before and after henna

[fairystar32]

hi
does anyone want to share there before and after shots with henna.
I know there is a henna thread and hendigo thread, but I more interested in before and after shots side by side to see all the differet shades, different colours get, whilst I am debating using pure henna only, instead of hendigo on my new henna journey, now the hendigo has grown out.

I know they have mix shots on H4H but they dont show before shots.
xx

[Roscata]

After - 5 months of BAQ henna

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/ioana2adelina/henna.jpg


Before - Virgin hair / After - 3 applications of Henna (last one with paprika).

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/ioana2adelina/hennab4after.jpg

[tigerlily38]

Wow Beautiful color

[Roscata]

Wow Beautiful color

Thank you! :D

[sedonia]

I have one before picture in my photo album, and a number of after ones. Here is the before -- the roots show my natural color (light golden brown with just a little red) and the rest had been dyed with clarol natural instincts light auburn but allowed to fade badly. The natural instincts had gradually lightened my hair quite a bit:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1453&pictureid=79389

Here is after my first henna application. My hair GLOWED ORANGE. It was amazing and kind of scary. This didn't last; after a week or so it toned down into a very nice auburn:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1453&pictureid=17220

Here is a recent photo taken after touching my roots up and doing a henna gloss on the length. I used (and still use) a 1:1 mixture of BAQ henna and cassia, in an attempt to keep a natural auburn and avoid going burgundy over the long term. So far it has worked. When I dyed with conventional dyes, my hair was constantly shifting and fading. Now it is a stable color and I'm not getting the lightening effect I was getting from natural instincts:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1453&pictureid=79386

The first and third photos are the most comparable as they were taken in the same room, same lighting, same camera.

[RocketDog]

The nitty gritties - I use Jamila henna exclusively, mixed with steaming hot chamomile tea and applied as soon as it's cooled enough to touch. I used to do fancier mixes but this 'cutting corners' method seems to give me very predictable results.

Virgin hair - pardon the yellowy glow, I have very bright mini halogens in my bathroom and my virgin haircolor was incredibly difficult to photograph.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=87152
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=87151

2nd app outdoor light
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=54588

third app indoor
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=59072
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=60739

and then I lost count of the full applications and root jobs...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=87153
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=86585

and this is what it looks like in dim incandescent lighting, versus my bright bathroom lights. In my opinion the halogen-lit shots show the truer color, the dim light makes it look much darker than it is.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=91214
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4212&pictureid=86587

[fairystar32]

thanks for sharing :)
Its great to see the different colours starting and finishing :)

[PrincessTieflin]

my avitar is before henna siggy is after henna in bad light.. in my album there are also pics of befre I colored auburn and my natural also before henna oxidation :)

[Shae]

This is the color I'm after! I am a natural auburn haired gal, but it's really faded and become ashier brown with age (I'm 36). I recently dyed it a medium auburn and LOVED it...so bright and pretty....unitl it faded within 3 weeks! :(

So I'm looking to henna. I've been advised by another gal here to do a cassia/henna mixture in order to get a coppery/auburn red. I'm really wanting to avoid the wine/burgundy shade because it wouldn't look good on me. I have coloring VERY similar to yours.

May I please ask where you buy your cassia and henna? Also, would it be safe to henna my hair given that I just dyed it 3 weeks ago. I'm thinking yes based on the fact that it's so faded.

TIA! :)

Edited to add.....I just changed my avatar to show you how my hair looked the day I dyed it, Dec. 24. I LOVE that color.....too bad it's already faded! :(


I have one before picture in my photo album, and a number of after ones. Here is the before -- the roots show my natural color (light golden brown with just a little red) and the rest had been dyed with clarol natural instincts light auburn but allowed to fade badly. The natural instincts had gradually lightened my hair quite a bit:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1453&pictureid=79389

Here is after my first henna application. My hair GLOWED ORANGE. It was amazing and kind of scary. This didn't last; after a week or so it toned down into a very nice auburn:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1453&pictureid=17220

Here is a recent photo taken after touching my roots up and doing a henna gloss on the length. I used (and still use) a 1:1 mixture of BAQ henna and cassia, in an attempt to keep a natural auburn and avoid going burgundy over the long term. So far it has worked. When I dyed with conventional dyes, my hair was constantly shifting and fading. Now it is a stable color and I'm not getting the lightening effect I was getting from natural instincts:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1453&pictureid=79386

The first and third photos are the most comparable as they were taken in the same room, same lighting, same camera.

[Sooze]

Rocketdog - I am speechless at the absolute beauty of your henna-ed hair! I believe I would kill for hair like that. :)

Sedona - also love your "orange" hair pic - I think it looks like wild Irish red. Lovely.

[Olyve]

Before:
http://i52.tinypic.com/10gzbz9.jpg

After: (in the sun)
http://i52.tinypic.com/rk0k00.jpg


However, my length was a dark brown/almost black when I hennaed (I was growing out old dye from 2009) so my length now is a black with a red tint to it. I kinda like how it's two tone but am growing it out to a better length so I can chop the old dye off.

