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

**cheetahfast** · January 9th, 2012, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Maktub

Everyone that tries this, PLEASE report back your experiences !!!

It worked!

Before: Very dark and red in sunlight.
After: No more henna!!! I'm a golden blonde/dirty blonde in sunlight.

I only did it once (after strand testing) and skipped the honey lightening step.
I don't think I'll do it again. I'm happy with the results.
FYI--It removed the henna, buxus, and indigo. I had demi dye underneath it, which was a nice brown and seems to be partly removed as well.

Originally Posted by Anywhere

I'm just afraid the color oops will lighten my natural hair.

And my 6" of bleached ends are.. well. Not sure if I want them blonde again. Would have to re-dye that

I do want to get my glosses out though. My ashy brown is showing and it looks odd. Guess i'll try it this weekend.

I would be careful, my roots did get lightened a bit, though it matches the lighter parts of my hair and doesn't look bad.

I'm so glad Mairéad posted this thread!!!

**Maktub** · January 9th, 2012, 01:10 PM

Good for you !

Any change in texture ? Damage ? Dryness ?

**Mairéad** · January 9th, 2012, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Anywhere

I'm just afraid the color oops will lighten my natural hair.

And my 6" of bleached ends are.. well. Not sure if I want them blonde again. Would have to re-dye that

I do want to get my glosses out though. My ashy brown is showing and it looks odd. Guess i'll try it this weekend.

One thing I did notice was initially after doing this my hair was really bright, but it did tone down after a few days.

**Mairéad** · January 9th, 2012, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Maktub

Good for you !

Any change in texture ? Damage ? Dryness ?

Nope, in fact, after doing a nice deep condition my hair felt exactly as it does after being clarified.

**cheetahfast** · January 9th, 2012, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Maktub

Good for you !

Any change in texture ? Damage ? Dryness ?

None!!

My hair is naturally a bit dry. When I first rinsed it my hair felt so nice, silky. I think the rinsing for 30 minutes is worse for my hair than the color oops. By the time I was done rinsing my hair felt a bit weird. I had shampooed twice (Burts Bees--no SLS). I conditioned as normal and it dried how it usually does without product.

**Anywhere** · January 9th, 2012, 02:37 PM

Ok I have a question. Did you clarify/wash your hair first, or did you have "dirty" hair like for dyeing?

**Mairéad** · January 9th, 2012, 02:47 PM

I've done it on my 1 day hair and I've done it on 3 or 4 day hair, too. I don't know if it's better on dirtier or cleaner hair but I've seemed to have gotten to this point having done it on both. I think I leaned towards doing it on dirtier hair since I knew the treatment itself would clean the hair and that I would be shampooing half way through the rinsing as well.

**cheetahfast** · January 9th, 2012, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Anywhere

Ok I have a question. Did you clarify/wash your hair first, or did you have "dirty" hair like for dyeing?

It's applied to dry hair.

Mine was pretty clean since I washed it the day before and made sure to not put in any leave-ins or oils.

**cheetahfast** · January 9th, 2012, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Mairéad

I've done it on my 1 day hair and I've done it on 3 or 4 day hair, too. I don't know if it's better on dirtier or cleaner hair but I've seemed to have gotten to this point having done it on both. I think I leaned towards doing it on dirtier hair since I knew the treatment itself would clean the hair and that I would be shampooing half way through the rinsing as well.

I agree my scalp is so clean now!!