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    Quote Originally Posted by Zenity View Post
    Yep, I can confirm that cinnamon in boiling water has dyed my hair.
    It looks more uniform in color.
    Ladies if you need to get your hair darker this is the way to go! lol!
    I have noticed how my ends are now darker, which I really like 'cause they were starting to show red, and I can't stand it.
    But, what really shocks me is that from my roots to my middle (the darker part) looks now a bit lighter. ???
    I will try again the original recipe and see how it goes.

    My recipe was 25 ml of honey 100ml of water (in this case camomile and cinnamon tea) and a tbls of EVOO.

    will keep experimenting
    Zenity

    Thank you for your feedback.

    What is your starting colour?

    What exactly are you trying to do with the honey?

    Chamomile tea has been reported to add a golden tone to hair.

    Cinnamon - unboiled - has not been reported to add any colour of its own with honey lightening.


    If you want to try to lighten your hair with honey and cinnamon - I suggest the following.

    1. Use ground cinnamon.

    2. Do not boil the ground cinnamon.

    3. Do not apply any heat to the honey, ground cinnamon or oil.

    4. If you do not want to add any colour - just use room temperature distilled water, no chamomile - then add honey - then ground cinnamon and oil.

    You could also patch test and then try ground cardamom.

    Do not apply any heat to ground cardamom either if you try it.

    Your recipe proportion - 100 ml water to 25 ml honey - is fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alley Cat View Post
    I actually wash my hair after as my hair will be due to be washed when I am doing a treatment and I don't wash it before ; saving on water. I like how my hair feels after washing it. I have never tried just rinsing it out.

    My hair is lightening at least from when I first put the colour in which was almost black . I pretty much lost most of my red colour and I have a lot of red to brownish colour coming back now. I wouldn't say my results are as obvious as Jan in ID for instance. I really wish I had taken a picture right after I had put that colour in but was embarrassed at how it looked. When your husband is cracking jokes like : close the window when you fly out on your broomstick tonight you can imagine how dark it looked .
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    I am glad to read that you have gotten lightening.

    With honey lightening, results do vary.

    With the new recipes - even with distilled water - a lot depends on the honey.

    Your new recipe proportion of water to honey sounds right on the mark.

    Good luck with the Jarrah honey.

    I hope that it arrives soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ktani View Post
    Alley Cat

    I am glad to read that you have gotten lightening.

    With honey lightening, results do vary.

    With the new recipes - even with distilled water - a lot depends on the honey.

    Your new recipe proportion of water to honey sounds right on the mark.

    Good luck with the Jarrah honey.

    I hope that it arrives soon.
    Thanks I am using Manuka honey at the moment , but did you say there are 2 sorts of Manuka honey ?
    Anyway the Jarrah should be here by next week.

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    Alley Cat

    Yes, manuka honeys vary - just like clover honeys and the others.

    Even when you buy UMF manuka honey - there are different strengths.

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    ***** This is the current honey lightening recommendations post. *****

    http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=134083&postcount=1096

    It is always updated - which means that if you save this link - you will always be up to date with what is happening in this thread.

    There is a link to pictures of honey lightening included - See #15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ktani View Post
    Alley Cat

    Yes, manuka honeys vary - just like clover honeys and the others.

    Even when you buy UMF manuka honey - there are different strengths.
    Ok mine doesn't say UMF manuka it just says manuka.

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    I tried a honey treatment on my hair last night. My hair has some lighter strands today! I didn't take pics because it was late and didn't think it would show up well on camera. I would like to do another treatment soon and I will take some pics! I recently tried henna on my hair and it is a little too dark for my liking. I would like to bring out my natural golden tones. Here's what I did....
    1 cup camomile tea
    1/4 cup of wildflower honey
    2T cinnamon
    wraped in plastic wrap and left it on for 1.5 hrs.
    Thanks again for all this info!!
    Growing to BSL - currently at APL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alley Cat View Post
    Ok mine doesn't say UMF manuka it just says manuka.
    Alley Cat

    It is difficult when buying honey to predict which ones will work somtimes.

    From the research - dark coloured honey blends were reported to have higher peroxide values.

    That is why I created - with help from everyone here - the Successful Honeys list in the link I am now adding to every page of this thread - and I caution against which honeys are known to contain high levels of Vitamin C.

    Even if you tested a honey for its peroxide value - you would have to buy special test strips and buy the honey first before testing it - an expensive proposition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robinlyn View Post
    I tried a honey treatment on my hair last night. My hair has some lighter strands today! I didn't take pics because it was late and didn't think it would show up well on camera. I would like to do another treatment soon and I will take some pics! I recently tried henna on my hair and it is a little too dark for my liking. I would like to bring out my natural golden tones. Here's what I did....
    1 cup camomile tea
    1/4 cup of wildflower honey
    2T cinnamon
    wraped in plastic wrap and left it on for 1.5 hrs.
    Thanks again for all this info!!
    Robinlyn

    You are most welcome.

    Thank you for posting your recipe and method.

    I am glad to read that you got some lightening.

    I suggest that you try distilled water - you can still make the chamomile tea with it - just make sure that you cool the tea to room temperature before adding the honey and the rest of the ingredients, including the ground cinnamon.

    Also - add more water - 1/4 cup of honey with the correct 4 parts water to 1 part honey dilution - needs 1 1/2 cups water.

    If that is more mix than you need - just use ml - it is easier, IMO.

    50 ml of honey for example would need 200 ml of distilled water for the optimal dilution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ktani View Post
    Alley Cat

    It is difficult when buying honey to predict which ones will work somtimes.

    From the research - dark coloured honey blends were reported to have higher peroxide values.

    That is why I created - with help from everyone here - the Successful Honeys list in the link I am now adding to every page of this thread - and I caution against which honeys are known to contain high levels of Vitamin C.

    Even if you tested a honey for its peroxide value - you would have to buy special test strips and buy the honey first before testing it - an expensive proposition.
    This honey is the darkest one I have bought .
    The first one was quite light, the second darker and this one even more darker.
    The first one still sits in the fridge I only used it once.
    So the jarrah should be really dark do you think or it wouldn't matter ?
    I will see soon enough.

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