Indigo Thread

[TatsuOni]

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:

Just to clarify. I don't use my LHC blog, but my "private blog".

Your hair looks so beautiful and and shiny in the last picture!

[BerrySara]

wow gothicshollow, your hair is stunning!

[gothicshollow]

Thank you TatsuOni and BerrySara!

Today after the run I washed my hair with WO and rinsed with diluted vinegar; it was the first wash after the indigo and surprisingly the water was not blue. The hair is still deep black

[Nox_Inber]

gothicshollow it came out wonderfully! I'm really impressed that you got the water to rinse clear on the first wash, it took me about a week the first time I henndigo'd!

[blackgothicdoll]

So I indigoed a day ago and then cowashed it out, but the smell is driving me nuts as it is still lingering. I add methi to both my indigo and henna so I can smell both grass and methi, yuck. I'm going to go ahead and shampoo, but if it takes out some of the indigo can I do another indigo-only treatment a week or two from now? Or would I need to start over?

[TatsuOni]

So I indigoed a day ago and then cowashed it out, but the smell is driving me nuts as it is still lingering. I add methi to both my indigo and henna so I can smell both grass and methi, yuck. I'm going to go ahead and shampoo, but if it takes out some of the indigo can I do another indigo-only treatment a week or two from now? Or would I need to start over?

You can use just indigo if you want to I have light roots, so I need to use henna on them, but I only use indigo in the rest of the hair. I usually cover the smell with hair oils

[C_Bookworm]

So I indigoed a day ago and then cowashed it out, but the smell is driving me nuts as it is still lingering. I add methi to both my indigo and henna so I can smell both grass and methi, yuck. I'm going to go ahead and shampoo, but if it takes out some of the indigo can I do another indigo-only treatment a week or two from now? Or would I need to start over?

You can use just indigo if you want to I have light roots, so I need to use henna on them, but I only use indigo in the rest of the hair. I usually cover the smell with hair oils

Oils are a great way to cover it. Nightblooming always has such lovely mixes. Dabur amla gold is another great one.

[TatsuOni]

Oils are a great way to cover it. Nightblooming always has such lovely mixes. Dabur amla gold is another great one.

I also use NightBlooming

[Nox_Inber]

I did my henndigo on Wednesday and overall I'm pretty happy with how it came out. The Nupur 9 Herbs Henna is super conditioning on my hair. I can see why C_Bookworm uses this stuff, my hair feels amazing . I let it sit for about 12 hours overnight before applying then left it on for 4 hours before rinsing. Then I applied the Zenia indigo (with salt this time!) and while it didn't turn my hair void black like the HennaSooq indigo but it's still very dark. There's a slight red undertone to it but it's only my second attempt. I'm expecting a few more applications before my hair is hopefully permablack

Lessons learned this time around: Indigo drips are no joke. I made my mixture too thick the first time and went the exact opposite this round. Plus I think I wrapped the plastic around my ears wrong, which left a gap for the indigo to escape and run down the side of my face in a multi-strike attack over 2 hours and induce a small rage fit lol.

Here's my hair from Thursday, one day post henndigo

[TatsuOni]

It looks beautiful Nox! I highly recommend laying down and watching a movie to avoid the dripping when you have indigo in your hair