I've tried special effects..

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Posted by iris on September 14, 2004 at 20:54:20:

In reply to: I know we've had a conversation on this before... posted by Alison on September 14, 2004 at 13:28:43:

..on the traffic light orange I used to get from henna (before I started mixing the
henna with cloves). I wanted to get it to a more 'true' red, so by the same reasoning
as you, I decided to get a purplish red, figuring the blue in the purple would cancel
out the orange, so I would end up with 'real' red (unnatural fire-engine red). the
shade I used was called 'magenta'.

turned out this special effects stuff is POWERFUL. it turned a colour that I can only
describe as purple, indeed very close to the swatch they had in the store, just a bit
darker maybe. anyhow the blue was definately very much there.

since I didn't bleach before I used special effects at all, I imagine you don't have to
worry too much about cancelling the traces of henna in your bleached hair. it will
probably turn out vibrant enough.

iris

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Re: I've tried special effects.. Alison 22:18:32 9/14/2004 (1)
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: ..on the traffic light orange I used to get from henna (before I started mixing the : henna with cloves). I wanted to get it to a more 'true' red, so by the same reasoning : as you, I decided to get a purplish red, figuring the blue in the purple would cancel : out the orange, so I would end up with 'real' red (unnatural fire-engine red). the : shade I used was called 'magenta'. : : turned out this special effects stuff is POWERFUL. it turned a colour that I can only : describe as purple, indeed very close to the swatch they had in the store, just a bit : darker maybe. anyhow the blue was definately very much there. : : since I didn't bleach before I used special effects at all, I imagine you don't have to : worry too much about cancelling the traces of henna in your bleached hair. it will : probably turn out vibrant enough. : : iris
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