Henna and dye experiment

[nisaa]

This was a good experiment:
40 minutes with Garnier Nutrisse Nourishing Multi-Lights highlighting dye on a sample (cut, off of my head, don't worry) of my hennaed hair when the instructions said 20 minutes produced absolutely no change. That was $8 well spent. I could have spent more money and possibly fried my hair or turned it the color of cheddar cheese. And, really, why would I want to put something on my head that may cause blindness if you put it on your eyebrows?

Next up: I'm going to try making chamomile tea, putting it on my hair and going out in the sun to let it dry to see if I get any blonde highlights.

I'm craving some kind of change to the color and still not sure if I'm ready to grow out the roots any further. I might darken the ends as per marrus's suggestion. For that, I'll try henna and a lot of indigo.

Eh, at least the dye comes with a nice nourishing Avocado oil conditioner as a consolation prize.

Comments

[katann.livejournal.com]

Try fresh lemon and sun, that usually works for me. If I want dramatic instant blonde highlights, then Sun-In.

Why the highlights???

[katann.livejournal.com]

Though, I don't know how Sun-in will react with henna, might want to try a sample first.

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm considering going back to blonde. I thought if I tried to highlight some of the red now, maybe it wouldn't look as drastic.

I'll try lemon and chamomile and sun once I'm feeling better. I don't want to go outside with a wet head since I'm fighting off a cold or flu or whatever this is.

[calialleykat.livejournal.com]

There are lots of neat natural methods for highlighting henna'ed hair naturally on hennaforhair.com. I just bought my 1$ sample from them and am planning on doing the full monty sometime this weekend or next week with henna, lime and probably either cinnamon or cloves. Im soo tired of nasty grey shot roots and/or slavery to Loreal every 6 weeks.

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was just looking at that website today for suggestions.
You'll have to post pix of your hair once you've done it!