Achieving a brown colour with henna
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Printed Date: November 04 2025 at 7:08am
Topic: Achieving a brown colour with henna
Posted By: missrini
Subject: Achieving a brown colour with henna
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:52am
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I know I've been talking about this for a while, but my best friend finally sent me pics of her hair after we devised our "evil" plan of creating a brown colour for her I sent her up some BAQ henna and some Indigo and some Amla powder. She has brown hair, but wanted a rich even brown colour. So the mix we decided on was 100g henna, 100g indigo, and about 2 tablespoons Amla. She let the henna mix release it's dye (only about 2 hours where she lives....tropical north of Australia) and then mixed the indigo and added it into the henna. She left it all on her hair for about 5 and a half hours. And here is the result:
This is the before shot (above).....and below is the after shot:
A beautiful rich brown colour with red highlights only visible when she is in the sun!!! She loves it and thought the whole process was much easier than she had anticipated. I've converted her She very kindly allowed me to share her photos with "my mates" at HB. Doesn't her hair look awesome?? ------------- 
25 inches as at 1st Nov 06 |
The evil plan worked!Replies:
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 9:41am
The colour looks gorgeous! Good mixing rini
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28.02.06 34 inches http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=43733 - Photos Lifes a grave. Dig it. -Wednesday 13 |
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 10:09pm
Wow! Now I'm really inspired (and tempted....). Good on ya Rini!!! And congrats to your best friend for being such an adventurous gal.------------- 
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Posted By: oddlots
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 3:18am
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That looks absolutely gorgeous! Really rich color, with a nice
multi-tonal effect from the highlights, and it looks to have improved
the texture and condition of her hair! Thanks for sharing your friends results. You appear to be quite the henna expert. |
Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 5:19am
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Well...I don't know about expert....I'm just a henna fan Ladyfrog.....FAB new sig!!!! -------------
25 inches as at 1st Nov 06 |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:19am
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Why thank you missrini
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28.02.06 34 inches http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=43733 - Photos Lifes a grave. Dig it. -Wednesday 13 |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 6:28pm
Wow, nice going  your mate's hair looks fab------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 6:37pm
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I agree with all the kudos offered. You've really got a way with henna, Rini.
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