gelling henna vs. indigo

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Posted by elektra on July 12, 2004 at 05:51:32:

last week i was in experimental mood again: i tried out Fia's gelling
method for henna and indigo. The henna gel was fine, very smooth to
apply and so much i almost had leftovers. I found it a bit more
difficult to wash it out of the sink and stuff, though, more sticky,
but maybe i should mix the pectin better.

After that success, i tried gelling indigo, and, well, i would not
recommend it at all! Don't know if anyone here tried it before, i
couldn't find it in the archives. In truth, it was a true desaster!
Not on my head, thank goodness - because it's consistency got so hard
i couldn't even put it on. That stuff looked like _frozen_ mousse of
chocolate, or some sort of hardening foam, very suspicious. I put in
more liquid to get it working again, which looked ok, but as soon as i
took the cup into the bathroom again and wanted to start, it had
thickened up again. So i stopped, threw it all away, went out to buy a
new box of indigo, and put it on "the messy traditional way", which
turned out really beautiful (think i'll switch over to keep using this
2-step process for my greys at the top, they turned out almost
black-brown :-)

For the indigo, i used a box of (logona-like) herbal indigo, no
chemicals, not the best indigo either, but i don't think that was the
problem. Or, did anyone here have any positive results with gelling
high quality indigo? I didn't check with Catherine's indigo, as i
didn't want to spoil her precious stuff (which was a good idea ;)

Follow Ups

Re: gelling henna vs. indigo hannah 11:33:16 7/13/2004 (3)
- Re: gelling henna vs. indigo hannahl 11:38:40 7/13/2004 (2)
  - Re: gelling henna vs. indigo elektra 04:15:16 7/15/2004 (1)
    - Re: gelling henna vs. indigo - pt 2 elektra 04:22:33 7/15/2004 (0)

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: last week i was in experimental mood again: i tried out Fia's gelling : method for henna and indigo. The henna gel was fine, very smooth to : apply and so much i almost had leftovers. I found it a bit more : difficult to wash it out of the sink and stuff, though, more sticky, : but maybe i should mix the pectin better. : : After that success, i tried gelling indigo, and, well, i would not : recommend it at all! Don't know if anyone here tried it before, i : couldn't find it in the archives. In truth, it was a true desaster! : Not on my head, thank goodness - because it's consistency got so hard : i couldn't even put it on. That stuff looked like _frozen_ mousse of : chocolate, or some sort of hardening foam, very suspicious. I put in : more liquid to get it working again, which looked ok, but as soon as i : took the cup into the bathroom again and wanted to start, it had : thickened up again. So i stopped, threw it all away, went out to buy a : new box of indigo, and put it on "the messy traditional way", which : turned out really beautiful (think i'll switch over to keep using this : 2-step process for my greys at the top, they turned out almost : black-brown :-) : : For the indigo, i used a box of (logona-like) herbal indigo, no : chemicals, not the best indigo either, but i don't think that was the : problem. Or, did anyone here have any positive results with gelling : high quality indigo? I didn't check with Catherine's indigo, as i : didn't want to spoil her precious stuff (which was a good idea ;)
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