Re: henna for thinning hair

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on February 1, 2005 at 23:10:50:

In reply to: Re: henna for thinning hair posted by De on February 1, 2005 at 22:46:58:

Its my personal experience that oil makes hair a tragic limp heap that
is 50% less attractive than roadkill massaged with QuakerState
30weight. That is, however, my personal loathing of oils, and my body
seems to produce them abundantly.

ON a more scientific level ...........

I think tannins binding with the the band segments of keratin probably
do more good than oils at preserving keratin strands from dessication.

In plain English ...........

oils are different than tannins and oils do different things to hair
than tannins.

Oils and tannins have similar observable effects but they're
fundamentally different.

Living stuff likes to be moist. If living stuff goes dry, it goes
dead, crunchy, crusty, and falls to bits. Like road kill and
overprocessed hair.

You can pile oil and wax on something alive to preserve life and
suppleness (see: cactus makes a waxy coating which does the same job
as snail slime and/or thin layer of oil on skin) (have you ever
noticed that the skin on your meat, poultry and fish has the highest
oil content? That's why you gotta peal it off if you're on a low fat
diet) Oil fixes hair ...... sorta.

You can strenghten keratin with tannins (tannins do to keratin like
darning frayed yarn does to socks because tannins wrap around keratin
like darning does to socks (ok, its late, if you need the precise
thingie and the academic reference, ask me in the morning, I'm really
tired)) (and this is why you tan (tannin) leather to keep it supple
and don't deteriorate (because roadkill goes brittle whereas your
tanned leather shoes stay soft and don't smell anywhere near as bad as
that last groundhog on the side of the road when you had to suddenly
roll your windows up)

OK .......... that was a disconnected ramble because I really otta be
in bed........... if that made no sense, let me know, and I'll answer
in the morning.

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: Its my personal experience that oil makes hair a tragic limp heap that : is 50% less attractive than roadkill massaged with QuakerState : 30weight. That is, however, my personal loathing of oils, and my body : seems to produce them abundantly. : : ON a more scientific level ........... : : I think tannins binding with the the band segments of keratin probably : do more good than oils at preserving keratin strands from dessication. : : In plain English ........... : : oils are different than tannins and oils do different things to hair : than tannins. : : Oils and tannins have similar observable effects but they're : fundamentally different. : : Living stuff likes to be moist. If living stuff goes dry, it goes : dead, crunchy, crusty, and falls to bits. Like road kill and : overprocessed hair. : : You can pile oil and wax on something alive to preserve life and : suppleness (see: cactus makes a waxy coating which does the same job : as snail slime and/or thin layer of oil on skin) (have you ever : noticed that the skin on your meat, poultry and fish has the highest : oil content? That's why you gotta peal it off if you're on a low fat : diet) Oil fixes hair ...... sorta. : : You can strenghten keratin with tannins (tannins do to keratin like : darning frayed yarn does to socks because tannins wrap around keratin : like darning does to socks (ok, its late, if you need the precise : thingie and the academic reference, ask me in the morning, I'm really : tired)) (and this is why you tan (tannin) leather to keep it supple : and don't deteriorate (because roadkill goes brittle whereas your : tanned leather shoes stay soft and don't smell anywhere near as bad as : that last groundhog on the side of the road when you had to suddenly : roll your windows up) : : OK .......... that was a disconnected ramble because I really otta be : in bed........... if that made no sense, let me know, and I'll answer : in the morning.
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