Curious--Question for those of you with grey hair and/or ash colored hair--should I go red?

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Posted by Jane on May 22, 2004 at 15:08:25:

Some of you may remember my earlier posts--I have been experimenting
with black walnut hulls, indigo, camomile, senna and a little henna
to even out the color in my naturally dark ash blonde/brown hair that
has been bleached. I have had some success, but my hair, of course,
is still not an even color and is much warmer than my natural shade,
meaning I will continue to have two-toned hair no matter what I do!
The bleaching, toning, and plant dyes have given it a red tone, and
there is just no good way to change that without heading to the
synthetic dyes, which I do NOT want to touch. I really wanted to get
away from hair dyes all together, but it seems impossible without
chopping my hair.

On some days I like the red tones, though, and I am considering
stopping the fight against the red tones all together and just
heading to pure Henna Land. Those of you in the "Mixes" section make
it look sooooo beautiful!!!! However, I know using henna is a real
commitment, which brings me to my question for those of you with grey
hair. I have had one grey hair on my head in my life (I'm 30), but I
am planning ahead and want to know REALLY just how well can henna
cover grey, and at what point is there just too much grey to cover?
If I go to henna, it will be a long-term decision, because I have
long hair and do not wish to cut it.

Just as I started pondering going red with henna I saw an elderly
woman who appeared to be using henna to cover her nearly 100% grey
hair. Her hair was an unattractive orange color. I know some of you
report that you have grey hair, but your pictures in the mixes
section look GREAT, nothing like the woman I just mentioned! Is this
because only a small percentage of your hairs are grey, or is it
because you are using higher quality henna? Do you plan to continue
to henna as you acquire more and more grey hair? Just curious to
hear feedback from those who have used henna for years and are
covering up a significant amount of grey hair. I don't know why, but
I typically look 30 years in the future when I make decisions (except
when I made the DUMB decision to bleach my hair...)

Also, as I mentioned, I have dark ash blonde/brown hair. My skin is
a light olive tone (more yellow than red but definitely fair), and my
eyes are multi-colored (mostly green and brown, but spotted with
blue). My ancestors were English, Northern European, German,
Scottish, Irish, and Native American so my "coloring" is a mix of all
of those, which leaves me a bit color-challenged when it comes to the
whole "Autumn, Summer, Winter, blah, blah, blah" classification. I
am having a really tough time deciding if I would look good as a red-
head. Any thoughts? Has anyone with my "coloring" gone to henna?
How does it look?

Any thoughts on henna with grey hair and red hair with my "coloring"
are very welcome. This site is wonderful. Kudos to Catherine!!
Thanks a bunch!!!!
Jane

 

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