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Anyone here henna?Submitted by bleu7102 on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 7:11pm.
So, I usually dye my hair a deep, maroonish red, just with regular semi-permanant hair dye. But now that I won't be working for the man anymore in a stuffy, boring office, I want to try something a bit more dramatic and fun. I've never used henna before, I'm not familiar with it at all. I was thinking about maybe ordering some from Lush, http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/00671?expand=Haircare . henna is terrible for your hair. i don't know how attached you are to your hair, but alot of stylists won't touch hair that has been henna'd. if you ever change your mind, its a grow and cut type of thing. Its as bad as dying your hair black. Once your in, your in and theres no going back without damaging the heck out of it. I'd do some serious thinking before commiting to it. Do you mean terrible just in regards to the permanancy? Or does it actually damage your hair? All I read is how good and conditioning it is. If it's just the permanancy, I think I could deal. But you're right, definitely something I'd have to consider. I'm still debating.... BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness from inside the hair cuticle and then replace it with the synthetic color. Black hair dye does this and also scrapes the outside of the cuticle and leaves a little something there too (that's why when people dye their hair black, it often looses it's shininess). Henna doesn't touch your original hair color, it just permanently dies the outside of your hair cuticle, so in the future, you will not be able to have your hair dyed a lighter color than the henna, because it will only leave dye in the inside of the cuticle, and if the henna is darker, it's the only thing that will show. I have been dying my hair with henna for many years. If I go to bleach my hair to dye it blue/red/green... then it looks pretty funny, cause the part of the hair that has been hennaed will be bright red, and the roots are white. As soon as I put the color over it though, it all pretty much looks the same. I have curly hair, and right after I henna it, my hair gets all straight and thick and hard to put a comb through. That lasts for about 2 days and then my hair gets super soft and shiny and bouncy with curls. Since the henna coats the outside cuticle but doesn't strip your hair, it conditions it and makes it stronger and thicker than it was before. "Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki Wow, thanks for hair coloring tutuorial BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness I always use coffee with it instead of water because i like to tone down the red and make it darker. It is a great hair conditioner. Right after I posted, I thought of the health food store! I'll have to check ours out. It would probably be a lot cheaper there, too. So what color do you end up with using coffee? Is it still red or more dark brown? BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness It's just darker, deeper, and not so brassy, almost a burgandy. I know that in theory these days you can get henna in specific colours, i.e. dark red/brown if you want- but back in the day there was just one henna and for me it had a tendency to be a little too tangeriny. (think of the flaming lips- she don't use nothin you buy at the store- she likes her hair to be real orange...) I know a guy who picks his nose...... BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness and he delivers magazines, so you know what he uses to blow nose.... BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness and I love it, it makes my hair way softer than usual. The only thing is that it's super permanent, so if you ever try to bleach your hair, the original color will come out but the henna won't. "Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki |
It's really cool to know the difference between the two. I really like that it's better for your hair than conventional hair dyes. My hair is pretty healthy right now, so I'd like to avoid anything that would change that.
Weird. Everything I've ever heard indicates that henna is GOOD for hair, not bad. It sort of super coats the hair shaft, so it's true that you can't effectively perm it or chemical dye it unless you let the henna grow back out, which I imagine would be he hairstylist objection per above. But if you already know you can live with the red then you shoud be good to go.
I've been henna-ing my hair various shades of red for about 5 years now and it's as healthy as ever. I get it for around $6 or $7 a package (usually get at least two colorings per package) and freshen it about every 6 weeks or so. Coffee helps make it sort of auburny, or hibiscus tea will make it more red. It's easy to use, just make a paste of hot liquid and henna, cover your hair with it like a deep conditioner, wrap it in an old towel you don't mind getting stained and leave it on for about an hour. So easy...