Henna Thread, take two

[littlestarface]

I managed to get the worst of the orange off with the help of lemon and toothpaste..... The color turned out awesome "Deep Red". I just wish that the black chem dye wasn't so severe. It'll grow out eventually....sigh. I am so mad at myself for chopping it all off last year. My hair was all one length; virgin down to my tailbone. Then I went through a quarter life crisis, chopped it shoulder length with choppy layers and dyed it black. It looked cute but now the waiting game begins. I'd like to grow it all one length and once the dye hits BSL chop it off so I can start fresh.

Ah that's such a lovely color you got! I wish I could have it. Did the henna do anything to the black part,like a red glow in the sun?

[Khristopher]

Did the conditioner you used contain 'cones? Or protein? In my experience, conditioners containing these ingredients tend to cause a clumpy, ricotta cheese sort of texture when they're mixed with other things in a henna gloss or SMT. It might also have something to do with how coarsely or finely sifted your henna is-- a finer sift generally mixes more smoothly with conditioner.

Thanks for your reply, the ricotta texture is just what I got My henna is super fine, it's litterally light powlder. And the conditioner is not coney but I'm not sure about it having protein or not. I'll try using a different one next time.

[Milady_DeWinter]

I did henna today! The color may change the following days, meanwhile it looks like this:

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http://pin.it/aC7oRj4
http://pin.it/lpTKR0P

My original color is just like that, but a bit lighter may be; yet I still had a bit of lighter chemical dye to cover.

My recipe (note: My hair is very thick, I used everything):

10 hours before I prepared:
200gr henna
100gr mala
50gr bhringaraj
A little bit of white wine vinegar (but just with the amla if would have had enough acid)

And just before applying:
100gr indigo

I mixed everything, and voila! I hope you like it

[PrincessAralin]

Does anybody know any good retailers of quality henna in Australia?

[Aphra]

There are a few, but none cheap. I got mine from the Henna Tent, who are a certified organic supplier of BAQ henna in Fremantle WA. I found some others by googling BAQ henna Australia. There is also one in northern WA (who I forget the name of) who will sell pure henna, or various pre-mixed colours with indigo, cassia etc.

I did my test strip last night, and it is a bit too copper brown rather than red, but I only left it on for an hour, so I'll try another one later. What has surprised me is how light the henna bit has gone compared to my apparent base hair colour. Cleary the "dark" brown has a lot of greys lurking in there currently reflecting the surrounding colour.

[ephemeri]

JessTheMess , that's what my hair looks like right now! I'm growing out black box dye and have somewhere around 4-5 inches of roots that are red from straight up rajasthani henna. I feel like I found a hair twin.

Just yesterday I was in the property manager's office of my work building, getting my parking permit renewed. The woman at the desk there could not get over my hair, she kept asking me questions about it and eventually dragged me down the hall to show her boss my hair. It made me super self-conscious and uncomfortable, I am already aware that my hair looks different, I don't like getting gawked at!

I actually like how my hair looks until people start talking about it and staring...! I need to somehow get over that I guess!

[Aphra]

Ooooooooooooooooooh. I am adding proper BAQ henna to my great hair loves list, along with spin pins. I did my parting and enough of my canopy and face framing area to blend it in with the brown, and the colour is awesome. It could still stand being a tadge redder and less orange brown, but even so pretty good. And the sift (despite being the wrong sift for body art, hence getting it at a discount) was so fine it was simple to spread in and wash out.

I was conservative with how much I dyed this time just in case the colour didn't suit me, but its looking good so next time my roots start showing, I'll do a full head and then get some pictures

[pandabarrier]

Hi guys, I'm new to this thread.
I started doing henna gloss last year for conditioning purposes, a hint of red in my black hair and partial coverage of the greys. I used to mix henna with coconut milk, cassia and fenugreek, but yesterday I tried a new recipe, from an older article in LHC:
http://web.archive.org/web/201112232...&articleid=154
I followed most of the recipe, except some substitutions:
- 3 parts of Godrej Nupur Henna instead of 4 parts of henna, no wait for dye release (I don't want too much color)
- Hibiscus tea instead of catnip tea
- Grapeseed oil instead of the listed oils (that is what I had)

I made a full application and left it for 2 and half hours. It was much easier to rinse off and I shed less hair. I think I'll be able to do henna gloss more often because before I've always dreaded the rinsing part.
Since it's only been 12 hours the color isn't set yet, but now the hair is soft and has a hint of burgundy tone in the sun, that I like!

[Morphinea]

I'm going to try cassia/henna mix. I don't want to bleach my hair so it's going to be long journey to have copper hair. I mix Jamila BAQ and cassia 40/60 or 30/70.

[Eldergleam]

Hello everyone,

I'm quite newhere, so my apologies if I do something wrong.

I'm a complete newbie to henna, though I've read the sticky and have a general idea how it works and have seen my boss work with it numerous times in the salon. But now I would like to maybe experiment a bit with it. If anybody is interested, in my thread in the newbie section, one can read a more thorough explanation, but here's the short version:

Bra strap length, curly, dyed light blonde with 6/7 cm long dark golden blonde roots showing. I'm growing it out for the hair quality which is why I would only be looking at natural dyes in the future.
Right now I'm somewhat obsessed with Kate Winslet's colour in 'Titanic':



Though it could be a tad less red/copper for me. Could this be achieved with henna?

I'm very afraid that my hair will just turn a very bright orange or that it will become too dark if I add things like indigo.

My boss said that I could also mix the henna with a brown component to counteract and soften the bright coppers and reds, either with this:



or this:



Could anyone help me with this?

Sincerely,
Eldergleam