Hendigo+amla...anyone manage to nix the red undertones?

[venividibxtchy]

I've been considering a hendigo+amla mix for my hair, lately, but it has proven difficult to find any reliable pictures, where the person's starting color was not nearly black to begin with. Some folks' photos even make their result look burgundy, which is definitely not what I want.

I have very-golden dark brown hair that I'd like to push to a rich darkest brown with a violet base (for those of you who know chemical haircolor). For those that don't, imagine a Kim & Kourtney Kardashian color.

My starting color:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/image.php?u=16247&dateline=1231626206&type=profile

What I have in mind (girl on the left):
http://thegrumpiest.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/kourtney_kardashian_01.jpg

Would I be able to achieve a similar color with such a mix? Were you able to? Recommendations and photos would be appreciated.

[kdaniels8811]

Ummm, my hair was lighter than yours and while it darkened it, there is definately lots of red. If you use henna, you will get red. No way around it, that is what henna is. I use half henna/indigo with a dash of alma and it still turns our dark red. The photo shows it pretty well. If you do not want red, don't use henna. Just my two cents, I hope you find something that works for you!

[iris]

I tried for five years to counter the orange in henna with indigo, amla etc. In my experience, the orange/red tones will always come out in sunlight or other bright light. I once pushed my hair a dark gray by using a lot of indigo over the henna, and it still shone orange in the sun.

If you don't want any red, really, you can't use henna.

If you're looking for the permanence and the conditioning effects of henna, I can recommend elumen (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=5594).

I find elumen to be very similar to henna - elumen is a little bit less permanent, but still quite permanent, and exactly the same in terms of conditioning. It's superior to henna in that the color selection is much wider though.

[twilight]

hm, i agree--if you are doing a one-step method you will have reddish hair no matter what, and amla will cut the red (thus removing any potential "violet" tones). two-step will definitely give you a darker color, maybe almost black, maybe pitch black, but i found the undertones to be on the violet side of things.

when i was using henndigo i was able to get hair like the girl in the photo (i'm naturally darkish blonde) via one-step method of about 50/50... but it might take a few applications to build to the color you want.