Acorns

Posted by lisa on November 02, 1999 at 00:38:47:

I'm curious, has anyone tried using the water from boiled acorns to
darken their henna? Acorns are poisonous to eat because of the high
concentration of tannins, but I'm not sure of the effect they would
have if you applied them to your skin. From some scoping out of the
web, it looks like they have the same tannins as acacias, which
have been mentioned way far back as a henna darkening ingredient.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

Follow-ups:

• Re: Acorns KC 16:08:54 10/21/00 (1)
  • Re: Acorns KC (oopps!) 16:10:44 10/21/00 (0)
• Acorns and other tannins Catherine Cartwright Jones 01:55:09 11/07/99 (1)
  • Re: Acorns and other tannins lisa 21:55:52 11/08/99 (0)
• Re: Acorns Diane Thompson 04:22:14 11/06/99 (2)
  • Re: Acorns Beverly Christen 16:34:35 9/20/00 (0)
  • black walnuts Catherine Cartwright Jones 01:48:38 11/07/99 (0)