First hairbrush test - yucky! more colour questions

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Posted by Diane on March 20, 2004 at 06:03:02:

Hi all,
Seems to be a lot of colour questions here today, and I'm no
exception.
My first hairbrush test looks pretty disastrous. My natural colour is
red (technically a light auburn I suppose) I used a basic mix, body
art quality from one of Catherine's listed suppliers, with lemon
juice, overnight for dye release and then left my sample in the mix
for 3 hours. It rinsed out a bright copper orange. Thank the goddess
it wasn't on my head! The sample is now 24 hours old and I can see
that it is definitely deepening -- to a darker orange! Even if it
should change dramatically in the next couple of days, I think its
going to prove to be a bit too coppery for my skin tone. Back to the
drawing board.

So now my questions: Do additions to the mix like coffee, tea, red
wine etc. have a long term effect on altering the henna or will they
fade out first leaving only the henna behind? I can't imagine things
like coffee having a strong enough dyeing effect on their own, or do
they actually change the henna colour? In everyone's experience,
what's the add-in ingredient that most definitely works best to alter
the henna colour (I'm looking for something darker, I'd love to swap
my bright red results with Stevie's burgundy!)

Last thing: does anybody think it would help to only leave the henna
on for a short time? Can you get all the benefits from it in under 2
hours on the hair?

I'm going to try a few more mixes, but worry that on your head with
repeated washings, things like coffee etc. that look great at first
fade out very quickly.

Any and all advice appreciated.

Follow Ups

Re: First hairbrush test - yucky! more colour questions Pierre 07:36:35 3/20/2004 (3)
- Re: First hairbrush test - yucky! more colour questions Alison 15:55:06 3/20/2004 (0)
- Re: First hairbrush test - Pierre? Diane 08:36:41 3/20/2004 (1)
  - Re: First hairbrush test - Pierre? Pierre 11:26:52 3/20/2004 (0)

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: Hi all, : Seems to be a lot of colour questions here today, and I'm no : exception. : My first hairbrush test looks pretty disastrous. My natural colour is : red (technically a light auburn I suppose) I used a basic mix, body : art quality from one of Catherine's listed suppliers, with lemon : juice, overnight for dye release and then left my sample in the mix : for 3 hours. It rinsed out a bright copper orange. Thank the goddess : it wasn't on my head! The sample is now 24 hours old and I can see : that it is definitely deepening -- to a darker orange! Even if it : should change dramatically in the next couple of days, I think its : going to prove to be a bit too coppery for my skin tone. Back to the : drawing board. : : So now my questions: Do additions to the mix like coffee, tea, red : wine etc. have a long term effect on altering the henna or will they : fade out first leaving only the henna behind? I can't imagine things : like coffee having a strong enough dyeing effect on their own, or do : they actually change the henna colour? In everyone's experience, : what's the add-in ingredient that most definitely works best to alter : the henna colour (I'm looking for something darker, I'd love to swap : my bright red results with Stevie's burgundy!) : : Last thing: does anybody think it would help to only leave the henna : on for a short time? Can you get all the benefits from it in under 2 : hours on the hair? : : I'm going to try a few more mixes, but worry that on your head with : repeated washings, things like coffee etc. that look great at first : fade out very quickly. : : Any and all advice appreciated.
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