Spitfire
October 31st, 2020, 12:05 PM
Hi guys,
It's the Incredible Vanishing Spitfire again, I have metered internet here and I'm only on so often now... you may remember me as the enthusiastic grower that had a disaster with a henna product that lead to me going from APL to mid-ear.
Nightshade was able to help out a lot... she prescribed a chelating rinse "Alluvial" and I must say, it worked... this stuff got rid of almost all the black, crunchy awfulness that I had to cut most of the way out. I'm impressed beyond belief.
I'm now well below chin already (I grow fast I guess!) just a couple inches (if that) from shoulder. I'll say I'll be on the short side of shoulder by February... at least my hair feels and moves like hair again.
So... the story..........
There is a LOT of iron in the water here. I was bypassing the salt to water my garden, and un-bypassing it to shower/etc but all the bypassing let too much iron into my water supply. This, I believe, reacted with a batch of Henna Color Lab "ginger blonde" mix that I applied to my hair. I always used their stuff and it always worked, but what was different was the water.
My hair turned black and crunchy (it was roughly light auburn before). I could not get it out. I even thought the henna/cassia mix product was laced with indigo... which it was not. I had to cut to mid-ear and deal with it. It was kind of nice because I got to "start fresh" so there's that positive perspective.
The remaining black on the ends came out with chelating. So if this ever happens to you, chelate!! It worked for me.
The (literal) bottom line is,
I guess iron and other water minerals can make henna/herbal dyes do weird things. Chelating helps a lot. I wonder if like a malibu swimmers treatment would help some cases too. Alluvial was awesome though and it worked wonders for me (thanks again, Nightshade!). So yeah, give some consideration as to what's in your water before considering herbal mixes... maybe even consider clarifying and/or chelating before henna-ing.
Have a great day and stay warm..
SF
It's the Incredible Vanishing Spitfire again, I have metered internet here and I'm only on so often now... you may remember me as the enthusiastic grower that had a disaster with a henna product that lead to me going from APL to mid-ear.
Nightshade was able to help out a lot... she prescribed a chelating rinse "Alluvial" and I must say, it worked... this stuff got rid of almost all the black, crunchy awfulness that I had to cut most of the way out. I'm impressed beyond belief.
I'm now well below chin already (I grow fast I guess!) just a couple inches (if that) from shoulder. I'll say I'll be on the short side of shoulder by February... at least my hair feels and moves like hair again.
So... the story..........
There is a LOT of iron in the water here. I was bypassing the salt to water my garden, and un-bypassing it to shower/etc but all the bypassing let too much iron into my water supply. This, I believe, reacted with a batch of Henna Color Lab "ginger blonde" mix that I applied to my hair. I always used their stuff and it always worked, but what was different was the water.
My hair turned black and crunchy (it was roughly light auburn before). I could not get it out. I even thought the henna/cassia mix product was laced with indigo... which it was not. I had to cut to mid-ear and deal with it. It was kind of nice because I got to "start fresh" so there's that positive perspective.
The remaining black on the ends came out with chelating. So if this ever happens to you, chelate!! It worked for me.
The (literal) bottom line is,
I guess iron and other water minerals can make henna/herbal dyes do weird things. Chelating helps a lot. I wonder if like a malibu swimmers treatment would help some cases too. Alluvial was awesome though and it worked wonders for me (thanks again, Nightshade!). So yeah, give some consideration as to what's in your water before considering herbal mixes... maybe even consider clarifying and/or chelating before henna-ing.
Have a great day and stay warm..
SF