I have an idea...please critique

[cocolover]

Okay, I have been sitting here on the fence and now my grays are coming in again....so I've got to get off the fence! :) When I say I have grays, I mean a few, like 6 or so coming in. I have medium brown hair that has been hennaed with non-BAQ henna in the past. The last treatment I did, about a month ago, did not color my grays, but made my length a little darker. It is now fading. I was looking at Mehandi.com and saw their blonde bundles and was thinking about using the butterscotch bundle (4 parts cassia, 1 part henna, 1 part buxus). My idea is that it will turn my grays into butterscotch highlights and sort of brighten up my hair as I get grayer. I really don't want to go darker. My hair naturally has some golden highlights, so this seemed like it would be more "natural" for my hair.
So my questions....is my idea totally flawed and it will not give me butterscotch highlights? Does the cassia fade away leaving henna highlights? Do I do my entire lenghth the first time and then just do the roots from then on? Thanks for any input. The permancy of henna is giving me great caution before jumping in to BAQ henna.

[lynnala]

You can see from my siggy the results I got from cassia on my white hair. Cassia shouldn't give dark hair any color at all, so you could first try just a cassia treatment and see if you get the results you want. I don't know how cassia reacts to hennaed hair though, perhaps someone can chime in with that info?

[csm--carla]

Okay, I have been sitting here on the fence and now my grays are coming in again....so I've got to get off the fence! :) When I say I have grays, I mean a few, like 6 or so coming in. I have medium brown hair that has been hennaed with non-BAQ henna in the past. The last treatment I did, about a month ago, did not color my grays, but made my length a little darker. It is now fading. I was looking at Mehandi.com and saw their blonde bundles and was thinking about using the butterscotch bundle (4 parts cassia, 1 part henna, 1 part buxus). My idea is that it will turn my grays into butterscotch highlights and sort of brighten up my hair as I get grayer. I really don't want to go darker. My hair naturally has some golden highlights, so this seemed like it would be more "natural" for my hair.
So my questions....is my idea totally flawed and it will not give me butterscotch highlights? Does the cassia fade away leaving henna highlights? Do I do my entire lenghth the first time and then just do the roots from then on? Thanks for any input. The permancy of henna is giving me great caution before jumping in to BAQ henna.



I am mostly gray --salt and pepper and have been using commercial auburn color for many years.

I use 6:1 cassia : henna (using Menhandi Yemen and cassia) and get a nice honey blond result. The cassia gives a blond shade and though it does seem to tone down after being on my hair it doesn't completely fade and leave the henna red. The roots seem to be blending in fairly nicely --though perhaps a bit darker because I no longer am using the commercial peroxide in the dye.

From what I've seen here the henna doesn't seem to darken but bring out the brightness and shine of hair--reflecting light--making it look lighter without bleaching.

Do take your time: collect brush hairs, make recipes, do samples ($1) and have fun with it! :hollie:

Best wishes!

Carla

[Girltron]

I think your idea will work fine. It'll add golden-ish tones to your natural highlights, but not that noticably.

I wind up with a similar effect in my hair, actually. I two-step, but the greys never hold onto the indigo near my root area so for a few inches I have bright gold-red strands that are colored with my henna and cassia but haven't picked up the indigo. I like how it looks; it's like I have blond hairs mixed in with my brown/black/auburn hair!