Henna on my bleached, permed hair - TRULY unexpected results

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Posted by CorasMama on September 22, 2001 at 20:14:32:

My hair naturally is a very boring dark blond, and it can't seen to
decide if it is wavy or straight. So I've been dying my hair various
shades of blonde, strawberry blond, and auburn for about a decade,
and I got a perm about 6-8 weeks ago. I know what result I should
get if I use henna on it -- yucky interaction with the artificial
hair dye.

But I'm the curious sort, and I wanted to see what particular shade
of yuck I'd get, so I did the bottom three inches of a chunk that
wouldn't matter if I had to trim 3 inches off. I used some henna
that I'd just done my hand with, containing TT, lavendar, cinnamon
leaf, and sweet orange EOs. I only left it on for about 2 minutes,
and when I rinsed it off, expecting something in the yuckybrown-
babypoopgreen-black-gray spectrum. But it's a gorgeous orange/red.
Like Old West Saloon Girl red. Why didn't it get ugly? I am the
queen of abusing my hair with chemicals!

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Re: Henna on my bleached, permed hair - TRULY unexpected results Kenzi 02:21:50 9/23/2001 (0)
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: My hair naturally is a very boring dark blond, and it can't seen to : decide if it is wavy or straight. So I've been dying my hair various : shades of blonde, strawberry blond, and auburn for about a decade, : and I got a perm about 6-8 weeks ago. I know what result I should : get if I use henna on it -- yucky interaction with the artificial : hair dye. : : But I'm the curious sort, and I wanted to see what particular shade : of yuck I'd get, so I did the bottom three inches of a chunk that : wouldn't matter if I had to trim 3 inches off. I used some henna : that I'd just done my hand with, containing TT, lavendar, cinnamon : leaf, and sweet orange EOs. I only left it on for about 2 minutes, : and when I rinsed it off, expecting something in the yuckybrown- : babypoopgreen-black-gray spectrum. But it's a gorgeous orange/red. : Like Old West Saloon Girl red. Why didn't it get ugly? I am the : queen of abusing my hair with chemicals!
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