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poemaXX · 05-26-2012, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JLeighs

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Originally Posted by Moonface

Just as a pro-tip, NEVER forget if you Henna your hair, and be VERY careful if you ever dye it again, even if you think you've cut it all out. I used Lush Henna on my hair last SEPTEMBER(11') and on the 9th of this month I dyed my hair -- completely forgetting, because the colour was completely gone, that I had Henna'd my hair more than 6 months ago.

THIS is what happened to my hair, LOL. Of course, we still dyed over it fine -- but the dye overtop of the henna didn't last very long(red, normal) so now my hair is purple.

Be careful!

That looks to me like what happens when you bleach indigo. Bleaching indigo=green hair.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonface

Just as a pro-tip, NEVER forget if you Henna your hair, and be VERY careful if you ever dye it again, even if you think you've cut it all out. I used Lush Henna on my hair last SEPTEMBER(11') and on the 9th of this month I dyed my hair -- completely forgetting, because the colour was completely gone, that I had Henna'd my hair more than 6 months ago.

THIS is what happened to my hair, LOL. Of course, we still dyed over it fine -- but the dye overtop of the henna didn't last very long(red, normal) so now my hair is purple.

Be careful!

Hi Moonface – Do you remember what brand of Henna you used on your hair? I think (but may be incorrect) that the blue/green comes from the presence of metallic salts in the dye which are added to some "Henna" hair dyes, but aren't characteristic of quality Henna hair dye.

It was Lush Henna. Caca Brun, I think.

Sounds like JLeighs might be onto something with "bleaching indigo = green hair" then since Caca Brun does in fact have indigo in it to tone down the red. Sorry to hear your henna/indigo experience was a bummer! I used Caca Brun henna the first time I henna'd in October, so I'll be sure to keep this in mind.