Re: gelling henna vs. indigo

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Posted by hannah on July 13, 2004 at 11:33:16:

In reply to: gelling henna vs. indigo 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 ;)

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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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