Indigo Thread

**TreesOfEternity** · September 28th, 2019, 04:42 AM

Do you use henna every time you do an indigo touch up? I used it only the first time and I am using only indigo now for the touchups, is it right?

**gothicshollow** · September 28th, 2019, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by TreesOfEternity

Do you use henna every time you do an indigo touch up? I used it only the first time and I am using only indigo now for the touchups, is it right?

So the last time I did a sort of touch up it was a mix of random herbs with a spoon of henna and a spoon of indigo. However I think that you could do a retouch with only indigo, if you did the 2-step already multiple times and have a rather strong lawsonia base.

**TatsuOni** · September 28th, 2019, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by TreesOfEternity

Do you use henna every time you do an indigo touch up? I used it only the first time and I am using only indigo now for the touchups, is it right?

I only henna my roots. So when I touch up the length I only do it with indigo.

**TreesOfEternity** · September 29th, 2019, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by gothicshollow

So the last time I did a sort of touch up it was a mix of random herbs with a spoon of henna and a spoon of indigo. However I think that you could do a retouch with only indigo, if you did the 2-step already multiple times and have a rather strong lawsonia base.

Originally Posted by TatsuOni

I only henna my roots. So when I touch up the length I only do it with indigo.

Thanks a lot for the answers

**gothicshollow** · September 30th, 2019, 03:10 AM

Sooooo I did my two step and I also trimmed the hair a bit.
This time I have pics of post-1st step and 2nd step!

After the 1st step and before trimming:

After the 2nd step and after trimming:

The indigo worked perfectly and covered the red shades that I got after the 1st step (you don't see them much in the pic because they're mostly on the roots). But since this time I diluted the indigo powder with some kalpi tone powder that I have to finish, I think it colored a bit less.

**TatsuOni** · September 30th, 2019, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by gothicshollow

Sooooo I did my two step and I also trimmed the hair a bit.
This time I have pics of post-1st step and 2nd step!

After the 1st step and before trimming:

After the 2nd step and after trimming:

The indigo worked perfectly and covered the red shades that I got after the 1st step (you don't see them much in the pic because they're mostly on the roots). But since this time I diluted the indigo powder with some kalpi tone powder that I have to finish, I think it colored a bit less.

I can't see your pictures.

**gothicshollow** · September 30th, 2019, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by TatsuOni

I can't see your pictures.

Ops, you're right, I couldn't see them neither!
I edited the post, I hope now they will be visible (I changed hosting website and I'm still not sure I'm doing everything right!)

**Nox_Inber** · September 30th, 2019, 05:12 PM

I can't see them either, is it an album that's set to private? I tried using google photos and for the life of me I couldn't get it to work. Then I switched to Imgur, uploaded my photos as hidden, then used the BB code to post em. Nobody can see my account that way but I can still post my photos. It's the closest I could find to private besides uploading them to LHC itself but then it drops the quality like mad.

**TatsuOni** · October 1st, 2019, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by gothicshollow

Ops, you're right, I couldn't see them neither!
I edited the post, I hope now they will be visible (I changed hosting website and I'm still not sure I'm doing everything right!)

I still can't see them.

Originally Posted by Nox_Inber

I can't see them either, is it an album that's set to private? I tried using google photos and for the life of me I couldn't get it to work. Then I switched to Imgur, uploaded my photos as hidden, then used the BB code to post em. Nobody can see my account that way but I can still post my photos. It's the closest I could find to private besides uploading them to LHC itself but then it drops the quality like mad.

I use my blog to upload photos. They don't have to be visible there. I can upload them in "my own album" there and then use the code here.

**gothicshollow** · October 2nd, 2019, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by TatsuOni

I still can't see them.

I use my blog to upload photos. They don't have to be visible there. I can upload them in "my own album" there and then use the code here.

Thank you for this tip!
I haven't started a blog yet, but I uploaded the pics in my album.

Let's see if it works.

Here's again the post lawsonia (step1) and pre-trimming:

and here after step2 and trimming: