Oh, another thing: if I do the roots and the whole head several days apart, possibly even a week, is that more likely to cause colour build-up, and will it affect how well it deals with the seborrhoeic eczema? I'm still trying to work out how much I need there. All I know is that someone on this board got rid of her SE by putting on henna for four hours. It's looking like I'll be doing henna/cassia for 5 hours over two applications, and I'll probably make the proportions 35/45 for the roots and 35/65 for the whole head. I still don't know how much the cassia might help, and whether the henna will work just as well when diluted down with cassia (and I'm fairly generous with the amount I put on).
Annoyingly, I thought I was going to be doing 2/3 henna when I placed my order, so I now have 600g henna (which I won't use up even in years at this rate) and 200g cassia (not enough for the whole head at the new proportions). Obviously I'll have to make more henna converts locally!
I'm also thinking of start the root application (which I'm tempted to do tonight!) from the front of my head and the whole head application from the back. I don't want the colour to build up too much on one side, and I assume it would be harder to do the whole head starting from the back. Not that I'm particularly looking forward to doing the 4" roots starting from the front either. I think I'll have to part my hair and have the henna lying from the centre to the side, if that makes sense.
Have you personally tried aloe vera in henna/cassia? What was it like? I was thinking of adding a smidgen of coconut oil to help any dryness, do you reckon that's a good idea?
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