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PoysinIvy
October 2nd, 2010, 09:17 PM
I've been lurking for a few weeks now as I scrape up the guts to give up the chemical dyes I've relied on for 20 years to get red hair. Add in a multitude of perms since childhood (the last one being this past April because I was hit with the stupid stick after 10 years perm-free) and you can imagine the condition my hair is in.

I'm going the henna route and am aiming for my current color when it's all said and done, a warm reddish brown. If it ends up brighter, I'm good with that too.

After reading eleventy-billion posts here, I got a satin pillowcase, which was used last night. For the first time in forever, I was able to pull a comb through my hair without dousing it in conditioner first (anyone else familiar with a massive knot that forms underneath the hair at the base of the skull?).

Since that panned out so well, I coated my hair in avocado oil this afternoon and let it hang out for an hour or so. Oh. My. God. I have volume and more wave than I've seen in a long time.

Since everyone here seems to really know what they're doing, I'm looking forward to getting my BSL hair healthy and waist-length with you.

princessp
October 2nd, 2010, 09:28 PM
Cool, glad you're here welcome. I'm a henna head too--love it.

Pierre
October 2nd, 2010, 09:59 PM
Welcome to LHC and to Lawsonia!

BonnyJ
October 2nd, 2010, 10:04 PM
Hi and welcome! I too am familiar with the massive knot underneath my hair after sleeping and have tried about everything to prevent it.

PoysinIvy
October 3rd, 2010, 07:26 PM
Not a henna-head quite yet...but I will be very soon, I hope!

xpeacelovekoala
October 6th, 2010, 10:34 AM
Hi!
I'm interested in henna too... just need to work up the courage. Heh.

LongCurlyHair
October 6th, 2010, 06:08 PM
i think hair has a tendency to tangle when you don't detangle with a regular comb but what do i know i am only a noobie!!!

PoysinIvy
October 6th, 2010, 10:10 PM
Peace, I've been so many different shades of red :-) It's all good for me. Of course, in a perfect world I'll get deep auburn or reddish brown, depending on what I finally decide to do about my existing color (either leave it or dye it back to natural color).

LongCurlyHair, no matter what I'd tried (other than balling it up on the back of my head), I got that beastly knot. It's gotten a lot better since I started doing CWC, though.