Hello all! I am new to this forum, just got approved. yay! So I have been henna-ing my hair for a while now, and I loved the beautiful auburn red I get from the color. Two weeks ago I got antsy to try out henndigo and be a dark brunette. I acted on impulse and did a 60:40 indigo henna over my hair. It turned out black. The first two days I loved the exotic change, then on day three I just wanted my henna auburn back. So ladies, moral of the story, if you want a change buy a wig. lol. I acted quick and was able to remove my indigo. Keep in mind I started the removal process after 4 days of having the henndigo, and I only had one application.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE CURRENT HEALTH OF YOUR HAIR BEFORE DOING ANY OF THIS! (damaged hair can't handle this too well!) Also keep in mind I had previously chemically treated my hair before henna, which may have helped with removing my color.
These steps may not work for you, but if it does I would LOVE to hear it. Let me tell you the steps I took!
My hair started out this color before henndigo:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...enndigo2-1.jpg
After henndigo (black):
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...alsunlight.jpg
About 4 days after henndigo-ing I washed my hair with cheap shampoo twice (I normally only CO). It brought it to this color (soft black):
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...ovalblkbrn.jpg
The next day I did a shampoo "treatment" id call it. I used
-1 tsp of baking soda
-2 tsp cinnamon
-7 vit C tabs crushed up
-mixed with Head and Shoulders Shampoo (ohh baby feel the dryness)
I put a plastic cap over it and beanie, left the "treatment" on an hour. I washed it out with Nexus "Aloe Rid", washing twice. It looked like a medium reddish brown in the water
Used tons of conditioner and left it on for 15 mins, tinge of color washed out too
My hair ended a dark brown with reddish tints. Yay!
Next day: Yogurt treatment
-12oz yogurt
-4 tbs honey
-2 tbs cinnamon
Left it on under a cap and beanie 1 hour
Washed it out, slight blue tinge in water (which im glad, meant it was mostly indigo instead of the henna). Washed with expensive morrocon oil shampoo and conditioned.
Not much color change, more reddish tones in hair
Next day: Color Oops. left on 20 mins with plastic cap as package said. Did 5 shampoos (used aloe rid, redken and head and shoulders), rinsed out for 25 mins total, to be safe. Conditioned and rinsed hair. Damage is minimal.
Resulting color: closer to medium brown, warm color!
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...igoremoval.jpg
Next Day:
Shampoo cap (2 scoops bleach: 2 oz 30 volume developer mixed with equal parts head and shoulders shampoo).
Left it on for 20-25 minutes, washed hair, deep conditioned for 15-20 minutes. My hair had a little bit of noticable damage, but not awful. Mostly dryness.
Resulting color: Mix of medium brown, light brown and dark blonde. All with strong copper tones (which is okay!)
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...igoremoval.jpg
So there it is! I am planning on henna-ing over it again in probably another month. I didnt get any splotchy results, but all the stuff I did to it definitely didnt give me uniform color. I am okay with that though because I like the "natural highlights" look. After these results I am sure it will NOT remove henna, but I didnt want that anyways!
Keri
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