Buying Henna

ajsimmons8 wrote:Great suggestion envizionj - thank you. I'll try that tomorrow. I'm too tired tonight to try anything but getting a good night's sleep. I was so excited to apply the henna today, that all last night I kept dreaming of doing the henna.

What happened with your edges? Did you do the indigo treatment? Just wondering

Hi Mel, over the course of about three days, my edges toned downed quite a bit, they are now a reddish color which is ok, it's a lot better than the bright orange right after the treatment. I think I panicked too much since that was my first henna treatment and didn't know what to expect. I'm going to do another treatment in a couple of weeks after I do some strand tests to see if I can get the brown/red color that I'm going after..... fingers crossed.

ajsimmons8 wrote:Hi Mel, over the course of about three days, my edges toned downed quite a bit, they are now a reddish color which is ok, it's a lot better than the bright orange right after the treatment. I think I panicked too much since that was my first henna treatment and didn't know what to expect. I'm going to do another treatment in a couple of weeks after I do some strand tests to see if I can get the brown/red color that I'm going after..... fingers crossed.

Good! I thought about it and was like let me check and make sure you don't look like you are wearing a halo

Check out butters-n-bars.com. There are things you can add to your henna mix to change the color. Some suggest that cocoa powder and cinnamon can make a brownish mix and adding hibiscus flower powder can make the mix redder. After continued hennaing, my "henna glow" changed from the orangy color to like a cherry red glow...I love it. Good luck!