Honey thread - from TBB and bits from old LHC

[Zenity]

Zenity

Thank you for the pictures and recipes.

I know that others have used darker and lighter light but IMO only the lighter light is necessary and helpful to properly see the colour of the hair.

Also please clarify if the results here are fom you now no longer boiling cinnamon.

By boiling cinnamon - any results IMO would be from the distilled water, honey and evoo only.

And did you use the 4 to 1 corrected dilution in ml or for example 1 1/2 cups of water to 1/4 cup honey?

It looks as if your hair is progressively lightening - please try to take the lighter light pictures in the same light.

Ktani,

In my first 2 sessions i used 25ml of honey per 100ml of distilled water and added a tblsp of evoo.
After my first session I did not notice any change in color, after the second slightly in the existing highlights of my hair and starting to show a bit of redish.

In my last session the only change i made to the previous recipe was, as posted before, boiling the distilled water to use in the recipe with a cinnamon stick and chamomille.
This definetelly changed the color of my hair, making it look more uniform and darker than it was after the 2nd session of honey.

I have been taking pictures at the same time of the day at the same place of the house, but, sunlight is tricky. In my lastest pics, no matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to make them lighter than they are.

[Zenity]

A quick question maybe answered before:

How often can you do the honey lightening? Is there any limit or time to respect between sessions?

Thanks!

[ktani]

Ktani,

In my first 2 sessions i used 25ml of honey per 100ml of distilled water and added a tblsp of evoo.
After my first session I did not notice any change in color, after the second slightly in the existing highlights of my hair and starting to show a bit of redish.

In my last session the only change i made to the previous recipe was, as posted before, boiling the distilled water to use in the recipe with a cinnamon stick and chamomille.
This definetelly changed the color of my hair, making it look more uniform and darker than it was after the 2nd session of honey.

I have been taking pictures at the same time of the day at the same place of the house, but, sunlight is tricky. In my lastest pics, no matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to make them lighter than they are.

Zenity

I understand the difficulty with lighting - just do the best you can.

I appreciate your efforts.

I suggest just using 200 ml room temperature distilled water, add 50 ml of honey, then 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon, after you have patch tested + 1 tablspoon evoo.

And no heat applied to the recipe at any point or its ingredients.

I also suggest trying a different honey - See the Successful Honeys List, #1, in the recommendations post, in my signature.

It may be that the honey you are using could be replaced by a better one.

[Zenity]

Ktani, I think you have not seen this before:

A quick question maybe answered before:

How often can you do the honey lightening? Is there any limit or time to respect between sessions?

Thanks!

[ktani]

Ktani, I think you have not seen this before:

Zenity

Sorry, I did miss that.

You can honey lighten IMO, as often as you wish - the limit is entirely up to you.

Honey lightening has not been reported to cause hair damage.

[Zenity]

Ktani,

Thanks a lot for your fast response.
I will follow your suggestion for my next session and see how it goes adding cinnamon to my hair.
BTW, as chamomile is known to add golden tones to the hair, does cinammon add any special range of color? or just bleaches the hair by the perioxide produced?

Thanks again for your time, dedication and patience with us!

[ktani]

Zenity

My pleasure.

I did address this previously, but unboiled ground cinnamon has not been reported to add any colour to the hair in honey lightening, in spite of net articles to the contrary.

[Zenity]

Hmmm...
Makes me wonder...
Have you ever hear about Ardell Unred?
I have some and I would like to test how it could work with this mix to avoid-minimize the red phase....

[ktani]

Zenity

Ardell Unred is a colour drabber or colour additive. It designed to be used with hair colour.

A hairstylist on drabbers

"The colors .... in a shade book .... concentrates or additives and are unstable when used by themselves or used excessively in a color formula. .... isn't always "what you see is what you get" with drabbers. They aren't meant to stand alone ...."
http://www.behindthechair.com/forum/....aspx?DID=9176

I do not recommend adding Ardell Unred, to the honey lighening recipes.

[ktani]

While grocery shopping tonight, I came across McCormick ground cardamom, which is the brand I recommend for honey lightening recipes.

It has been reported to work well and wash out of the hair easier than cinnamon.

Patch test before tryng it.

Here in Canada, $5.00 and change - not bad IMO, for 42 grams.