The holy grail was here all along...

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Posted by Natasha Papousek on February 08, 2000 at 15:01:16:

Did a couple designs on the backs of my hands -- one on Sunday night
and one last night. Both results are the same -- beautiful dark
orange when the wrap was removed. And the backs of my hands don't
usually take very well b/c of my thin Irish skin.

So what made the difference? Probably 2 things which I haven't
normally done: preheating the hands with a flaxseed beanbag and then
keeping the hand on top of the warmth during the painting AND sealing
the bandage with some plastic wrap. I've been shy about plastic wrap-
-worried about excessive sweating, but it's been cold here at night
recently. (For full instructions on the wrap, see CCJ's page:
www.mehandi.com) I did sweat, but not too much to mess up the design
-- and having the henna rehydrated most of the night probably made the
difference between the OK take I usually get and the fantastic take I
got.

ANd how long has Catherine been telling us this? And then Carrie
succinctly summed it up with the M*A*T*H acronym (moisture, acid,
time, heat)

OK, I'm a slow learner sometimes...


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