Henna on the chest - lightness alert

Posted by Amy L. on January 10, 2000 at 19:46:00:

I let my boyfriend do one of his tribal motifs on my chest yesterday
(using CastleArt, lime juice and a wee bit of tea - the achingly simple
mehandi.com mixture that works so well) and it came out lovely after an
overnight wrap. Lovely, that is, but for the color... it's a light
orange!!! It was under wraps, so to speak, for 9+ hours... and my palms
go auburn after like six hours, so I'm wondering. Yes, I know thin skin
habitually stains pretty light, but I was hoping for at least chocolate
color... I find that scotch tape is ITCHY on sensitive skin areas and I
had hoped all the itchiness would be well worth it ;). I bought the
henna about a month ago - should I just call up Amy again and get some
more?

I still have lots left in the cone, and unmixed (still green and rather
fresh-smelling) powder, and I'm hoping I don't have to trash it all.
Should I just go over the design again a few more times?

By the way, is there a less itchy tape to seal the edges of the wrap?
I'm not eagerly anticipating trying liquid latex, and I'm still
undecided on the NewSkin concept. Scotch tape is rather narrow...

Follow-ups:

• New Skin convert Kenzi 00:35:30 1/11/00 (8)
  • Re: New Skin convert Catherine Cartwright Jones 01:36:49 1/11/00 (7)
    • Re: New Skin convert Kenzi 02:09:03 1/11/00 (6)
      • Re: New Skin convert Catherine Cartwright Jones 02:30:05 1/11/00 (5)
        • New Skin removal Eliz. 19:21:45 1/12/00 (4)
          • Re: New Skin removal Dawn G. 20:29:31 1/12/00 (3)
            • What about spraying on NewSkin and very quickly putting a piece of TP over the wet spray? (no text) Amy L. 03:30:21 1/14/00 (2)
              • Re: What about spraying on NewSkin and very quickly putting a piece of TP over the wet spray? (no text) Catherine Cartwright Jones 13:14:17 1/14/00 (1)
                • Re: What about spraying on NewSkin and very quickly putting a piece of TP over the wet spray? (no text) can bond paper to skin 15:08:10 1/15/00 (0)
• Re: Henna on the chest - lightness alert Catherine Cartwright jOnes 20:15:18 1/10/00 (0)
• Re: Henna on the chest - lightness alert Kym 20:03:33 1/10/00 (1)
  • Re: Henna on the chest - lightness alert Jenna 20:37:08 1/10/00 (0)