henna and silver hair

[ratgirldjh]

hi - i'm just wondering how many of you henna heads have a lot of silver hair - and what plain henna does to silver hair.
mine is very very dark brown with silver that is mixed all through and i'm thinking about doing henna.
i love red hair and i would of course do a strand test on shed hairs first ...
but just wondered what the difference is on silver hair versus dark hair.
would i have like bright orange where my silver is and then darker orange on my darker hair?

[Nightshade]

Yep! Henna is a translucent orange-brown color so it's going to be BRIGHT on your silvers. Check out these test swatches on Pani's silver hair:

http://i9.tinypic.com/4vsj444.jpg

There may be quite a difference between your non-silvers and your silvers after henna, but for the most part they'll look like lighter, brighter highlights.

[ratgirldjh]

hmmm
i actually like the plain henna color
long ago i used to dye my hair with garnier bright auburn
it was pretty orangey red

well, i still thinking about it - it is a very big commitment ;)

thanks!

[csm--carla]

hi - i'm just wondering how many of you henna heads have a lot of silver hair - and what plain henna does to silver hair.
mine is very very dark brown with silver that is mixed all through and i'm thinking about doing henna.
i love red hair and i would of course do a strand test on shed hairs first ...
but just wondered what the difference is on silver hair versus dark hair.
would i have like bright orange where my silver is and then darker orange on my darker hair?



I commercially dyed my hair light auburn for years using L'oreal.

My hair color at the roots was about like yours before henna/cassia in a 1:6 ratio.

My silvers are nice and strawberry blonde like the chart Nightshade shows--though a bit more golden--less red.

The dark hairs take the henna and are varying shades of deep auburn. I am thrilled that I took the plunge!!! Wonderful that pure henna DOES cover silver AND it doesn't fade!!! :cheese::cheese::cheese:

Enjoy the strand test experience.

[ratgirldjh]

well i probably will never get around to doing it
but i am thinking about it

i need to ask my dbf what he thinks about me changing the color of my hair after 3 years of growing the old color out!

he used to love my red hair. and i miss having the 'shock' value of bright red hair!

of course i am 49 now - and i love my silver hair - that is the only thing keeping me from doing it today ;)

[shilpa733]

I started getting silver hair when i was just 14 yrs old. BY the time i was 16, almost 70% of my hair had turned silver. Ive been using henna mixed with amla ever since, and my silver hair turn into red. Looks like as if i have highlighted my hair.

[princessp]

If it is too bright you can use indigo as well. I don't know how to do it because I don't apply indigo, but there are threads about it here. I do use henna and I've got some silvers. All the hair on my roots (not just the silvers) don't seem to take too well for some reason. Consequently, I do my roots every 2 weeks so I don't look my age :D

[akosei]

Hi there! I recently (about 4 weeks ago) henna'd my dark brown hair. I knew I had lots of greys but didn't realize HOW many until after the henna. They turned bright coppery gold. Over the next few days the color "settled in" a bit and they are less bright but still coppery. I love it. The brown hair looks...depending on the light, brown or auburn or reddish brown. Again, I love it and really enjoyed the process, too. That said, I occasionally miss my grey/silvers. I'd made peace with them and only took up henna to satisfy my inner redhead! :-)

[jeanniet]

I have very dark brown hair with about 20% silver and I'm experimenting with hendigo/amla glosses because while I wouldn't mind a bit of a deep red tinge, I don't want a lot of red because I think it would look weird with my complexion. The first one was a 50/50 mix of henna and indigo, but I only left it on an hour because I was a chicken. Today I did a 1:2 ratio of henna:indigo (plus amla) and left it on for four hours. I'm waiting for it to dry, and then I'll report back on how it did with my silvers.

[little_cherry]

My natural hair is a medium ash brown with silvers.

This is a shot of my hair in the sun using Yemeni henna.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5625&pictureid=73439
You can see the streaks along the length.

A close up shot of the silvers with Yemeni with flash.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5625&pictureid=76432

They don't look this orangy..the flash did that. With Yemeni, I find I get amazing coverage and red sparklies. This is after a few hennas. The first henna time, it was orange. The more you henna, the darker and richer the colour becomes.

[jeanniet]

It's not completely dry, but dry enough. I don't think my silvers took up much of the dye, if any. I'm not sure about the overall color because it needs to oxydize more, but looks about like what I wanted--dark brown with some reddish highlights.

[little_cherry]

^ Did you clarify before hennaing?