Coffee over henna?

[CestMadeleine]

I know that coffee rinses gradually darken the hair. But now I'm wondering, what if I made a coffee paste, maybe even mixed it in with some henna powder or conditioner and applied it to the hair and left it on for an hour or two.

Has anyone tried this? I wonder if it will work just as well as rinsing coffee 15 times or even better or less? I'm too lazy to go order some indigo at the moment, so I'm looking at other things to make my hair darker.

[Aisha25]

I do coffee with conditioner but no no darkening. Maybe glossing but no my hair hasnt got any darker.

[CestMadeleine]

So do you do it for conditioning properties then? I'm not sure what coffee does to the hair other than darken it a little.

[Aisha25]

I did it for glossing effect like it makes the highlites in hairs come more brownish. Thats all I have seen from it:shrug: Also I did it before I was hennaing so much. Now it wouldnt make any difference I have too many layers of henna on to notice.

[burns_erin]

Coffee really is not going to be able to darken your hair much. And too much concentrated coffee on your skin can be an irritant, and caffeine can be absorbed transdermally so you could cause yourself some problems.
I HIGHLY reccomend not using coffee in this way.

Something a bit less likely to cause injury is sage. I make a tea out of it and I can see a bit of a darkening effect on my greys. The rest of my hair is rather dark to start with, so I am not sure how much it will do, but on the plus, it made my hair and scalp very happy.

[wintersun99]

Coffee rinses made my hair dry, brittle, fly-away, notty, nasty. It didn't darken the color, either. Uck.

[Nightshade]

When I tested coffee on mohair (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=48736&postcount=24)I got a little stain, but it wasn't much, and it dried the hell out of the mohair. I'd really warn against it. With the potency of henna, the coffee isn't really going to do anything.

[CestMadeleine]

When I tested coffee on mohair (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=48736&postcount=24)I got a little stain, but it wasn't much, and it dried the hell out of the mohair. I'd really warn against it. With the potency of henna, the coffee isn't really going to do anything.

Thanks for the info, I was gonna go try it today. But if it dries the hair then no way.

I took another look at your strand tests, almost forgot about those. I wonder though, what did you use for the walnut ones? The nut itself soaked in water or the leaves from walnut trees?

[Nightshade]

Thanks for the info, I was gonna go try it today. But if it dries the hair then no way.

I took another look at your strand tests, almost forgot about those. I wonder though, what did you use for the walnut ones? The nut itself soaked in water or the leaves from walnut trees?

It was powdered Walnut hulls, if I recall correctly. If you give that a go, be SURE to patch test. Some people can have strong reactions to walnut.

I got better results simmering it with amla, though (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=48738&postcount=25).

[CestMadeleine]

Hmmm, alright. Thanks a lot :)

[Nightshade]

Uhm, here's the right link: :rolleyes:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=48738&postcount=25

[Fairlight63]

I like to use coffee for a rinse because it helped me with the shedding that I was having. It is the caffine in it that is supposed to help with that,I read. But the problem with it as was mentioned is that it is VERY drying. Is there anything that you can add to the coffee that would make it less drying, like Olive oil or something. If so how much do you think to add to a cup of coffee? I don't want to make my hair too oily.