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Karina's Mix
| As a first-time henna'er, I though I'd share my experiences with the product. The long and short of it is: I'm amazed! To begin with, I did a lot of searching around on the Henna for Hair site. I read the mixes and tried to mentally formulate what I wanted and how I thought the colors would turn out. In the end, I went with a pretty basic recipe, but I ended up fudging it a little out of sheer necessity. My hair started three different colors. The majority was a brown-based red -- dark red -- and the underside of my bangs were fire-engine red. Or were. Imagine, if you will, that horrible gray-ashy tone that chemical color gains after some time of fading. My roots, about half an inch's worth, are either dishwater blonde, mouse brown, or a unique color I've been dying my hair too long to remember. ;) As a whole, my hair is very short, about two or three inches from my scalp in places, four or five in others, very fine, and slightly damaged at the ends from various coloring processes. Ingredients 100g Catherine's henna orange juice a very slight, slight dash of white vinegar 15 drops tea tree oil 1/4 c. paprika Method I mixed the paprika and the henna right away. Added the orange juice until I got a consistency like brownie batter. Being slightly paranoid about dye release, I threw in a wee bit of white vinegar. Mixed that all up, added the oil, and stuck it into a tupperware container. Also used the warm bath method, and it was ready in about 30-40 minutes. Slopped it on nice and mooshy, wrapped that in my usual plastic miasma, and this time I warmed up my kitty hat in the dryer. Pulled that on and switched it out now and again with a warm towel. After three hours, I went to wash it out. It came out like a charm, barely a struggle!  An almost immediately noticeable shift in saturation. Everything was much more orange-red -- even less day-glo orange in the virgin roots and underbangs. The colors seamed together a little better and even where it was obvious I had different colored bangs, the shades played off of each other beautifully enough that I barely even gave it a thought. This was, strangely enough, somehow easier to put on than any other mixes I attempted. Maybe I was more practiced by my oh, so experienced second time? Maybe there's something to be said about less water and severe acid and more smoother liquids like orange juice or that little bit of oil? This came out of my hair so easily. After oxidization, I've got two different reds happening: While inside, my hair is a brown-red, with an undertone of red that I like. Outside (and under a flash), my hair is very, very red. If you take a look at the pictures, you can clearly see where I have several colors all building up in my rather short strands. The roots are very coppery whereas the longer lengths are more brown-red. I enjoy it! I hope this helps your readers, and thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to color my hair safely! Best, Karina p.s. I plan on attempting yet another experiment for the henna you send out in return for mixes added to your page. I think I want to let it sit overnight, this time, and see if the paprika comes out a brighter red for it! Should that work, I'll be sure and mention it. Thanks! This has been SO much fun!
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