Successful henna removal. Yes, you are reading this correctly.

[RocketDog]

Just curious - how long did everyone henna BEFORE trying this? I am considering this, but I have three years' worth of henna applications on my hair, mostly root apps but I did a full head mudding a few times a year, too. I'd hate to commit to this rather unpleasant sounding process if all I will accomplish is drying out my hair.

[GlennaGirl]

Just curious - how long did everyone henna BEFORE trying this? I am considering this, but I have three years' worth of henna applications on my hair, mostly root apps but I did a full head mudding a few times a year, too. I'd hate to commit to this rather unpleasant sounding process if all I will accomplish is drying out my hair.

I have about a year worth of hendigo on my ends, graduating backward in time up to the roots, which I last dyed about a month and a half ago.

ETA: The bottom half of my length is hendigoed, both two-step and one-step, around four or five times. After that, in gradiations (since I was doing roots-only), every inch or so is probably two to three two-step hendigoing.

[Maktub]

Just curious - how long did everyone henna BEFORE trying this? I am considering this, but I have three years' worth of henna applications on my hair, mostly root apps but I did a full head mudding a few times a year, too. I'd hate to commit to this rather unpleasant sounding process if all I will accomplish is drying out my hair.

Good question, I'm also wondering...

I have 2.5 years and something like 10 coatings of full henna /katam on my hair... And it helped so much with the damage I had back then that I'm scared I could discover the damage under there if I get the henna out... lol

Watching this thread ... and patiently growing my henna out for now ...

[beachgirlla]

Good question, I'm also wondering...

I have 2.5 years and something like 10 coatings of full henna /katam on my hair... And it helped so much with the damage I had back then that I'm scared I could discover the damage under there if I get the henna out... lol

Watching this thread ... and patiently growing my henna out for now ...

Wow, did you do 10 hennas already, I agree with you about the henna helping with the damage, I hennaed my hair last month for first time, it was very very damaged, the first henna helped a lot, I hennaed again 2 days back and my hair looks way better than the first time, I love henna, I love to use it every 3-4 weeks but I don't want to get my hair much darker , it will be nice to find a way to remove the henna a bit and then redo the henna again and again for its conditioning purpose .
Why are you growing your henna out what you do not like about it?

[Maktub]

Wow, did you do 10 hennas already, I agree with you about the henna helping with the damage, I hennaed my hair last month for first time, it was very very damaged, the first henna helped a lot, I hennaed again 2 days back and my hair looks way better than the first time, I love henna, I love to use it every 3-4 weeks but I don't want to get my hair much darker , it will be nice to find a way to remove the henna a bit and then redo the henna again and again for its conditioning purpose .
Why are you growing your henna out what you do not like about it?

I had very abused hair (fighting my natural curls for 26 years) when I looked at LHC for the first time.

Then I started to henna, for conditonning reasons because I didn't want to cut all my BSL hair out... I cut to APL and hennaed with henna sooq henna.

I LOVE everything about henna. The smell, the routine, the shine, the fact it covers my grays, the little "curl relaxing" it gives me, etc etc. and how my damaged hair became so much stronger !

BUT

I have very pale skin complexion, grey eyes ... and I realise how cool tones really make me look sooo better than any "orangy" tones / undertone. So it's all pretty much a question of color

My now 2.5 year old new healthy growth is very healthy too, as I never blow-fried-abused it... so I don't mind it (I don't like the grays so much, but oh well..). My natural hair color is simply so much more flattering... If there was any way I could have a "cool-tone henna", I'd keep hennaing for sure... but for now I've been growing it out slowly (for 6-7 months...)

[cheetahfast]

Just curious - how long did everyone henna BEFORE trying this? I am considering this, but I have three years' worth of henna applications on my hair, mostly root apps but I did a full head mudding a few times a year, too. I'd hate to commit to this rather unpleasant sounding process if all I will accomplish is drying out my hair.

I henna'ed once in October 2011 with strawberry blonde rusalki from Nightblooming, I believe it was not pure henna.

Then I used buxus/indigo maybe 8-10 times over it, since it kept washing out and fading. My last one was in mid December 2011.

I used the color oops on Monday, and it worked really well, however I think since I had a brown demi done in a salon over my hair last January it helped the stuff get pulled out easier. My hair is about the color it was before I henna'ed, maybe a bit lighter. The demi still remains a bit since I had super blonde hair underneath it.

[Nightshade]

I henna'ed once in October 2011 with strawberry blonde rusalki from Nightblooming, I believe it was not pure henna.

If by "pure henna" you mean 100% henna, then no it wasn't. It is, however 100% herbal without any chemicals in it, as listed in the description:

Ingredients: Cassia Obovata, Chamomile, Henna, Ginger & Herbal Blend (Powdered horsetail, yellow dock, burdock, marshmallow root, aloe, chamomile, hibiscus, and nettle)

[cheetahfast]

If by "pure henna" you mean 100% henna, then no it wasn't. It is, however 100% herbal without any chemicals in it, as listed in the description:

Ingredients: Cassia Obovata, Chamomile, Henna, Ginger & Herbal Blend (Powdered horsetail, yellow dock, burdock, marshmallow root, aloe, chamomile, hibiscus, and nettle)

Yes I meant the bolded! I knew there weren't any chemicals.
Thanks for posting the ingredients.

[Nightshade]

Yes I meant the bolded! I knew there weren't any chemicals.
Thanks for posting the ingredients.

No problem

[t_ballet26]

For those of you who have done this, How many boxes did you need for one application? Did you apply is with a dye brush or out of the bottle?
Thanks