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Re: lil' anecdotePosted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 8, 2001 at 13:16:07: In reply to: lil' anecdote posted by Darlahood on October 8, 2001 at 04:32:14: : in Paris where I stayed this past summer had her bottom lip and chin: hennaed. Epidermal or dermal body art? It was a weird color, tho, and probably unnoticable to : someone who hadn't seen it before and didn't know what it was. The : lady was "black" but not in the same way people are in America; she : was definitely African, and the henna stain appeared to offset her : natural skin tone by giving it a greenish hue. I've hennaed many black people, but have never seen greenish results. Was she using indigo? I know the greenish is considered the most auspicious color of tattoo in North Africa, but hadn't found a reference on how they get it greenish. I'm looking at my inadvertant henna "tattoos" (where I hennaed over a spot the cat scratched, and now I have permanent freckles) wondering if that might have a greenish case against darker skin (doesn't look like it). (Damn shame my husband won't let me near him with the henna, or I could find out!).
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