Honey thread - from TBB and bits from old LHC

[ktani]

DolphinPrincess

You did use them all, lol.

I am very pleased that your skin was not negatively affected - how does your hair feel?

[firebird]

Javadandy - after a few washes, my hair still feels great. It feels moisturised and the ends have felt fine, with no dryness, ever since I did the honey/EVOO/cinnamon. My hair definitely loves honey

ktani - Yes, I would love to find out what adding cardamon would do! I don't have any right now, but will try and get some.

I'm looking forward to reading about everyone else's results!

As well as doing the honey treatments, I have been using a honey rinse after I wash my hair. I currently just use shampoo, as since moving to Florida I haven't been able to find a conditioner which doesn't leave my hair weighed down and lank. Miraculously, it doesn't tangle at all with just shampooing every other day. Anyway, the honey rinse is about a cup of water with a small squeeze of honey, maybe a third of a teaspoon? I had to play with the quantity/concentration of honey as too much did make my ends crunchy, but now I have it down, it just makes my hair softer and more moisturised than just shampooing. I don't know if it's having any effects on lightening, since there is so little used, but I like how it leaves my hair feeling, so I'm happy to do it just for that and any lightening is a bonus. I got the idea from someone on LHC, but I'm afraid I can't remember who to give credit.

[ktani]

firebird

A honey rinse would not be on your hair long enough to have a lightening effect IMO.

Even if you left it in your hair, honey needs continuous moisture to keep producing peroxide - Florida humidity would not be enough, IMO.

I am glad that you found the right quantity of honey for your rinse to not have a residue problem - if that does happen - just wash your hair and that should take care of it.

Viviane used to spray honey diluted in water on her hair before she started to use it straight, as a leave-in. She posted about it in the original Honey thread.

[JKRBeloved]

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of what coloring effect honey might have on silver/gray/white hair? I've been using it in my conditioner mix, but am wondering if it might have a yellowing effect on whiter hair?

[DolphinPrincess]

ktani-My hair always feels weird when wet, always has, even when I used cone poo and condish. No tangles though, the comb went through easily!

[ktani]

JKRBeloved

There have been no reports I can recall, of honey depositing a colour of its own on hair, grey or otherwise.

[ktani]

DolphinPrincess

I am pleased for you to read that - so far - so good.

[wintersun99]

I'm back to report, as well. My mix (at least this first time) does not appear to have lightened my hair, but it does appear that it may have moved the henna on my roots to more brown. Also, my hair has NEVER been more soft and conditioned! It really is amazing, much more so then honey/condish alone. Although it doesn't appear to lighten henna (and negative on the indigo too) I will still use this as a weekly deep condition, I will probably add a bit of EVOO, next time.

ETA: mix was:
Honey, Condish, Coconut Milk, Cinnamon

ETA2: proportions - sort of tossed together, I will do my best to guesstimate correctly...
Honey: 1 1/2 tablespoon
Coconut Milk: 1/4 cup
Cinnamon: 1 heaping tablespoon
Conditioner: maybe 1/2-3/4 cup???

Brand Names: I bought everything at Nature's...
Honey: Nature's Energy Honey
Coconut Milk: Thai Kitchen Organic
Cinnamon: Simply Organic
Conditioner: VO5 Extra Body with a squirt of Giovanni Deep Repair Re-constructor

ETA3: yes, it definitely appears that the mix did "something" different to the henna, it is significantly more brown. Now that I think about it, after initially rinsing this mix and drying my hair, the newest growth did appear more golden, I can only assume the henna re-oxidized over the night. Sooooo, it is worth continuing for the conditioning alone and any natural lightening will be a bonus.

[ktani]

wintersun99

It sounds as if something did happen with the colour on the roots.

Thank you for posting your results.

Could you post your recipe proportions?

I am glad to read that you are so pleased with the condition of your hair.

[ktani]

wintersun99

Thank you for posting your recipe details and the product names.

I am glad to read that you are so pleased with the results over all.

Peroxide lightening doesn't usually result in henna reoxidizing from previous reports - please let me know if your colour continues to change bewteen honey lightening treatments.