Re: black tea and coffee

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Posted by Debra on July 22, 2004 at 16:23:18:

In reply to: black tea and coffee posted by Gill on July 21, 2004 at 11:49:04:

: Hi thanks for all the comments on the double process. Now another
: question, if I combine black tea and coffee with henna will I get
: more of a brown. The other thing I want to try and achieve is sort of
: yellowy golden highlights rather than red. I've never found that even
: in artificial dyes, but that's my real hair colour and it suits my
: skin colouring a lot better than red. Anyone had any good successes
: with achieving a light brown, goldeny colour? I'm looking for a
: lighter version of what Sarah achieved with her diabolical grape
: juice, mix.

You should read Catherine's page

http://www.hennaforhair.com/science/whatsinit.html

Henna is red orange and coats your hair, you will not get golden brown
with henna no matter what you mix with it. If you don't want strong
red highlights on your base hair color, don't use henna unless you
want blue black and follow it with pure indigo.

I would not recommend coffee as an additive. It's color tint would be
very short term and probably gone by the second wash. Having coffee
on my scalp for 4 hours had me grinding my teeth equivalent to having
taken a couple of the old NoDoze pills. On my test strands I could
not see any difference after a few washes. Not worth it, I'd give
Walnut powder a try if I was intent on more brown than red and hope I
wasn't allergic to it.

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: : Hi thanks for all the comments on the double process. Now another : : question, if I combine black tea and coffee with henna will I get : : more of a brown. The other thing I want to try and achieve is sort of : : yellowy golden highlights rather than red. I've never found that even : : in artificial dyes, but that's my real hair colour and it suits my : : skin colouring a lot better than red. Anyone had any good successes : : with achieving a light brown, goldeny colour? I'm looking for a : : lighter version of what Sarah achieved with her diabolical grape : : juice, mix. : : : You should read Catherine's page : : http://www.hennaforhair.com/science/whatsinit.html : : Henna is red orange and coats your hair, you will not get golden brown : with henna no matter what you mix with it. If you don't want strong : red highlights on your base hair color, don't use henna unless you : want blue black and follow it with pure indigo. : : I would not recommend coffee as an additive. It's color tint would be : very short term and probably gone by the second wash. Having coffee : on my scalp for 4 hours had me grinding my teeth equivalent to having : taken a couple of the old NoDoze pills. On my test strands I could : not see any difference after a few washes. Not worth it, I'd give : Walnut powder a try if I was intent on more brown than red and hope I : wasn't allergic to it.
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