Re: Another Question

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on January 22, 2004 at 21:50:46:

In reply to: Another Question posted by CPG (again!) on January 22, 2004 at 21:13:50:

Henna has only one dye molecule .... Lawsone. That molecule is
red-orange. Have a look at the FAQ ... Illy starts into the basics
there.

I'm stalling on answering your first question because I just don't
know what would be in that box of hair color you have. At some point,
I'll get all the boxes of "henna hair colors" I can find and start
microscoping them and seeing what's actually in there. Not a whole
lot of henna, as far as I saw last summer.

I know if you try to bleach over recently hennaed hair, you get green
to blue-green, which is probably not your intention. I don't know how
long it would be before you could bleach.

For bleaching generally, I recommend the old surfer trick of spraying
and combing in lemon juice and sitting in the sun.

The next big project I have to set up here is to set up a page where I
ask people to send in hair harvested from their hairbrushes, with data
on what they've done to their hair before, and then start
systematically testing henna, etc, etc.

Then, we might get a better notion of what's going on.

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If I may piggyback... Ilithiya 22:51:55 1/22/2004 (3)
- Re: If I may piggyback... Catherine Cartwright-Jones 23:04:48 1/22/2004 (2)
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: Henna has only one dye molecule .... Lawsone. That molecule is : red-orange. Have a look at the FAQ ... Illy starts into the basics : there. : : I'm stalling on answering your first question because I just don't : know what would be in that box of hair color you have. At some point, : I'll get all the boxes of "henna hair colors" I can find and start : microscoping them and seeing what's actually in there. Not a whole : lot of henna, as far as I saw last summer. : : I know if you try to bleach over recently hennaed hair, you get green : to blue-green, which is probably not your intention. I don't know how : long it would be before you could bleach. : : For bleaching generally, I recommend the old surfer trick of spraying : and combing in lemon juice and sitting in the sun. : : The next big project I have to set up here is to set up a page where I : ask people to send in hair harvested from their hairbrushes, with data : on what they've done to their hair before, and then start : systematically testing henna, etc, etc. : : Then, we might get a better notion of what's going on.
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