Re: Hennaeing previously polished fingernails and toenails
Posted by Kenzi on February 23, 2000 at 02:15:21:
In Reply to: Hennaeing previously polished fingernails and toenails posted by Susie on February 22, 2000 at 13:58:56:
: Is there any special technique for hennaeing previously polished
: fingernails/toenails? I can't seem to get any color on them though
my
: palms and soles take quite nicely.
Finger/toenails do not stain as readily or as darkly as skin. But
you can get them to stain in several ways. First of all, do like you
would to any henna design, dab it with lemon-sugar mix, wrap it up,
keep it warm and sleep on it. You can also try NewSkin on it to keep
it in place. The other method is to keep applying henna several days
or even weeks apart, and eventually you will have quite a dark
stain. I experimented with henna on my fingernails by drawing
designs in dots. I chose a design that would look good as my nails
grew out. I did the lemon-sugar, the wrap and the heat and still the
design come out very light. It is still as dark as it first was and
is almost completely grown out.