Re: *sigh* Another crap henna out there...
Posted by BetsyC on February 21, 2004 at 23:19:09:
In reply to: *sigh* Another crap henna out there... posted by Alison on February 21, 2004 at 20:29:48:
: When I henna my hair (as I am right this moment) I use disposable: plastic shower caps to cover it, mostly because I just end up in a
: mess if I try to make my own plastic wrap turbans. I get 30 for
2.50
: at the local Sally's beauty supply, so it's not a bad deal at all.
:
: Anyway, so I had to go buy those today so I could do my hair
: tonight. And, browsing the store, I came upon a box of Hennalucent
: hair colour. It claims on the front that it is safe to use over
: chemically treated hair (first warning sign!) and the store only
had
: a few shades to chose from, all of which were brown, or the hated
: neutral (second warning sign!). No red at all. So, curious, I've
: done some searching on the product, and this is the most
informative
: I've come up with:
http://www.folica.com/haircolor/henn_colcon.htm.
: Down the page it lists ingredients. While henna is first on the
: list, and sucruse (sugar, which we all know helps) is 3rd, there
are
: a lot of chemical names that sort of defy the 100% organic claim
the
: box makes. However, in their favour, if you click the 'enlarge
: image' button under the picture of the box, it brings up a seond,
: bigger pic of the box in (presumably) it's contents, which ARE
green
: and do look like normal henna. But that's not enough to redeem
: them.
:
: Just wanted to give a heads up to anyone considering it: my opinion
: is that it's NOT worth crap.
Alison, I agree! Hennalucent is pure junk. I tried it once many
years ago and thankfully it did no damage, but it did nothing for me
either! Wow, the plastic shower cap thingys...the Sally near me
sells them too but not for that cheap. Mine are 3 for $2.75 or so.
I was happy with THAT deal!
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Alison 00:28:22 2/22/2004
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