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[pesky_piskie]

Firstly...i love henna. I was dubious at first, but since i'm starting to make my own natural beauty products with the aim for total conversion away from mass-produced chemicals it made sense to try out the natural alternative to hair dye.
I actually think it  must be magic, it's completely transformed my hair and its never been in such good

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[jillie_b]

i didn't realised you coloured your hair i assumed it was natural as it looked so healthy and shiny!
i really want to change to using henna because of all the health worries with chemical dye and the guilt i feel at washing all that nasty stuff into the water supply
but I have so much permanent dye already in my hair i was worried because i heard that if you put henna colourant on chemically dyed hair it can react badly and make some of the hair break (and there is no way i can grow all the dye out)
but obviously this isn't always the case
hmmmm sounds good

[pesky_piskie]

lol yep i'm a natural blonde

[jillie_b]

ooooo thank you so much for that advice i'm feeling all inspired now!

[mendees]

Oh lord look what you have started :D, there will be lots of people with their heads covered in mud soon enough :D

[pesky_piskie]

hehe i might attack you with an indigo and beer mud mix:P

[mendees]

Huzzah!

[mendees]

Ale and hair dye it's a northern Goth's dream :D

[pesky_piskie]

hehe glad to help. It's not for everyone as it can be a bit unpredictable and will never give quite the same red colours as some artificial dyes (although some people do get very close!) but personally i think the trade off for hair that glows and peace of mind is worth it. Let me know if you do decide to give it a go at some point and i'll bombard you with more tips!:)

[jillie_b]

i love my slightly mad colours but the benefits of switching to natural dyes would out weigh that
i wanted to try the lush cacas but then read about someone wrecking there hair when they switched to henna but now i know what to avoid i'm all excited
i was going to go for a red and black mix if possible
might wait til new year though as a messy kitchen just before xmas won't make me popular
but yes lots of tips would be good

[pesky_piskie]

sorry for the late reply! Just a warning with the lush, it is technically a compound (but according to the company its pure without metallic salts) so just make sure you test a little bit on hair from a hairbrush or something first. better safe than sorry!
Yeah i think thats possible, might end up more plum i think, since the indigo used to produce the black has blue tones.
And it does get very messy if you're a clutz like me! I somehow managed to get it on the ceiling:S