"As you are my curly haired idol, I feel that I have an invested interest in your hair" LOL
Yes, I will do a strand test. Everyone I've talked to has strongly suggested it. Hennaforhair.com recommends testing on fall-out hair from your brush or the shower. I'll probably do both loose hair and an attached piece on the under side, just to be safe. I also want to know what it's going to make my hair feel like before I put it all over.
I'm going to try to get around to ordering samples soon. I'll keep you updated.
Thanks. The gray doesn't really show up in pictures, but it's more obvious in person. I've had many people make comments to me about it. Most of it is done in teasing, by people I know.
I know that henna is permanent, I've given that alot of thought. That's one reason I haven't colored before... I was afraid I wouldn't like the results. But by looking at other's before and after pics, I don't think the color would really change much at all since my hair is so dark. That makes me feel a little safer.
I don't know that much about henna but one thing that stood out is that the henna is permanent so if you don't like the colour, you have to wait for it to grow out. This is more of a problem for girls who like to colour their hair more so for you as they can't chemically dye over it if they don't like the colour. I love your hair as is and can't really tell that you have gray hair but I guess you have to do what makes you happy.
I was thinking of just using henna alone (not adding indigo or anything). I don't want a big change. I know the gray will turn red, but there's not really alot clumped together so it won't be major streaks or anything like that. My hair has a reddish tone anyway (as you can see in my sig) so from what I can tell, henna will just cause it to have a more obvious red tone. I'm fine with that. I'm not really wanting to change the color exactly, just cover gray.
Thanks for your help. I'll send MisRini a pm and see if she's still around. I remember her red hair now that you mention it.
You've got the best info there at hennaforhair, I love looking at their "mixes" page (although its too tempting so I try to stay away!). Their henna is permanent, so all I can tell you is make sure you don't get tempted into going darker than you'll like, because you won't be able to lift it (not without a lot of trouble and maybe not at all).
Sorry, I wasn't that into long hair back when I used to henna, so I don't remember noticing details like how it made my hair feel, if it was better or worse, (wish MissRini was here, she could tell you...maybe you could pm her). Good luck! What color are you going for?
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I'm thinking about dying my hair with henna. Many of the ladies on naturallycurly.com's forum use it with great results. I've been asking them all kinds of questions about it. I got a free e-book from hennaforhair.com that tells all about how to do it and shows before and after pics of different hair colors and different mixtures. I know that since my hair is so dark, the color won't be drastically different. But I mainly want to do it to cover my gray streaks which are becoming more obvious all the time.
My question is (for those of you that use/have used henna):
What are the "side effects" of using henna? Do you feel it is "safe" to use on long hair? Please share your experiences!
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