[sedonia]

This is the color I'm after! I am a natural auburn haired gal, but it's really faded and become ashier brown with age (I'm 36). I recently dyed it a medium auburn and LOVED it...so bright and pretty....unitl it faded within 3 weeks! :(

So I'm looking to henna. I've been advised by another gal here to do a cassia/henna mixture in order to get a coppery/auburn red. I'm really wanting to avoid the wine/burgundy shade because it wouldn't look good on me. I have coloring VERY similar to yours.

May I please ask where you buy your cassia and henna? Also, would it be safe to henna my hair given that I just dyed it 3 weeks ago. I'm thinking yes based on the fact that it's so faded.


Hi Shae:

Sorry for the delay; I didn't see this until today. I buy my henna and cassia at mehandi.com

This last round, I ordered their new ancient sunrise henna.

I think it had been around 6 weeks since my last conventional dye application when I did the henna. If you order now from mehandi, it will be another week or so to get it. By then you are 4 weeks from the last dye, so you are probably ok. But of course it is always best to do a strand test.:)

[Shae]

Thanks for the reply! Yesterday I ordered the henna and cassia.....I can't wait to use them! I'm hoping for results similar to yours. I adore coppery/auburn shades! :)


Hi Shae:

Sorry for the delay; I didn't see this until today. I buy my henna and cassia at mehandi.com

This last round, I ordered their new ancient sunrise henna.

I think it had been around 6 weeks since my last conventional dye application when I did the henna. If you order now from mehandi, it will be another week or so to get it. By then you are 4 weeks from the last dye, so you are probably ok. But of course it is always best to do a strand test.:)

[sedonia]

Thanks for the reply! Yesterday I ordered the henna and cassia.....I can't wait to use them! I'm hoping for results similar to yours. I adore coppery/auburn shades! :)

Shae, I think if you are almost a red-head anyway (I am) you will *love* henna. It will be orange at first, but once it oxidizes you will have a lovely natural auburn that will not fade.

Just be careful about "freshining up" the color on the length of your hair, when you are hennaing the roots. Over the years (assuming you have long hair or are growing long hair) it can gradually build up into a burgundy color. I am trying very hard not to let that happen.

[Dolly]

Before:
http://i52.tinypic.com/10gzbz9.jpg

After: (in the sun)
http://i52.tinypic.com/rk0k00.jpg


However, my length was a dark brown/almost black when I hennaed (I was growing out old dye from 2009) so my length now is a black with a red tint to it. I kinda like how it's two tone but am growing it out to a better length so I can chop the old dye off.


Very nice color! You know, if it was a permanent dye, you may be able to use some Color Corrector or ColorFix. I used it before henna, but some members here have said they used it after henna, and it still removed the dye (but not the henna, obviously). It doesn't work to remove demi/semi permanent dyes too well, though......

[Shae]

Yes, I'm naturally auburn haired, but it faded and got brown/ashy with age (I'm 36). The pic in my avatar is my hair after dying it for the first time ever! I love the color-----it's the color I had at 14 years old! BUT it faded in about 3 weeks, so now I'm about to take the henna plunge! I'm waiting for my Henna/Cassia to arrive in the mail.....I'm so excited!

I'm planning on a 50/50 mixture, but can't help but wonder if I should start with a 40/60 one the first time? I DO NOT WANT BURGUNDY at all. I've read this comes with repeated applications, so I should be good. More than anything I just want "natural" looking results. It it came out even close to the pic in my avatar (and yours and a few others here!) I'd be happy.

About the burgundy thing.....I hope I'm not offending those here *with* burgundy. I just don't think it would look good on me. I'm fair with some rosacea type redness anyway....I think a dark burgundy tone would just make me seem redder, if that makes sense.

:)


Shae, I think if you are almost a red-head anyway (I am) you will *love* henna. It will be orange at first, but once it oxidizes you will have a lovely natural auburn that will not fade.

Just be careful about "freshining up" the color on the length of your hair, when you are hennaing the roots. Over the years (assuming you have long hair or are growing long hair) it can gradually build up into a burgundy color. I am trying very hard not to let that happen.

[Olyve]

Very nice color! You know, if it was a permanent dye, you may be able to use some Color Corrector or ColorFix. I used it before henna, but some members here have said they used it after henna, and it still removed the dye (but not the henna, obviously). It doesn't work to remove demi/semi permanent dyes too well, though......

I don't even remember what it was, so I would have been scared to try it. I thought about it after seeing your results and such..but my hair is very sensitive to chemicals (likes to turn ORANGE) and the colorfix scares me.

I went and chopped my hair off today to make it more natural and I can begin the new year growing since I have already got a routine and all that I need to healthy hair. (the chop also helped me get rid of my layers)