View Poll Results: Henna users! How do you want your red to be?

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  • Golden or coppery red, absolutely.

    45 39.13%
  • As close as a True Red I can get it!

    26 22.61%
  • Burgundy/wine red all the way!

    38 33.04%
  • Its all good for me/it doesn't matter much

    11 9.57%
  • Other (please explain)

    0 0%
  • I prefer my henna in the colour of Cheese

    12 10.43%
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Thread: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

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    Default Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    Just wondering ! Us hennaheads will often lift mountains in order to achieve the "right" shade of henna red, so... what kind of results do you try to obtain?

    Also, also: sorry for my grammar, as usual. I should have probably written as close to a True Red it can get
    Last edited by SleepyTangles; February 3rd, 2013 at 05:49 AM.
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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    Coppery red for me - but I don't need to lift mountains for that, I get that quite easily due to my middle brownish natural color
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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    Im naturaly fair, so the coppery colour isn't too difficult for me. I do pop a dash of cinnamon and honey in most of my treatments to keep it from the burgandy realm....
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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    I've stopped using henna now, but when I did, I mixed it with cassia to get coppery red. (About 60% cassia I think, but I haven't done it for over a year, so I can't quite remember)

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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    I love dark red henna, it wasn't hard to get last time I did it I just mixed my henna up with tea with hibiscus flowers in it and left it in my hair for 6 hours.
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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    I prefer my henna on the warm side -- even though I think I may be cool complected, it suits me better than the burgundy tones. I would love to have light, coppery hair but my natural color is too dark. However, the grays I am starting to get are that color.

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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    I am always chasing that gorgeous dark wine color.

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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    Quote Originally Posted by Neecola View Post
    I prefer my henna on the warm side -- even though I think I may be cool complected, it suits me better than the burgundy tones. I would love to have light, coppery hair but my natural color is too dark. However, the grays I am starting to get are that color.
    Isn't it weird? I'm more on the cool side when complexion is involved, but burgundy looks terribly unflattering on me. Always wondered why this happens...
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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    I prefer a copper red, because I think it suits my complexion and age better, but I'm happy as long as it's red. (I was strawberry blond until my 20's when it turned ash brown, so that might be another reason I'd like it lighter.) Still, if my hair is copper, bright red, or auburn; I'm happy as a clam. Currently, my hair is auburn with bright copper temples. Thank you God, for the gray on the sides to break things up.

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    Default Re: Henna users! How do you prefer your red?

    Looks like I'm in the minority wanting a true ("Ariel") type red. That perfect shade that lies between copper and burgundy. I was overzealous in the past and over-hennaed and got myself to burgundy. But I'm trying to phase that out by only doing my roots now.
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