Thanks!Posted by Natasha on July 27, 2001 at 20:38:58: In reply to: Re: Darker stain = shorter life-span posted by Kenzi on July 27, 2001 at 04:58:07: : sprinkle cement powderHmmm. That doesn't sound very appealing...and I'm not willing to buy a large back of cement powder just to experiment with a tbl's worth! The other possibility is ammonia crystals. I thought that might be the likely culprit, from her description of the artist creating a plaster, applying it over her designs and then heating it over a charcoal brazier...but where would you get ammonia crystals -- and would they be any nicer to the skin than household ammonia? I tried the ammonia thing once -- it stripped most of the design off my foot along with the skin, and left behind a horrible greenish outline where the henna had been...I definitely don't want to try that with anyone else! Maybe I should start bottling : the stuff and bringing it back with me! ;-) You know, that might make an interesting experiment -- to test water from various places. I know that the tap water in Austin was much more acidic than the stuff here in San Diego. I was able to make excellent stains with just henna powder and water last summer in Austin. And I was also able to maintain happy tropical fish in Austin water. Here in SD, the water is incredibly alkaline, and I have to use distilled water for my fish...
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