Re: henna over hair dye

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Posted by Shirasaya on May 17, 2004 at 17:06:42:

In reply to: henna over hair dye posted by Lindsay Carlson on May 17, 2004 at 12:35:33:

For what it's worth, here's my 2 cents, although I'm no henna expert:

I also had old dye in my hair when I henna'd and I got lovely
results. I had dyed my hair 3 months earlier and there was
definitely still some dye in my hair, which is to the middle of my
back. The red family of commercial hair dyes tend to fade fastest
because their molecules are larger than the other colors of dye. BUT
I honestly believe you'd be best off doing a strand test.

What I did was choose a curl that was still on my head and strand
tested it rather than cut one off or harvest from a hairbrush (I have
corkscrew curls, so I don't ever brush my hair). Before you buy
anything to remove the dye from your hair do a test. You may be
perfectly safe henna-ing as you are, but it's not something you want
to try unless you know you're going to be okay or unless you're
someone who won't care if your hair ends up with such bad breakage
you need to get a crew cut or turns swamp green.

Step one is to do a strand test - step two depends on how the strand
test turns out.

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Re: henna over hair dye Lindsay Carlson 09:00:14 5/18/2004 (1)
- if you want brown ... Kim in MI 15:20:17 5/18/2004 (0)

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: For what it's worth, here's my 2 cents, although I'm no henna expert: : : I also had old dye in my hair when I henna'd and I got lovely : results. I had dyed my hair 3 months earlier and there was : definitely still some dye in my hair, which is to the middle of my : back. The red family of commercial hair dyes tend to fade fastest : because their molecules are larger than the other colors of dye. BUT : I honestly believe you'd be best off doing a strand test. : : What I did was choose a curl that was still on my head and strand : tested it rather than cut one off or harvest from a hairbrush (I have : corkscrew curls, so I don't ever brush my hair). Before you buy : anything to remove the dye from your hair do a test. You may be : perfectly safe henna-ing as you are, but it's not something you want : to try unless you know you're going to be okay or unless you're : someone who won't care if your hair ends up with such bad breakage : you need to get a crew cut or turns swamp green. : : Step one is to do a strand test - step two depends on how the strand : test turns out.
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