Originally Posted by
SeaPhoenix
Welp.. I did a strand test. Let the hair soak in a chamomile/coconut oil mix (8 teabags per 2 cups hot water, with 1 tbspn oil - just soaked up the sample strand with the mix)... let that sit for 30 minutes, dipped the soaked sample strand in peroxide, bagged it and clipped it in place, let that sit for 45 minutes. Nothing happened at all. As I'm not keen on the idea of peroxide sitting any longer than that in my hair... I'm going to go ahead and give a rest on ridding my hair of the old henna.
But, I'm glad I tried it, or else I'd always be wondering "Maybe it might work." Everyone's hair is different, and what works for a lot of folks, doesn't always work for me at all... just because a couple people did get henna out with peroxide, does not mean it would work for me (though if I left it in for hours, maybe it might have shifted a smidgen... but I'm just not willing to subject my hair to quite that level of stress).
So - today my husband finally fesses up that though he thought the pictures he's seen of my blond looked "nice", he's always preferred my henna red hair before I started using indigo. He's not said anything this past year because he didn't want to influence my decision on trying to go back to natural because I was so focused on it. But, now that I know the henna, pre-indigo, really did work for me... I might just go back to a henna/cassia glossing mix on the natural growth... Not sure yet... but, I just keep going back to wanting to mess with henna again, if I can prevent the build up this time. (i.e. no more full head treatments like I used to do when I henna'd, also will dilute it down, and make sure not to leave it on for hours at a time... common sense, but, I was addicted to the stuff and had no sense of proportion control... kind of like with cheesecake lol...) I do miss the shine, and glittering glimmer my hair had with it, but, with all the chopping I've done... about 2 years worth of hair growth, I'm still going to think very long and hard before deciding on hitting even diluted henna glosses again.
But again, at least now I know from personal experiments, what doesn't work for my hair... and after a bit over a year, I finally get an honest opinion on hair color out of my husband! LOL
I wish luck and happy results to anyone else who delves into experimenting with the peroxide damage prevention stuff! :-)
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