Re: First hairbrush test - yucky! more colour questions

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Posted by Pierre on March 20, 2004 at 07:36:35:

In reply to: First hairbrush test - yucky! more colour questions posted by Diane on March 20, 2004 at 06:03:02:

: So now my questions: Do additions to the mix like coffee, tea, red
: wine etc. have a long term effect on altering the henna or will they
: fade out first leaving only the henna behind? I can't imagine things
: like coffee having a strong enough dyeing effect on their own, or do
: they actually change the henna colour? In everyone's experience,
: what's the add-in ingredient that most definitely works best to alter
: the henna colour (I'm looking for something darker, I'd love to swap
: my bright red results with Stevie's burgundy!)

Anything with tannin in it (there are lots of different tannins) will
probably stay in the hair long-term. Coffee, tea, grapes, cloves...
Coffee is in the madder family, as is gambier (some taxonomists break
gambier off), and madder is a dye plant and they all have tannin. I use
cloves and I see no evidence of the color washing out.

The first time I hennaed my beard, it came out orange. I hennaed it
again and it became a bit darker red. It is now a transparent brown
(the hairs that used to be gray) and while it's not as dark as the hairs
that didn't go gray, it's a pretty effect and I like it.

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Re: First hairbrush test - yucky! more colour questions Alison 15:55:06 3/20/2004 (0)
Re: First hairbrush test - Pierre? Diane 08:36:41 3/20/2004 (1)
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: : So now my questions: Do additions to the mix like coffee, tea, red : : wine etc. have a long term effect on altering the henna or will they : : fade out first leaving only the henna behind? I can't imagine things : : like coffee having a strong enough dyeing effect on their own, or do : : they actually change the henna colour? In everyone's experience, : : what's the add-in ingredient that most definitely works best to alter : : the henna colour (I'm looking for something darker, I'd love to swap : : my bright red results with Stevie's burgundy!) : : Anything with tannin in it (there are lots of different tannins) will : probably stay in the hair long-term. Coffee, tea, grapes, cloves... : Coffee is in the madder family, as is gambier (some taxonomists break : gambier off), and madder is a dye plant and they all have tannin. I use : cloves and I see no evidence of the color washing out. : : The first time I hennaed my beard, it came out orange. I hennaed it : again and it became a bit darker red. It is now a transparent brown : (the hairs that used to be gray) and while it's not as dark as the hairs : that didn't go gray, it's a pretty effect and I like it.
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