Re: reading through many of the amla posts

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Posted by Debra on January 30, 2005 at 15:39:37:

In reply to: reading through many of the amla posts posted by Kim in MI on January 30, 2005 at 07:17:52:

Dear Kim from MI,

I will most definitely post any results I get good or bad. Your mix
and posts helped me so much when I first hennaed. You were a few
months ahead of me in the process. Thank you for that.

I will probably use about 30% amla with henna in my next mix just to
see what it does, but it will be a week or so until I am due to henna.
In the meantime I am running tests to see what it does on it's own
and how best to achieve dye release. The samples are good for
scrubbing my face and the hunk of hair I did use it on is so smooth I
want to do my whole head with it for the conditioning alone.

Debra

: My impression has been:
:
: - Amla alone - conditions, maybe slightly "cools" tones, but no
actual color
: - Amla + henna during hennaing - cools henna to brown, not red
: - Amla + indigo during indigoing - black
:
: so if you are looking for browns, and plan to henna again, I would
try mixing it in
: with your next henna, next time, and see how much it changes your
color. And then
: let us know, I'm curious, too! :)
:
: kim
:
: : I guess I may have to abandon my quest for "more brown" than red and
: : be happy the henna covers my grey. I'll throw it into my next mix for
: : the conditioning and if it cools a bit all the better. My highlighted
: : hair has gotten dark and cool enough now that I don't really need the
: : indigo anymore.

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is the conditioning better than cassia? mary 19:38:41 1/31/2005 (1)
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: Dear Kim from MI, : : I will most definitely post any results I get good or bad. Your mix : and posts helped me so much when I first hennaed. You were a few : months ahead of me in the process. Thank you for that. : : I will probably use about 30% amla with henna in my next mix just to : see what it does, but it will be a week or so until I am due to henna. : In the meantime I am running tests to see what it does on it's own : and how best to achieve dye release. The samples are good for : scrubbing my face and the hunk of hair I did use it on is so smooth I : want to do my whole head with it for the conditioning alone. : : Debra : : : : : My impression has been: : : : : - Amla alone - conditions, maybe slightly "cools" tones, but no : actual color : : - Amla + henna during hennaing - cools henna to brown, not red : : - Amla + indigo during indigoing - black : : : : so if you are looking for browns, and plan to henna again, I would : try mixing it in : : with your next henna, next time, and see how much it changes your : color. And then : : let us know, I'm curious, too! :) : : : : kim : : : : : I guess I may have to abandon my quest for "more brown" than red and : : : be happy the henna covers my grey. I'll throw it into my next mix for : : : the conditioning and if it cools a bit all the better. My highlighted : : : hair has gotten dark and cool enough now that I don't really need the : : : indigo anymore.
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