indigo/water results

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Posted by Kim in MI on May 22, 2004 at 17:27:36:

In reply to: Re: indigo/grape juice posted by Tara on May 22, 2004 at 14:25:07:

Well, at least we know to abandon the blueberry quest :-) Thanks for doing the
legwork for us.

Maureen at EveryDayHenna said that the indigo is fine and almost oily and might not
really "wet" unless I used HOT water -- which I didn't with the grape juice. I
abandoned my grape juice batch, and nuked my water-only batch, and saw an almost
immediate dye release! YAY! I guess that was the problem.

I put my 3 strand tests in, one for 15 min, one for 30, and one for over an hour. They
all came out about the same LOL ~ a dark ash-brown. My darks are closer to my
original color, dark brown with a *slight* red highlights, and the grays are more like a
medium ash brown. A little hard to tell on my poor strand tests, they're so curly and
drying crazy and none of them enough to REALLY get a feel for ... and my hair isn't
quite long enough that I can hold them up to my head to compare with my attached
hair ...

I'll see if maybe I can scan them ...

I think if I were to dye-over my hair with indigo - essentially the 2 step process that
others have used - I'd get a dark brown like my natural color, and the gray would be
well covered ... just not burgundy :)

Kim

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: Well, at least we know to abandon the blueberry quest :-) Thanks for doing the : legwork for us. : : Maureen at EveryDayHenna said that the indigo is fine and almost oily and might not : really "wet" unless I used HOT water -- which I didn't with the grape juice. I : abandoned my grape juice batch, and nuked my water-only batch, and saw an almost : immediate dye release! YAY! I guess that was the problem. : : I put my 3 strand tests in, one for 15 min, one for 30, and one for over an hour. They : all came out about the same LOL ~ a dark ash-brown. My darks are closer to my : original color, dark brown with a slight red highlights, and the grays are more like a : medium ash brown. A little hard to tell on my poor strand tests, they're so curly and : drying crazy and none of them enough to REALLY get a feel for ... and my hair isn't : quite long enough that I can hold them up to my head to compare with my attached : hair ... : : I'll see if maybe I can scan them ... : : I think if I were to dye-over my hair with indigo - essentially the 2 step process that : others have used - I'd get a dark brown like my natural color, and the gray would be : well covered ... just not burgundy :) : : Kim
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