Thanks for the suggestions and here are some color variation tipsPosted by Ramona on March 29, 2004 at 08:36:29: I just want to thank Elettaria and Catherine for trying to help mewith the “dried out tips” problem. I live in the Middle East and since hennaing my hair, I’ve spoke to quite a few women here who use it as well (and have beautiful hair!) and have found out the following: When coloring my hair I used red henna plus -- for the first time –4 spoons of black henna. It seems that the black is what causes the dried out feeling and to counteract it, one should add an egg yoke to the henna mixture. I’d also like to pass on a few other coloring tips that a girlfriend of mine found on the Internet. I’d pass on the site but it’s in Arabic so I’ll just give you a quick resume: To get a Brown color, mix: 10 tablespoons of red henna juice of 1 lemon 3 spoons of apple vinegar *3 spoons of eggplant skin/peelings hot water Mix all of the above except for the lemon juice and let sit for 1 hour. Then, add the lemon juice and apply to hair, leaving for up to 4 hours depending on the intensity desired. To get reddish brown: (same as above except substitute 2 spoons of Arabic coffee for the eggplant skin) To get chocolate color: (same as above except substitute 5 spoons of cocoa powder for *) To get chestnut color: (same as above except substitute 1 cup of hot, strong chamomile tea for *) To get a coppery color: (same as above except substitute 1 small can of 7-Up(!!) for *) To get a super reddish color: (same as above except substitute 3 spoons of dried pomegranate peel and 1 cup of strong, hot hibiscus tea for *) To get a blondish/yellowish color: (same as above except substitute 3 spoons of saffron for *) The article goes on to say that one should NOT use shampoo on the first day (just rinse well and use conditioner. Shampooing can be done on the following day. Also, to make the henna coloring stay longer, boil the water that you’re going to add to the henna with the peelings of one orange and one lemon. Then, add this water to the henna. Okay, I know that this was long but I hope that this helps someone!! I haven’t tried any of this yet but I plan on rehennaing my hair again this Thursday (is that too early because I just hennaed this past Friday?). I think I’ll do the “super reddish color”, if I can find some pomegranates somewhere!!!!!
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