akuamoonmaui
December 27th, 2015, 01:49 PM
So.
About a year and a half ago, I did not strand test a hendigo product I hadn't used before (heavy on the indigo) and no, I didn't read the side of the box to see how much indigo content.... I "own" my decision, thank you and will hopefully never make that mistake again. The indigo bound to my previous henna like nobody's business. A year and a half later, I still have very dark brown hair and a lovely demarcation line (not). I've been able to fade the demarcation line into my natural hair color using the same brand only a lighter percentage of indigo however I'm just over trying to "fix" this....
After one or two attempts to use Crystal Light and separately Color Oops with no real results, I've finally gotten serious about trying to remove the indigo. I'm on school break so have time to sit with vitamin C on my head. So far I'm at about 50 hours. But it's working. :joy:
I used a coffee bean grinder to powderize the vitamin C and have alternated with coconut oil and VO5 conditioner base (the VO5 is a nice suspension agent otherwise the coconut oil is runny) and, Vit-C and shampoo. I think I get a little more removal with the shampoo base, but it is a bit drying. I alternate with the Coconut oil-conditioner base to re moisturize plus I've read the oil helps remove the dyes. My sessions have been anywhere from 5 hours to 10-12 hours each.
I don't have pictures yet, but I can honestly say the indigo is releasing. Overall, I have my previous golden auburn back rather than the dark brown it was before. I'm a little concerned with re-oxidiztion but will cross that bridge if I come to it.
I will post pics when I have the opportunity. (I have a couple places to be over the next week).
About a year and a half ago, I did not strand test a hendigo product I hadn't used before (heavy on the indigo) and no, I didn't read the side of the box to see how much indigo content.... I "own" my decision, thank you and will hopefully never make that mistake again. The indigo bound to my previous henna like nobody's business. A year and a half later, I still have very dark brown hair and a lovely demarcation line (not). I've been able to fade the demarcation line into my natural hair color using the same brand only a lighter percentage of indigo however I'm just over trying to "fix" this....
After one or two attempts to use Crystal Light and separately Color Oops with no real results, I've finally gotten serious about trying to remove the indigo. I'm on school break so have time to sit with vitamin C on my head. So far I'm at about 50 hours. But it's working. :joy:
I used a coffee bean grinder to powderize the vitamin C and have alternated with coconut oil and VO5 conditioner base (the VO5 is a nice suspension agent otherwise the coconut oil is runny) and, Vit-C and shampoo. I think I get a little more removal with the shampoo base, but it is a bit drying. I alternate with the Coconut oil-conditioner base to re moisturize plus I've read the oil helps remove the dyes. My sessions have been anywhere from 5 hours to 10-12 hours each.
I don't have pictures yet, but I can honestly say the indigo is releasing. Overall, I have my previous golden auburn back rather than the dark brown it was before. I'm a little concerned with re-oxidiztion but will cross that bridge if I come to it.
I will post pics when I have the opportunity. (I have a couple places to be over the next week).