Henna on dark skin 101

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 28, 2001 at 20:07:18:

In reply to: Re: Henna for Girl Scouts posted by Silvia on September 28, 2001 at 19:46:19:

You should be able to get beautiful stains on the backs of her hands,
especially the fingers, with the lavendar Sirius Mix.

One coffee-dark woman at Sirius had Jamila/caj/geranium Sirius mix on
the back of her hand, and it looked like bing cherries against coffee
skin! Beautiful!

When guestimating henna colors on dark women .... go visit the
lipstick counter where they have cosmetics for dark women to get a
notion of the color synchrony, and if you can, bring a dark friend
with you to do some wrist testing. The lipstick that looks like
chocolate pudding on a pale skin can look like raspberries on a dark
skin! Henna is translucent just as lipstick is translucent. The the
brown characteristics of a henna color will not show on dark skin, but
the red tones will jump right up! Put the two marks together and
you'll see that they're the same color ... but the effect is totally
different.

Otherwise, the same henna challenges come up with dark skin as light.
Hands and feet are fantastic, lower arms and legs are ok ... inner
body is where you start having to work HARD to get results.

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: You should be able to get beautiful stains on the backs of her hands, : especially the fingers, with the lavendar Sirius Mix. : : One coffee-dark woman at Sirius had Jamila/caj/geranium Sirius mix on : the back of her hand, and it looked like bing cherries against coffee : skin! Beautiful! : : When guestimating henna colors on dark women .... go visit the : lipstick counter where they have cosmetics for dark women to get a : notion of the color synchrony, and if you can, bring a dark friend : with you to do some wrist testing. The lipstick that looks like : chocolate pudding on a pale skin can look like raspberries on a dark : skin! Henna is translucent just as lipstick is translucent. The the : brown characteristics of a henna color will not show on dark skin, but : the red tones will jump right up! Put the two marks together and : you'll see that they're the same color ... but the effect is totally : different. : : Otherwise, the same henna challenges come up with dark skin as light. : Hands and feet are fantastic, lower arms and legs are ok ... inner : body is where you start having to work HARD to get results.
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