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

**GlennaGirl** · January 12th, 2012, 06:01 PM

Thanks, you guys.

**RocketDog** · January 12th, 2012, 09:05 PM

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** · January 12th, 2012, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · January 12th, 2012, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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 ...

**RocketDog** · January 12th, 2012, 10:36 PM

I, too, have started growing mine out. I get a lovely color with henna, and I have no regrets at all, but if it is truly possible to remove even some of the henna from my hair to ease the growout, I'm interested in seeing what I can achieve... as long as I am not sacrificing the condition of my hair in the process.

**Ravenwind** · January 12th, 2012, 11:15 PM

I have had henna on my hair since summer time of this year, dyed 3 times. Around July or August. After I used color oops my hair turned kind of a copper color. Not the dark strawberry blonde I thought it was :P

ETA: Oops, I mean last year. It's not 2011 anymore xP

**cheetahfast** · January 13th, 2012, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · January 13th, 2012, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by cheetahfast

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** · January 13th, 2012, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by Nightshade

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.

**Anje** · January 13th, 2012, 08:17 AM

Question for anyone who's done this who also has some gray: Have you gotten the grays all the way back to silver, or do they stay a bit stained?

2011 was a year from he11 for me, in terms of stress. I've got about an inch of roots and was noticing last night that the silvers are starting to come in thick and fast, and I'm blaming all the crazy situations. At least they're pretty sparkly things.