Re: Henna resist, irresistable....with Elmers
Posted by Eliz. on December 03, 1999 at 02:23:45:
In Reply to: Henna resist, irresistable....with Elmers posted by kenzi on December 02, 1999 at 23:59:31:
I doubt if glue would work - it's not water-proof, and is similar
to the peel-masks. Still, it's non-toxic so it's probably worth a
try.
I used a cheap mug warmer and a saucer to keep the wax melted. It
didn't take much heat - a radiator should work, and a heating pad
*might* work if you used something thin to hold the wax. Then just
dip a (small) brush and paint the wax on. The cosmetic wax was great,
except I did let it get a little too hot - no burn, just briefly
uncomfortable. I was checking a batik site, and it had the following
information about melting points of different waxes:
175 degrees - "sticky" wax
150 d. - batik wax (1/2 paraffin, 1/2 sticky wax)
145 d. - paraffin
120 d. - beeswax
I also checked a craft store, and 160 d. seems to be pretty typical
for candlewaxes. Beeswax is incredibly expensive - but it is also
used as a dipilatory, so it does melt at a low enough temperature for
skin. Only I seem to recall someone telling me it's a close call;
very easy to get burned. The cosmetic wax I'm guessing melts at
something lower than 120 - maybe 110 or 105? It says it's wax mixed
with oil.
I don't think you're going to get any wax stable in a melted form.
There's a gizmo for batik that plugs in and is supposed to keep the
batik wax at the right temperature while dribbling it out, but I
suspect this would be too hot for skin.