As some of the friends mentioned, I feel my hair coarse and hard to detangle after henna. So I use a mousturizing conditioner and conditioner only wash.
I also clarify before henna, since I beileve that I get better colour with clarified hair
Water only for washing out the henna
CO for washing out the henna
Shampoo out the henna
Then, wash as normal
Then, wait a few days to allow dye release
Ooops. I forgot why i picked 6
I also fill a bucket with warm water and stick my head in it to start, and work as much henna out that way as I can. Then I apply liberal amounts of cheap non-cone conditioner, I rinse that out and most of the rest of the henna goes with it. Then I put a good moisturizing conditioner mixed with avg because my hair needs lots of moisture after henna, let it sit for 15 min and wash! Then I go almost 4 days without washing my hair =) it works for me ... My hair looks so good after henna too bad it is such a long process.
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As some of the friends mentioned, I feel my hair coarse and hard to detangle after henna. So I use a mousturizing conditioner and conditioner only wash.
I also clarify before henna, since I beileve that I get better colour with clarified hair
Wasn't this just an interesting thread! Am I wrong or did people use more CO or WO over 10 years ago? And today maybe more ordinary shampoo & conditioner combination?
Laying in bed with overnight henna in my hair and planning how I rinse it out... the coconut milk tip was very interesting!
I do CWC to get my henna/herbal muds out and use a bowl to help mermaid soak out the grits. Once the water runs clear I'm done. Then I usually wait a couple days before washing my hair again, because henna is just so cleansing.
I feel like you're probably right on that. It does seem that people are a bit more open to shampooing in general now than in the past. CO-wash was so big whenever I first joined in 2011, but it seems that there's more acceptance that it's definitely not right for everyone. I can't skip shampooing my scalp for even a single day, or my scalp breaks out, so CO-wash was something I ditched pretty early on. (It also doesn't help that I have hard water and no water softener...)
CO-washing was super trendy then. It was when I first started and I'm one of those who's still CO-washing. My scalp hates shampoo and CO works great for me. But yeah, no-poo overall was trendy back then, but not so much todady.
I rinse my henna with water, apply indigo and then CO-wash my hair.
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