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    Default Henna Troubleshooting: Hive Mind, Help!

    Hey, everybody!

    I have a henna troubleshooting question for y'all. I did a full-head henna back in August 2013, then used Nightshade's sun-in lightening method to achieve the coppery color I was going for. It worked perfectly, and since then I have been doing roots-only applications of 65% cassia 35% henna.

    Over the past few months, my husband and I both noticed that my hair was going less red and more brownish. I decided to do a full gloss with what was left of my stash to try to brighten things up. So today I did the gloss, and left it on for 2 hours. The color is definitely brighter, but I think it also went too dark. Here's the story in photos for you to work with (two posts, because there are a lot of them.)

    Here's the color I started with:

    You can see that it isn't very coppery, more a golden brownish tone. I could still see the orange flair in direct sun, but I wasn't happy with indoors at all.

    Here are the results of the henna gloss, in a variety of lighting:


    Outdoors, direct sun


    Outdoors, shade


    Indoors, fluorescent lighting


    Indoors, indirect sunlight


    Indoors, indirect sunlight facing the other way


    Indoors natural light


    Indoors sunlight


    outdoor, direct sunlight. This is actually a beautiful color, but a shade off of what I'm after.


    Outdoors, direct sun from further overhead.

    continued in my next post.....
    Lady Frolics in the Sunlight-Dappled Faerie Linn & Del in the OLHK


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    Default Re: Henna Troubleshooting: Hive Mind, Help!

    Henna troubleshooting, hive mind, part two!


    outdoors, indirect sunshine


    Indoors, natural lighting (no bulbs on, no direct sun)

    And, the all-important buns:







    So--it's definitely brighter, which I wanted most out of the wish list this go-around, and DH says it looks better. He is of the mind that I should try to Sun-in method again to get the color I'm really after:











    So--as I said, the color is definitely brighter, but I'm worried that once it oxidizes, it is going to go too dark. DH thinks I can hit my goal color or very close to it using the Sun-in lightening method. But based on the last results, I'm worried about losing the redness to brown again if I do that. Would the honey lightening method work better, or perhaps a straight Cassia just to brighten everything? Based on these photos, what would you do to achieve the copper at this point? Help me, LHC Hive Mind, you're my only hope!
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    Default Re: Henna Troubleshooting: Hive Mind, Help!

    It's definitely a nice shade of a very light bright orangy red, especially in clear broad daylight, and that's the *only* light you should be viewing this in!
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    I'm confused, is that long copper hair yours in the last five pics? From the last round of sun-in?
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    Default Re: Henna Troubleshooting: Hive Mind, Help!

    I'd try the Sun in and then do a light gloss over it if it seems too blonde. Fwiw, honey lightening never did a thing for me.

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    Default Re: Henna Troubleshooting: Hive Mind, Help!

    Lapushka--I know, I know! lol But, sadly, I don't have my own personal, non-cancer causing sun to travel around with me and always shine on the hair.

    Leilani-- I'm sorry to confuse! The last several images in the second post--those with the long hair--are my hair prior to chemo. I'm trying to get back to that color and length.

    Nightshade--I'll definitely keep that in mind, since our hair is so similar in nature. I've never tried honey lightening anyway, and the Sun-in method worked well last time--I'm just confused about why it faded so much; I've been doing full-strength applications to the roots for the past year so if anything, the top 1/3 should have been too red. Crazy hair!

    So, perhaps it might be best for me to do the Sun-in, then glosses to build to my goal color, and then re-evaluate how to maintain the color. Although my hair is similar to what it was pre-shave, it seems to behave a little differently (probably a combination of aging and changes in the regrowth?) Looks like it's just going to take some time and tinkering to get there, but it's definitely worth it!
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