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Nadya's Mix
| Hello, my name is Nadya. I
have been using henna for body art for about three or four years, and
finally decided to try my hair. About four months ago, I dyed my hair with Herbal Essences medium blond dye. I must have been drunk. My hair is naturally a darkish brown colour, and the dye turned it orange, which faded, after a month, to more of a blond-ish colour. It started feeling a little dry, so I did some strand tests with henna, to see if I could put some moisture back in without frying it. To my delight (and I even did a little dance) my hair didn't turn green. My mom saw my dancing, and thought I was upset and said "Oh honey, you won't get any colour from a natural dye!" I ignored her. I have just-a-bit longer than shoulder blade-length hair. I mixed about 100 grams of henna with a stinky concoction of boiled-lime water, lime juice, lemon juice, a dark tea I found in the cubbard, and some coffee. I then added approx. 15 drops of rosemary oil, 15 drops of tea tree oil, and 15 drops of eucalyptus oil. I also added maby a tablespoon of cloves, which I didn't grind very well. I traipsed up to the bathroom, rubbed moisturizing cream all over my forehead, ears and hairline, then started gooping the henna into my hair. I didn't make enough, so I spent about an hour squishing my hair up and onto my head, trying to get the henna to spread. The ill-ground cloves kept falling off into the sink, which freaked me out a bit before I realized that they were cloves, not chunks of my skull or something. I put a loose pony in my hair, just to keep the hair up while I plastic wrapped and taped my head. There wasn't anything to clean up, except for the chunks of clove. I went to bed, and amused myself by squishing my hair before falling asleep. The next morning I rinsed it out and it was gross. It took my hours, and lots of conditioner. Shampooing did nothing, once my hair was clean, but conditioner would makes the water squeezed out of my hair orange. I also noticed that I suddenly developed a dandruff problem, probably because of the evil-dye I used a month earlier. (My mom was shocked that my hair was so red from the henna, and said that it was too 'brassy') About a month ago, or so, I dyed my hair again, same recipe, overnight, and noticed that the water rinsed from my hair was slightly orange for a while. I still have a slight dandruff problem, but thankfully Head&Shoulders doesn't take out the henna dye. My original hair colour, which you can't see in the picture, is mostly the same, but has really light, shiny highlights. I live in north-western Canada, so the climate here is kinda cold at the time I dyed my hair. I used Dulhan henna, from a health-food store run by an Indian (the turban wearing ones, not the Native Americans) and I have a feeling the boxes are very old. They had been sitting in one of my desk drawers for a few years before I used them to dye my hair. ~ Nadya
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