darker henna...increased reactivity to henna?

Posted by Catherine on February 26, 1998 at 17:52:06:

I have done henna painting professionally for 7 years and notice that
the patterns seem to be increasingly darker on me as time goes on....I
re-do my hands each week to demo for teaching, and the patterns are
getting redwood color....I don't think my mixing recipe is very
unusual, so I suspect that my body is reacting more strongly to henna
than it used to. Pot smokers become sensitized, so do tobacco
smokers, salsa lovers, coffee drinkers, and other exposure to botanic
chemicals change a body's reaction. Could this happen with henna too?
The henna mix that I use on new clients makes a strong pattern, but
less intense than mine. As I regularly sift henna, I'm breathing
some henna fluff...so it's definitely in my system.....has anyone else
noticed this?

Follow-ups:

• recipe? Crystal Bigham 17:08:07 7/11/98 (0)
• Re: darker henna...increased reactivity to henna? Lise Anderson/Andalusia 14:52:40 3/02/98 (0)
• Re: darker henna...increased reactivity to henna? Lise Anderson/Andalusia 14:50:34 3/02/98 (2)
  • Re: darker henna...increased reactivity to henna? lyila 01:59:55 12/10/98 (0)
  • Re: darker henna...increased reactivity to henna? lyila 01:50:48 12/10/98 (0)
• Re: darker henna... Phoenix and Arabeth 20:47:40 2/26/98 (1)
  • Re: darker henna... Catherine 22:31:43 2/26/98 (0)