most water makes no difference
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on December 18, 1999 at 23:15:29:
In Reply to: Mix posted by Muscari on December 18, 1999 at 11:20:42:
Don't pay all that much attention to the "water no-no".
If you think carefully about the chemistry of henna, and how it binds
to skin, the "water no-no" make very much sense, really. The
hennotannic acid molecules are bound to your skin molecules,INSIDE THE
CELL WALLS, so water isn't going to do much to them. As long as the
henna had a good, long, wrapped, hot time on your skin, the color is
IN your skin, and several layers down, at that!
Now, there are SOME waters coming out of the tap that have big doses
of chlorine, and that will bleach out your henna. If you soak or
scrub, that will exfoliate the skin, and that could spoil the color.
If you want to be careful, wash with rainwater (acidic) or steam iron
water. Wash briefly if you're worried. No point having a cloud of
fruitflies hovering over your leftover lemon sugar all day......
I wash after hennaeing, and my clients do also, and deep burgundies,
chocolate colors even near black are the norm for most of my
henna work. However, once, I was in a hotel doing a henna gig, and
their water was so chlorinated, that my henna turned from burgundy to
pumpkin in a 15 minute shower. The town next to Stow, kent, has water
that eats henna. So..... one water is perfectly fine to wash in.
Another can be a problem. If in doubt, grab the steam iron water.
- Re: most water makes no difference Kenzi 03:10:25 12/21/99
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