover it up by wearing a
metallic hand wrap. If you're a tribal dancer, maybe you could
just cover your entire palm with henna (since this was how henna
was originally worn.) Either that, or shampooing your hands will
probably strip the color out.
I feel for you. I was dyeing my hair for a performance last
year, and I forgot to use a plastic protector for my skin. I wound up
with these huge long black streaks down my back 3 hours before I had
to leave for the performance! (And just my luck, I had to wear a
specific costume that I couldn't change.) I got most of it out by
shampooing the hell out of it. The streaks faded to a faint bluish
tinge, so I just passed them off as flog marks (I was supposed to be
one of Cleopatra's handmaidens, so I figured that it was appropriate)