Hmm... hoping I'm doing this right, plus a worry..

Posted by Amy L. on December 21, 1999 at 07:49:23:

Oy, first time.. I've got a plastic bag of greeny-brown, toothpaste-
ish, absolutely wonderful aromatic tea-smelling mehndi GOO here. Wish
me luck tomorrow when this mehndi stuff actually goes on.

Catherine, I followed mehandi.com instructions to the letter, but I'm
not sure if I should refrigerate it overnight or leave it at room
temperature (I think I should leave it at room temperature, but I'm
not sure...)

Also, the real sticky question on my mind: how to explain to my
parents the sudden crimson proliferation of flowers and frillies and
anatolian water symbols gracing their kid's hands. They are perfect
examples of the do-as-we-say, non-National-Geographic-reading, icky
unenlightened parental stereotype. I considered pointing them to this
forum to download a clue, but with the recent thread of interesting
locales to henna (no offense, I think it's great... if rather
humorous to henna "welcome" down THERE... ;) they'd be even less
receptive. "You want to do WHAT??!" type of thing. How do I explain
to these people that no, it's not permanent, no I'm not worshiping
any esoteric deities, and no it's not going to mess up my skin? The
harshest chemical in the concoction is lemon juice, but try telling
that to a parent who thinks their kid just got a tattoo.

Follow-ups:

• Re: Hmm... hoping I'm doing this right, plus a worry.. Kenzi 00:02:55 12/22/99 (0)
• would a faq help? Catherine Cartwright Jones 21:54:14 12/21/99 (3)
  • Re: would a faq help? Amy L. 03:43:08 12/22/99 (2)
    • Don't leave us in the dark! giselle 08:48:38 12/22/99 (0)
    • Re: would a faq help? Catherine Cartwright Jones 04:20:57 12/22/99 (0)
• Downloading a clue (liked the phrase...) Giselle 08:39:37 12/21/99 (0)