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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 24, 1998 at 18:33:50:

trial #1: basic recipe we reccommend through www.mehandi.com
Henna powder: 2 tbsp of Frontier natural red henna leaf powder,
sifted.
Added: enough lemon juice (sifted)to mix a paste as thick as cookie
dough
Added: liquid from: 2 lipton tea bags boiled in 1/2 cup water for 5
minutes, 1 heaping tbsp sugar added, ..enough added to henna paste to
make a mix the consistancy of soft toothpaste.
No other additives.
Paste allowed to sit 12 hours at 70F.
Paste re-thinned with lemon juice to make paste as soft as soft
toothpaste. (Paste thickened overnight)
No skin preparation.
Paste appied to palms, fingers, wrists. Lemon juice applied to skin
when paste had dried 20 minutes under lamp.
When paste was nearly dry, hand, fingers and wrist were covered with
saran wrap and tape. Henna covered in wrap stays in place midnight
to 7A.M. (sleeping) (household at 68F.) minimal sweating.
No aftercare of skin.
Resulting color: palm of hand persimmon to bittersweet, to rust.
Golden yellow highlights. Fingers: rust to walnut. Wrists:
bittersweet to suntan color.
Color after 10 days; dissapeared on wrist, clearly visible cantelope
color on palms.
Color after 20 days; very faint cantelope on hands.

Trial #2: substitute lime juice for lemon juice: no other changes from
trial#1....no visible differences.

Trial # 3: Substituting Turkish coffee for tea in recipe#1, no other
changes: resulting color on palms is slightly browner, no golden
yellow highlights. No other visible changes

Trial #4: Substituting angostura bitters instead of tea: less intense
color in hands, fewer rusts, no walnut, slightly unpleasant boozy
smell. No other visible changes.

Trial # 5: Substituting 1 tsp. grenadine syrup for additional lemon
juice in second thinning: no visible changes in results.

Trial #6:...addition of 5 drops of eucalyptus oil in additional lemon
juice for thinning: no visible changes in color, though texture was
slightly improves, and fragrance enhanced.
Trial# 7: thermostat accidentally turned to 80F overnight; copious
sweating under plastic wrapped henna... same recipe as trial#1:
marked increase in color intensity...more rust color, walnut, brick
color on hands...patterns still visible at 24 days on hands.

Follow-ups:

Re: serious answers Phoenix and Arabeth 12:43:13 4/01/98 (1)
- Re: serious answers Catherine Cartwright Jones 16:58:09 4/01/98 (0)
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- Re: serious answers, followups #1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Catherine Cartwright Jones 14:55:08 3/29/98 (6)
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: trial #1: basic recipe we reccommend through www.mehandi.com : Henna powder: 2 tbsp of Frontier natural red henna leaf powder, : sifted. : Added: enough lemon juice (sifted)to mix a paste as thick as cookie : dough : Added: liquid from: 2 lipton tea bags boiled in 1/2 cup water for 5 : minutes, 1 heaping tbsp sugar added, ..enough added to henna paste to : make a mix the consistancy of soft toothpaste. : No other additives. : Paste allowed to sit 12 hours at 70F. : Paste re-thinned with lemon juice to make paste as soft as soft : toothpaste. (Paste thickened overnight) : No skin preparation. : Paste appied to palms, fingers, wrists. Lemon juice applied to skin : when paste had dried 20 minutes under lamp. : When paste was nearly dry, hand, fingers and wrist were covered with : saran wrap and tape. Henna covered in wrap stays in place midnight : to 7A.M. (sleeping) (household at 68F.) minimal sweating. : No aftercare of skin. : Resulting color: palm of hand persimmon to bittersweet, to rust. : Golden yellow highlights. Fingers: rust to walnut. Wrists: : bittersweet to suntan color. : Color after 10 days; dissapeared on wrist, clearly visible cantelope : color on palms. : Color after 20 days; very faint cantelope on hands. : Trial #2: substitute lime juice for lemon juice: no other changes from : trial#1....no visible differences. : : Trial # 3: Substituting Turkish coffee for tea in recipe#1, no other : changes: resulting color on palms is slightly browner, no golden : yellow highlights. No other visible changes : Trial #4: Substituting angostura bitters instead of tea: less intense : color in hands, fewer rusts, no walnut, slightly unpleasant boozy : smell. No other visible changes. : Trial # 5: Substituting 1 tsp. grenadine syrup for additional lemon : juice in second thinning: no visible changes in results. : Trial #6:...addition of 5 drops of eucalyptus oil in additional lemon : juice for thinning: no visible changes in color, though texture was : slightly improves, and fragrance enhanced. : Trial# 7: thermostat accidentally turned to 80F overnight; copious : sweating under plastic wrapped henna... same recipe as trial#1: : marked increase in color intensity...more rust color, walnut, brick : color on hands...patterns still visible at 24 days on hands.

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