NewSkin (again..)

Posted by Amy L. on January 14, 2000 at 03:20:43:

Apologies to all the seasoned NS users who are patient & kind enough
to repeat simple answers, ad-nauseum, to the uninitiated. I just
ordered a 1 fl. oz. spray-bottle of NewSkin from drugstore.com, and
I'm curious - how long does a typical bottle last, and is the spray
worth it? (It was $4.99 as opposed to $3.99 for the paint-on stuff,
same quantity.) I know it smells like "a whole nail polish factory",
as someone (CCJ?) so eloquently put it, and should always be used in
a ventilated area, but it sounds like a faboo answer to my perennial
worry that the slightest twitch of skin (esp. on hand wraps) will
smear a design.

I gather it's also flexible. What I'd REALLY like to do, if it's
possible, is to henna one hand, NS and wrap it, turn right around and
do the other hand on the same night, and then sleep with it on - CCJ
has some simply gorgeous hand-patterns, but I don't think they give
the full mehndi effect unless used on both.. I'm sure that serious
skin crinkling is a bad idea when you want dye to take, but any
dexterity would be an improvement (currently I keep the hand stock-
still, which gets a bit crampy after six hours!) How does NS hold up
for minor skin shifting? Does the clove oil do much for the color?

One of these days, let's all compile a canonical NS factoid sheet -
the consensus seems to be that it's dead useful, and I'm sure that
having to constantly repeat simple answers gets tiring :) Thanks in
advance.

Follow-ups:

• Re: NewSkin (again..) Dawn G. 18:09:24 1/14/00 (0)
• Re: NewSkin (again..) Kenzi 04:02:58 1/14/00 (0)
• Re: NewSkin (again..) Catherine Cartwright JOnes 03:45:27 1/14/00 (4)
  • Re: NewSkin (again..) star-grazer 17:07:19 1/15/00 (3)
    • Re: NewSkin (again..) Amy L. 00:30:29 1/16/00 (2)
      • Re: NewSkin (again..) Eliz. 17:45:50 1/16/00 (1)
        • NewSkin Trials!! Amy L. 06:52:52 1/19/00 (0)