Indigo, dryness and some pictures

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Posted by Poohding on November 22, 2004 at 13:55:47:

Is there anybody experiencing dryness from indigo? I just colored my
hair this weekend first with body art quality henna, then followed
two days later with indigo. I believe it was real, "good" indigo
from the way it reacted. I mixed a small amount with distilled water
and saw it change from green to teal to dark blue in about 20
minutes. Since it looked good I went ahead and mixed 200 grams with
water applied into my hair and let it sit for 3 hours. When I washed
it off the color was lovely but my hair is very very dry and sort of
hard to the touch. My hair was already damaged from having
highlights/chemical color so I wonder if that had something to do
with it. The henna was wonderful, no dryness or off colors in my
hair at all.

Why did the indigo cause this? Will the indigo wash off and with it
the dryness?

Is there any natural conditioner anyone can suggest? I cannot use
most commercial conditioners because they give me horrendous dandruff
(Aussie Moist, Infusium, they are bad on my scalp).

Here are some pictures I took of my hair. The first one is after
hennaing my hair (which was chemical colored medium brown) indoors
with a flash.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Poohding/redindoor.jpg

The second one is outdoor in the shade
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Poohding/redoutdoorshade.jpg

The third is outdoors under the sun after using indigo.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Poohding/indigooutsun.jpg

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Re: Indigo, dryness and some pictures Kristen 00:18:02 12/5/2004 (0)
Re: Indigo, dryness and some pictures Hinda Ali 08:00:01 11/24/2004 (0)
wow! your hair looks amazing! Ravennaz 14:05:42 11/22/2004 (1)
- Re: suggestion for conditioner jill 18:46:30 11/22/2004 (0)

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: Is there anybody experiencing dryness from indigo? I just colored my : hair this weekend first with body art quality henna, then followed : two days later with indigo. I believe it was real, "good" indigo : from the way it reacted. I mixed a small amount with distilled water : and saw it change from green to teal to dark blue in about 20 : minutes. Since it looked good I went ahead and mixed 200 grams with : water applied into my hair and let it sit for 3 hours. When I washed : it off the color was lovely but my hair is very very dry and sort of : hard to the touch. My hair was already damaged from having : highlights/chemical color so I wonder if that had something to do : with it. The henna was wonderful, no dryness or off colors in my : hair at all. : : Why did the indigo cause this? Will the indigo wash off and with it : the dryness? : : Is there any natural conditioner anyone can suggest? I cannot use : most commercial conditioners because they give me horrendous dandruff : (Aussie Moist, Infusium, they are bad on my scalp). : : Here are some pictures I took of my hair. The first one is after : hennaing my hair (which was chemical colored medium brown) indoors : with a flash. : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Poohding/redindoor.jpg : : : The second one is outdoor in the shade : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Poohding/redoutdoorshade.jpg : : : The third is outdoors under the sun after using indigo. : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Poohding/indigooutsun.jpg
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