Re:Al Muhajabat henna?
Posted by Jenna on February 16, 2000 at 21:21:09:
In Reply to: Re:Al Muhajabat henna? posted by Nick on February 16, 2000 at 20:07:19:
: Has anybody ever bought henna from Al Muhajabat? (they specialize in
: arab clothing) I recently bought a whole bunch of the stuff, and its
: been acting strangely. It seems to stain the skin it doesn't even
: touch! I drew a really lacy design on my palm, and when I woke up,
the
: paste was still in place, but all the areas around it were red too!
It
: looked like the dye had spread through my skin! Weird!?!? It also
: stained my toenails grey!! My suspician is that there is dye added
or
: somthing. It also becomes EXTREMELY sticky when the paste is mixed,
: even if I have not added sugar!? Its consistency is like when you
make
: cookies, and all of the wet ingredients are not added, yet, and it
is
: sooooo hard to stir. And this is after I have added 5 times as much
: liquid as henna! Talk about absorbant! It would be sad if it Was
: artificial, because it is vey nice to work with, once the
consistency
: is right. HHMMM... Any info would be greatly appreciated!!
It does sound like a dye ingredient was added. Did you try looking at
the color development after an hour? Maybe you just need to leve it on
for a short time. Did you wrap it? Sweating would cause it to bleed.
To make use of all that henna, try just leaving it on a short time and
peeking at it to see when you get the desired color. Please let us
know how you make out with this!
Jenna