Re: henna haircolour

Posted by Fiona Jefferson on May 08, 2000 at 07:29:20:

In Reply to: Re: henna haircolour posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on May 07, 2000 at 01:34:22:

I've now been hennaing my hair for about 5 years now, and only do it
about every six months. I've just redone my roots (yesterday) with
100g of leftover Castle Art henna which was rather old and had not
been stored very carefully (it had been sitting in our garage).

I don't think henna does the hair any harm, and it certainly seems
very shiny today. I find it feels a bit dry when I first rinse the
"mud" off but I always condition straight after and have no ill
effects. Since I always wash my hair with a harsher-than-usual
shampoo before hennaing (to get the grease out of the roots) I suppose
it's not surprising it feels a bit icky at first. I also put
conditioner on the ends to ensure a more even take, otherwise I get
mousey roots and orange ends :-) I do get split ends (my hair is
shoulder-blade length) but no more since starting hennaing. I wonder
if the excellent condition of Catherine's hair is partly due to her
protecting it from sun and wind by keeping it in a bun (chignon/twist)
much of the time? I must say it was a joyous surprise to see the
full, glorious length of it :-)

Yesterday's root-touch-up was quite a shock actually. I usually use
commercial hair henna, put moisturiser on the hairline and slap it all
on, than about 20 minute later when I've got a head that looks like
something out of National Geographic, wash off all the splats.
However, with even *old* Castle Arts henna, by this time the splats
had got a fairly good take :-(

I was considering adding lemon etc to the mix but I sort-of chickened
out. Lucky - I got a good, strong colour anyway, partly due to my Mum
calling me just as I was about to take it off!!!! (I start off with
light brown hair which is reddish in some light conditions).

You'd recognise me in the street, I'm the one with the copper-red
hair, orange ears and strange glow around the forehead :-)

Fiona

Follow Ups:

• Re: henna haircolour Natasha Papousek 08:30:48 5/08/00 (0)