"Mostly Harmless"; don't panic.
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on April 11, 2000 at 09:43:28:
In Reply to: NAVAID color henna pastes? Safe or NOT? posted by KG on April 11, 2000 at 00:12:43:
Generally speaking, Navaid's pastes don't seem to have any harm in
them. If they're using the synthetic food dyes, as I believe they
are, the only harm would be for people who have allergies to those
dyes. If the tubes had the USDA #'s of those dyes, that would be very
helpful.
Allergies to food dyes are NOT UNCOMMON! I don't know if these pastes
would trigger an allergic reaction.
Navaid sent me a package of samples about a year ago .... I tried
them, but I absolutely did not like them. Poor stain, terrible
texture, impossible tubes, caps that did not fit. Everything that the
paste touched was permanently stained EXCEPT for my skin (clothing,
linoleum, sinks....everything.) I didn't want to say much about it on
the forum, because I felt the product could be improved, AND because I
wanted to respect the "TRADITIONAL HENNA ONLY" policy on Henna Page
Forum!
I hope the product has been improved since I tried it. I hope people
have fun with it. I hope the discussion of "colored henna" goes back
to one of the "colored henna forums".
