cross-legged comparison

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on November 01, 1999 at 14:23:42:

In Reply to: CCJ Any results on the thigh-by-thigh test posted by Kj on November 01, 1999 at 05:21:02:

I did the hennaeing last night, both legs, ankle to knee, inside legs
(convenient) so I can compare them crosslegged. I can't photograph the
thighs together to email a comparison jpg ... can't quite levitate the
top half of me far enough to focus, so I went for calves.

I got Camphor Spirit from the drugstore ...10% camphor in an alcahol
base and used that. The health food store is ordering AuroCacia
Camphor oil for me, they didn't have any in stock. I will try the
Camphor oil as soon as they get it in the shop.

Recipe: henna powder and lemon juice, 36 hour soak. Just before
hennaeing. I split the batch in half and stirred 2 tsp of camphor
spirit into 2 heaping tablespoons of henna paste. The other half was
left with just lemon juice. I did the camphor leg at midnight, the
other calf at 1 am. Both legs were NS'd and wrapped. Both were
unwrapped after sleeping in a 70F house at 8 am.

It's 9:30 now, and the camphor leg is maybe very slightly darker ...
maybe. Sometimes I think I see a difference, but then I put my legs
together and they look identical when I put them right next to each
other. If there is a difference, it is extremely slight. Also...the
camphor leg has about a 1 hour advantage in longer stain time
.... so just now, it doesn't look like the camphor made any
difference. I'll post again tomorrow, so if the the camphor changed
the oxidation darkening over 24 or 28 hours it will show up then.
I've also picked out a spot on each side to regularly apply a little
camphor with a Q-Tip to see if that darkens the henna stain any
post-hennaeing. I'll photograph my legs two together tomorrow, so if
there's any difference everyone can see, and if they are the
same...well...I'll try the oil next.

The camphor spirit did, I thought, improve the texture. The henna
paste with the camphor was really nice to work with.

Follow-ups:

• 24 hours later Catherine Cartwright Jones 14:50:03 11/02/99 (13)
  • Re: 30 hours later, a clear difference Catherine Cartwright Jones 17:17:18 11/02/99 (12)
    • Re: 30 hours later, a clear difference Amy C 18:10:25 11/02/99 (11)
      • Re: 30 hours later, a clear difference Catherine Cartwright Jones 19:55:58 11/02/99 (10)
        • Re: 30 hours later, a clear difference Anon 02:37:20 11/03/99 (0)
        • Re: 30 hours later, a clear difference Kj 22:15:30 11/02/99 (8)
          • at 36 hours, go for the camphor. Catherine Cartwright Jones 01:45:39 11/03/99 (7)
            • 52 hours....go shopping for camphor spirit Catherine Cartwright Jones 17:34:19 11/03/99 (6)
              • Re: 52 hours....go shopping for camphor spirit Pia Angelique Priagola 00:43:47 12/08/99 (0)
              • Re: 52 hours....go shopping for camphor spirit Kenzi 23:20:35 11/03/99 (2)
                • Another trial tonight.... it has to be repeatable Catherine Cartwright Jones 02:51:43 11/04/99 (1)
                  • Re: Another trial tonight.... it has to be repeatable Kenzi 04:44:00 11/09/99 (0)
              • Re:.go shopping for camphor spirit Natasha Papousek 20:24:28 11/03/99 (1)
                • Re:.go shopping for camphor spirit Tracy Stewart 03:46:04 11/04/99 (0)