Re: Kind of off-topic question about oil massage
Posted by Kenzi on November 23, 1999 at 00:46:52:
In Reply to: Kind of off-topic question about oil massage posted by Henna Diva on November 21, 1999 at 23:44:24:
: I know it's not directly about henna, but I wouldn't be surprised
to
: find out that maybe the same sort of massage helps with henna
: absorption. I've noticed a lot of rural Indian women who get a
: virtual hand massage from ghee, butter, oil, etc. while cooking
every
: day sometimes take henna better.
Making couscous is great on your hands because you are massing them
with grains of couscous, hot vapor from the cooking and the olive
oil. It feels great on your hands and, like you said, would probably
make them ready for henna (the next day, once the oil is washed off).