A question about henna
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Topic: A question about henna
Posted By: whhoiskad
Subject: A question about henna
Date Posted: July 19 2006 at 1:52pm
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Hi all,
I know i should put this question on the hair colour board but reading through a few posts there are all about bleaching and stripping etc ( i ran away and fast!) two weeks ago i colored my hair with a home colouring kit herbal essencess fearless colour to be pricise in ruby red permant.
I do like to dye my now hair and usually use semi permants as they are more kinder and less damaging than a permant, the reason i used a permant this time is that herbal essencess advertise there permant colours to contain no ammonia the only one in the uk apprently.
I have been thinking about henna of and on for a few months and i have come to the conclusion that i would like to try it! The burning question is how long will i have to wait till i can henna with this colour only being two weeks old? Usually with a semi or permant they recommed a top up every 4 to 6 weeks is this the same for henna?
Hope fully this will be the last home colourant i ever use when i convert to henna!
 ------------- Hair Type 2a/m/ii |
Replies:
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 10:55am
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I hope missrini comes back, she is really the one who knows most about
henna. One thing she always said is that its important to use
body art quality henna, not stuff you buy in a box from the store that
comes in different colors. Those tend to have metals they add to
it that can cause you to get a bad result (not so shiny hair, henna
that comes out after a few weeks, or at the worst, permanant green hair
because your hair was too porous from previous heavy lightening).
I don't think it matters how long ago you did chemical dye before you
do henna, the main thing is that after you do henna, dye won't take
until the henna is completely out because it coats the hair (and body
art quality henna is supposed to be permanent). That's about the
extent of what I know about it, hope this was helpful. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 1:21pm
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Susan W. is right.Body art quality henna is the way to go.And it doesnt matter how long ago you dyed.
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 has everything you need.Plus it has a great page showing people's mixes and results. |
Posted By: whhoiskad
Date Posted: July 22 2006 at 2:04pm
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Thank you very much for the advice susan w and longhairdreams !
Very helpful website too:) ------------- Hair Type 2a/m/ii |
Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 6:26am
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Here I am Just to address your question re "topping up" your colour....you won't need to do that at all with henna. Once your hair is coloured with henna it is permanent and it won't fade. The only reason to re-colour is for a deeper/richer colour, or to colour roots of a different colour (like my grey ones!!) I haven't coloured my lengths with henna for about 6 months now, but I do my roots every 3 weeks.
I also just want to clarify that henna doesn't coat your hair, it binds with the keratin there (which has other benefits too....like added thickness, shine, etc.) Also, green hair would result from the metallic salts in compound henna mixing with a chemical dye. Best to stick with BAQ henna. But you will get LOADS of info from the H4H site and I'm sure you'll be a happy henna head in no time!
HTH ------------- 
25 inches as at 1st Nov 06 |
Hi whhoiskad....you have received good advice so far. Posted By: whhoiskad
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 9:56am
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Thanks missrini, have been looking around at henna supplies in the uk there doesnt seem to be much choice so probally ordering from the website seems to be the best idea at least i know what i am getting then!
Btw has anyone ever tried Lush henna or The Body Shop henna? These are more mainstream and avalible in the town i live in ------------- Hair Type 2a/m/ii |
Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 11:23am
| I've tried the lush stuff. I went with one similar to my own colour. It didn't last very long but my hair was too large for the amount of gunk. The underside was very rich and dark but I can't say much happened with the rest of it. Heard good stuff about the Bodyshop henna though. I think Boots do some too. |
Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 7:24pm
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whhoisakid.....best to stick with BAQ henna if you can. There is a UK supplier called "henna boy" or something like that. If you go to H4H, they have a suppliers link with them all listed.
Lush henna is harder to prepare and apply than the BAQ stuff and has other things added to it for the different shades, so you don't have as much control over the resulting colour.
It's worth the extra expense to get the "good stuff" IMO. -------------
25 inches as at 1st Nov 06 |
Posted By: whhoiskad
Date Posted: July 26 2006 at 9:00am
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HeHe
The good stuff! Yes i want some of that definalty!
I will have a look out for the Henna Boy
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