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| Thought I would share my experience with everyone. After much research and procrastination, I decided to take the leap and do henna. I was a professional colorist for 6 years and I was well aware of the fact that “henna” can cause problems with previously colored hair (mine!) but wasn’t aware that body quality henna was a whole different story. I was noticing that that last time I colored my hair (over a year ago) I felt really weird…kind of ill…and was feverish all night. I figured that was the last time I would use something potentially harmful. About half of my head had previous color..and the rest was natural with many nice little white ones making an entrance. I ordered some Yemen henna, because I had read that it tended to stain darker and more red than orange, very important. I mixed up 200 grams for my hair which goes half way down my back but is fine textured. I brewed up a concoction of red zinger tea, lemon juice, ground cloves and I threw in a bit of used espresso grounds. (I really didn’t measure out anything but the henna!) Mixed it with the henna after cooling it a bit (make sure it’s like thick yogurt) and left it covered in a warm place for almost 24 hours. I was planning to put indigo into it before I started the process but decided against it last minute because I wanted to have some fun with the idea of having more vibrant hair. I washed my hair, no conditioner, towel dried and sectioned it into 4 parts, just like the salon, baby. I added some lavender and cajeput essential oils into the mix and then applied from root to tip, with a color brush, really saturating it. Wrapped with saran wrap, then put a black toque over it and settled in for a 4 hour movie fest…. I washed it out with water and then conditioner and it was actually really easy to get out…I was expecting worse. Combed out really easily.. for a change! And the color was better than expected! A really nice, deep red/auburn… I totally love it! It completely covered the white…and even 5 weeks after doing it, the white is still covered! That’s better than most chemical color. ;) It felt good to know that I wasn’t harming myself with nasty chemicals…and I slept great that night ;) I’m a convert! Thanks for all the help! Kaia
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