Re: perhaps a honey brown?

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Posted by iris on February 8, 2005 at 19:25:49:

In reply to: perhaps a honey brown? posted by queen bee on February 8, 2005 at 16:37:58:

: I have light ash hair with LOTS of white. I hennaed my hair in the
: past with body quality henna (twice) and it came out bozo orange in
: the front and light auburn in the back.
Sounds exactly like what happens to me ;-). (I have white blondes in
the front that won't take colour).

What I do is henna the whole head, rinse, let it dry, and then
carefully section out the bozo parts and spot-dye them with salted
indigo. I need to salt the indigo, otherwise it won't take. And I have
to repeat the indigo every week because it washes out. But - it works.
The blonde bits end up staying lighter than the rest of my hair (which
is a nice auburn now), but about the same tone. It looks very natural,
I'm happy with it.

The conceptual switch I had to make is spot-dying *just* the bozo
bits. If I do my whole head with more indigo, the rest of my hair ends
up way too dark. Besides, the upkeep of the indigo is much easier (and
cheaper) if I only do the bozo parts.

Iris

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Re: perhaps a honey brown? queenbee 11:24:20 2/9/2005 (3)
- picture time! iris 17:08:20 2/9/2005 (2)
  - Re: picture time! RavynG 17:29:38 2/9/2005 (1)
    - wow, thanks! iris 06:29:18 2/10/2005 (0)
Re: perhaps a honey brown? Valerie 21:04:29 2/8/2005 (3)
- Re: perhaps a honey brown? iris 23:20:48 2/8/2005 (2)
  - Re: perhaps a honey brown? valerie 10:21:48 2/9/2005 (1)
    - Re: perhaps a honey brown? RavynG 12:33:29 2/9/2005 (0)

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: : I have light ash hair with LOTS of white. I hennaed my hair in the : : past with body quality henna (twice) and it came out bozo orange in : : the front and light auburn in the back. : Sounds exactly like what happens to me ;-). (I have white blondes in : the front that won't take colour). : : What I do is henna the whole head, rinse, let it dry, and then : carefully section out the bozo parts and spot-dye them with salted : indigo. I need to salt the indigo, otherwise it won't take. And I have : to repeat the indigo every week because it washes out. But - it works. : The blonde bits end up staying lighter than the rest of my hair (which : is a nice auburn now), but about the same tone. It looks very natural, : I'm happy with it. : : The conceptual switch I had to make is spot-dying just the bozo : bits. If I do my whole head with more indigo, the rest of my hair ends : up way too dark. Besides, the upkeep of the indigo is much easier (and : cheaper) if I only do the bozo parts. : : Iris
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