Re: NewSkin (again..)
Posted by Kenzi on January 14, 2000 at 04:02:58:
In Reply to: NewSkin (again..) posted by Amy L. on January 14, 2000 at 03:20:43:
Having just spent all last night at work with henna and New Skin on
top of that I can answer many of your questions from this recent
experience. I did a design on the back of my hand, covered it with
New Skin and then, without wrapping it up, went to work. I didn't
wrap it because I didn't really care if it got extremely dark or not
and I needed to work and the wrap would have gotten in the way. I
spent the entire evening at work (I do desktop publishing) and the
New Skin and henna cracked a little and peeled a little, but it was
amazingly resilient to all my movement. The color came out amazingly
well also. what's really great about New Skin, compared to lemon
sugar, is that you can brush the area against things and nothing
chips off, nothing gets smeared AND everyone can see the design.
As for the clove oil...I am a firm believer in the power of cloves
with henna. I believe it helps make the stain darker. I cook my
lemon juice with cloves, and then use that lemon juice to make my
paste and also to do the lemon sugar mix. There are instructions on
my website if you're interested (follow the link below).