Manic Panic and Punky Color
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on June 27, 2000 at 15:27:21:
In Reply to: Re: How easy is it to get PPD to make "black henna" ? posted by Anne on June 27, 2000 at 13:56:49:
I was looking at those dyes in the shop, too ... I have been told
they are not harmful to skin, but they will totally trash your
clothing and bathroom fixtures. There was no ppd or any such thing
in their lists of ingredients ... but they didn't have a black,
either.
I can't be certain that they are the same dyes as are being used in
the "safe" "colored henna" products, they look like it to me. I have
a pretty good eye for dyes, and they look and behave like the "colored
henna" stuff. I believe they are pretty safe, and they certainly only
last for 2-4 days on the skin, so they aren't penetrating down very
far.
Since the manufacturers of "colored henna" aren't divulging their
dyes, there is no way to know what's in them. You'd have to look up
every thing on the ingredient list on Manic Panic or Punky Color to
know if there are problems. I have been assured by some Canadian
cosmetologists that those are vegetable based dyes and they are safe
to use on skin and hair. I have seen people with colorful skin after
using Manic Panic ... and it looked just like "colored henna" stains.
