Re: Henna/walnut ratio

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Posted by Pierre on December 8, 2004 at 08:12:19:

In reply to: Re: Henna/walnut ratio posted by Debra on December 7, 2004 at 22:25:12:

: I did some failed test with just walnut on 4 week old hennaed hair to
: try and figure that out. (see post below for details) It looks like
: dye release almost immediately because of the dark brown water (gets
: darker with lemon juice than plain water), but I can't get it to dye
: hair, skin or nails at all- I tried immediately, after 30 min, 1 hr
: and leaving it soak for 4 hours.
:
: My first time buying it, so I will probably go ahead and use it with
: henna in a few days just because I bought it. My expectations are
: very low that it will do anything at all except dilute the henna. I
: bought it at Castle Art so I have no clue if it is dead, walnut is a
: waste of time anyway, or I am doing something wrong.
:
: I will probably do a 50 henna/50 walnut mix to see what happens. I'll
: let you know if anything happens. Do you think it does anything to
: your hair? Where did you get yours?

I got it from Castle Art, and when I showed my hair to my friend the first time
after using walnut, she told me I finally got the color right. Maybe walnut works on
hair only when applied with henna. Juglone is an isomer of lawsone (they have an
OH group in different places), but juglone lacks the OH or O groups next to each
other that tannins have. So I suspect that lawsone bonds to keratin and juglone
bonds to lawsone.

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Re: Henna/walnut ratio Debra 14:53:55 12/8/2004 (4)
- when I used walnut powder Kim in MI 10:32:21 12/10/2004 (0)
- Re: Henna/walnut ratio Pierre 19:11:01 12/8/2004 (2)
  - Re: Henna/walnut ratio Debra 02:17:15 12/9/2004 (1)
    - Anteresting Pierre 08:34:29 12/9/2004 (0)

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: : I did some failed test with just walnut on 4 week old hennaed hair to : : try and figure that out. (see post below for details) It looks like : : dye release almost immediately because of the dark brown water (gets : : darker with lemon juice than plain water), but I can't get it to dye : : hair, skin or nails at all- I tried immediately, after 30 min, 1 hr : : and leaving it soak for 4 hours. : : : : My first time buying it, so I will probably go ahead and use it with : : henna in a few days just because I bought it. My expectations are : : very low that it will do anything at all except dilute the henna. I : : bought it at Castle Art so I have no clue if it is dead, walnut is a : : waste of time anyway, or I am doing something wrong. : : : : I will probably do a 50 henna/50 walnut mix to see what happens. I'll : : let you know if anything happens. Do you think it does anything to : : your hair? Where did you get yours? : : I got it from Castle Art, and when I showed my hair to my friend the first time : after using walnut, she told me I finally got the color right. Maybe walnut works on : hair only when applied with henna. Juglone is an isomer of lawsone (they have an : OH group in different places), but juglone lacks the OH or O groups next to each : other that tannins have. So I suspect that lawsone bonds to keratin and juglone : bonds to lawsone.
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