ReptilianFeline
July 29th, 2019, 04:14 AM
I've tried the quick step (hendigo), the two-step (henna followed by indigo) and even the waltz (henna followed by hendigo followed by indigo). The darkest results have always come from hendigo. I never get it black.
So, in order to get it black I have relied on ppd-henna, but the availability has sometimes been very limited, and so the quality of the brands I've used have been spotty at best. Too many times, the result hasn't been black because the satchels seems to have been mixed up at the manufacturor or something, and at one time I forgot to let it sit and dye release before applying it.
After that I decided to give up on ppd, not because I'm allergic, just simply because I didn't get the result I wanted and thought I might just give it up.
But... after doing a session of 2 hour henna, followed by 3 hours hendigo, heavy on the indigo, and an evening of indigo, with my head covered in plastic wrap through out, I was disappointed. It covered all my grey, but it didn't turn black, just a shade darker redish brown, less orange.... again. Oh well, not black, but OK. My black ends are losing some of the black and the effect looks almost planned.
I had used up all my henna and indigo, so I went to the shop where I get my hair supplies to pick up a few boxes of each. I found the indigo easily, but at first couldn't find the plain henna. While I was looking I picked up a box of Dabur Vatica rich black henna hair dye. I looked at the list of ingredients... henna, amla, neem, shikakai, citric acid, some chemicals and ppd. I put it back on the shelf and finally found the plain henna, and then... I have a few Vatica oils and their henna condisioner diy mix I use as my no-poo mix base. I trust the brand to be what it say it is. So I bought a box of the dye. https://www.myhenna.us/dabur-vatika-henna-based-hair-colours/ (I googled to try and find the main page for it but couldn't so I hope the link is ok to use).
I let most of the satchels dye release, but left 2 for mixing just prior to application. The instructions are easy to follow, but of course I knew the time had to be a lot longer then 30 min. It comes with a applicator brush and gloves, nice printed instructions in several languages, including Swedish, and looks like the nice box dyes you get in the stores for colouring your hair at home.
I put it in, cleaned my ears and hairline, put my hair in a bun, and let it be. From time to time, I spritzed some water on it so it didn't dry before it had done its job. I let it sit longer than planned because we had friends over.
And... what do you know?!!! I'm back to black ;)
The better brand worked like a charm. Next time I'll use to boxes to touch up my lenght as well, and to fully cover my black, I'll do a two-step with hendigo and the vatica ppd-henna.
I am happy.
So, in order to get it black I have relied on ppd-henna, but the availability has sometimes been very limited, and so the quality of the brands I've used have been spotty at best. Too many times, the result hasn't been black because the satchels seems to have been mixed up at the manufacturor or something, and at one time I forgot to let it sit and dye release before applying it.
After that I decided to give up on ppd, not because I'm allergic, just simply because I didn't get the result I wanted and thought I might just give it up.
But... after doing a session of 2 hour henna, followed by 3 hours hendigo, heavy on the indigo, and an evening of indigo, with my head covered in plastic wrap through out, I was disappointed. It covered all my grey, but it didn't turn black, just a shade darker redish brown, less orange.... again. Oh well, not black, but OK. My black ends are losing some of the black and the effect looks almost planned.
I had used up all my henna and indigo, so I went to the shop where I get my hair supplies to pick up a few boxes of each. I found the indigo easily, but at first couldn't find the plain henna. While I was looking I picked up a box of Dabur Vatica rich black henna hair dye. I looked at the list of ingredients... henna, amla, neem, shikakai, citric acid, some chemicals and ppd. I put it back on the shelf and finally found the plain henna, and then... I have a few Vatica oils and their henna condisioner diy mix I use as my no-poo mix base. I trust the brand to be what it say it is. So I bought a box of the dye. https://www.myhenna.us/dabur-vatika-henna-based-hair-colours/ (I googled to try and find the main page for it but couldn't so I hope the link is ok to use).
I let most of the satchels dye release, but left 2 for mixing just prior to application. The instructions are easy to follow, but of course I knew the time had to be a lot longer then 30 min. It comes with a applicator brush and gloves, nice printed instructions in several languages, including Swedish, and looks like the nice box dyes you get in the stores for colouring your hair at home.
I put it in, cleaned my ears and hairline, put my hair in a bun, and let it be. From time to time, I spritzed some water on it so it didn't dry before it had done its job. I let it sit longer than planned because we had friends over.
And... what do you know?!!! I'm back to black ;)
The better brand worked like a charm. Next time I'll use to boxes to touch up my lenght as well, and to fully cover my black, I'll do a two-step with hendigo and the vatica ppd-henna.
I am happy.