Re: Henna and aging

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Posted by queen bee on February 10, 2005 at 17:03:39:

In reply to: Re: Henna and aging posted by Cindy on February 10, 2005 at 12:01:13:

: I know exactly of what you speak! I touch up my roots every two
weeks
: with henna to prevent that "wide part" look. I do not henna all my

: hair so it will stay relatively light.

I wish I had thought of that!!!

:
:I like the firey look (so
: does my SO which counts for a lot :) but I'd love to get back to
: strawberry.

I was staring at the girl's hair in my daughters gymnastics class.
I found that there were some true red heads and some strawberry
blondes. My daughter is a dark golden blonde with no red. I found
that there is very little difference between her hair and the
strawberry blonde girl in class. It really is all about the
hilights. They both have sandy colored low lights, but one has more
orange golden hilights and the other just has golden hilights.

I have a theory about how to achieve "strawberry blonde" but I don't
know if it would work...You'd have to start with light hair streaked
with white. Control the application of henna to get a light orange
stain. (for the base)... and then follow with a very light indigo
stain (to drab it)... Hopefully your non-grays would be your light
brown low lights and your whites would be your golden hilights.

And then in future it would be important to only do the roots so as
not to build up dark color. Herbs in the henna that encourage
yellow would probably be helpful, if not essential. I think in
order to get the control of the "lightness" it would be important to
do it in two steps.

qb
Just my theory...

qb

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: : I know exactly of what you speak! I touch up my roots every two : weeks : : with henna to prevent that "wide part" look. I do not henna all my : : : hair so it will stay relatively light. : : I wish I had thought of that!!! : : : : : :I like the firey look (so : : does my SO which counts for a lot :) but I'd love to get back to : : strawberry. : : I was staring at the girl's hair in my daughters gymnastics class. : I found that there were some true red heads and some strawberry : blondes. My daughter is a dark golden blonde with no red. I found : that there is very little difference between her hair and the : strawberry blonde girl in class. It really is all about the : hilights. They both have sandy colored low lights, but one has more : orange golden hilights and the other just has golden hilights. : : I have a theory about how to achieve "strawberry blonde" but I don't : know if it would work...You'd have to start with light hair streaked : with white. Control the application of henna to get a light orange : stain. (for the base)... and then follow with a very light indigo : stain (to drab it)... Hopefully your non-grays would be your light : brown low lights and your whites would be your golden hilights. : : And then in future it would be important to only do the roots so as : not to build up dark color. Herbs in the henna that encourage : yellow would probably be helpful, if not essential. I think in : order to get the control of the "lightness" it would be important to : do it in two steps. : : qb : Just my theory... : : qb
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