'black' henna failure

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Posted by renka on May 23, 2004 at 01:13:41:

Hi - I bought some Nazeer henna labelled 'black henna' - its a
lovely hay-smeling green and does not drain off black or anything so
I figure it is an indigo/henna mix or something, not nasty
chemically stuff. The instructions said to mix it with boiling water
and apply it hot immediately then leave it on (wrapped) for 2 hours -
all of which I did. And it did....absolutely nothing! I have
noticed that applying henna (or indigo) isn't usually as simple as
just mixing it with hot water and whacking it on, so does anyone
have a suggestion as to what I could try to make it stick? I have
half-black (dyed with permanent dye) and half natural medium brown
hair, so going the option of real henna at this stage would be kind
of ugly.
I still have half a bag of this 'black henna' left and don't want to
give up on it just yet!!

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Re: 'black' henna failure renka 19:11:46 5/23/2004 (4)
- not sure what you tried, but... Kim in MI 20:15:32 5/23/2004 (3)
  - Re: not sure what you tried, but... renka 22:12:50 5/23/2004 (2)
    - Re: not sure what you tried, but... Alison 22:26:49 5/23/2004 (1)
      - Re: not sure what you tried, but... renka 22:59:26 5/23/2004 (0)
Chunky indigo problems! Faery Ring 15:58:23 5/23/2004 (0)
Re: 'black' henna failure Catherine Cartwright-Jones 09:11:14 5/23/2004 (0)

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: Hi - I bought some Nazeer henna labelled 'black henna' - its a : lovely hay-smeling green and does not drain off black or anything so : I figure it is an indigo/henna mix or something, not nasty : chemically stuff. The instructions said to mix it with boiling water : and apply it hot immediately then leave it on (wrapped) for 2 hours - : all of which I did. And it did....absolutely nothing! I have : noticed that applying henna (or indigo) isn't usually as simple as : just mixing it with hot water and whacking it on, so does anyone : have a suggestion as to what I could try to make it stick? I have : half-black (dyed with permanent dye) and half natural medium brown : hair, so going the option of real henna at this stage would be kind : of ugly. : I still have half a bag of this 'black henna' left and don't want to : give up on it just yet!!
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