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Posted by Kim in MI on February 2, 2005 at 15:25:49:

In reply to: how to reverse henna? help! :'( posted by Anya L on February 1, 2005 at 09:18:10:

When I was 17 I had dark brown hair on the sides and bright bleached yellow-white
on the top, sort of like a skunk. When I tired of that (years) I tried to cover it with a
temporary brown-black dye and it turned gray-green! Lovely!

Anyway, my guess is that your best bet for more-boring is to try to get your color to
a more boring cool auburn/brown ... you can't easily take henna OUT ... although
there was a woman here who did it, with successive trips to the hairdresser to use a
'citrus stripper' of some sort ... it wasn't cheap or quick, according to her.

Anyway, a mix of 50/50 henna and indigo - mixed separately but applied together -
will give you a deeper, cooler color, like a dark auburn, which will be less stand-out
shocking than henna sometimes is. I hear good news about amla turning henna
brown, but haven't used it myself.

What color were you before? I don't have anything to suggest to go back to a blonde
or light brown, unfortunately.

kim

: Hello all who bothered to read this! Thank you very much.
:
: Okay, here we go. I am now a red-headed 16 year old teenage girl who
: once was desparate to stand out, and used henna, but is now
: DESPARATE for her boring hair color back.
:
: Please, please, PLEASE help.
:
: Truly yours,
: the everregretful redhead

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: When I was 17 I had dark brown hair on the sides and bright bleached yellow-white : on the top, sort of like a skunk. When I tired of that (years) I tried to cover it with a : temporary brown-black dye and it turned gray-green! Lovely! : : Anyway, my guess is that your best bet for more-boring is to try to get your color to : a more boring cool auburn/brown ... you can't easily take henna OUT ... although : there was a woman here who did it, with successive trips to the hairdresser to use a : 'citrus stripper' of some sort ... it wasn't cheap or quick, according to her. : : Anyway, a mix of 50/50 henna and indigo - mixed separately but applied together - : will give you a deeper, cooler color, like a dark auburn, which will be less stand-out : shocking than henna sometimes is. I hear good news about amla turning henna : brown, but haven't used it myself. : : What color were you before? I don't have anything to suggest to go back to a blonde : or light brown, unfortunately. : : kim : : : : : Hello all who bothered to read this! Thank you very much. : : : : Okay, here we go. I am now a red-headed 16 year old teenage girl who : : once was desparate to stand out, and used henna, but is now : : DESPARATE for her boring hair color back. : : : : Please, please, PLEASE help. : : : : Truly yours, : : the everregretful redhead
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