My camphor trials

Posted by Natasha papousek on November 08, 1999 at 16:50:44:

Unable to resist, I tried adding spirit of camphor to my batch and
experimented over the week-end.

2 tsp henna powder, enough lemon juice and tea to mix, 1/8 tsp spirit
of camphor, and some honey. I didn't experience the separation
problems that Catherine mentioned.

Trial #1: an anklet using paste that probably wasn't matured enough (I
couldn't wait!). When I removed the paste Sat. morning, the stain was
really light and I was fairly disappointed. But 48 hours later, it
has browned up to a lovely dark brown.

Trial #2: Saturday night, a design on the top of my foot which is
traditionally difficult to stain. By this time the paste was 3 days
old, but still in good texture. Sunday morning, the stain was bright
orange and continues to darken.

Trial #3: Sunday night, a complementary stain on the other foot. The
paste seemed a little grainy -- not as smooth as the night before, but
still felt tingly cool like the previous two appliations. This
morning, the stain came out nice and orange, but not as bright as
Saturdays's. It's too early to tell how it will darken.

I'll keep you posted as things develop.

And I want to test using spirit of camphor as prep before using a
regular paste.

Follow-ups:

• Re: My camphor trials Catherine Cartwright Jones 16:57:12 11/08/99 (2)
  • Re: My camphor trials...me too Kenzi 22:52:04 11/08/99 (1)
    • Congrats Kenzi !! Jewel 05:20:33 11/09/99 (0)