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Hair dye on Henna'd hair - what actually happens?

  • 25-07-2011 9:37am
    #1
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭


    A couple of years back I dyed my hair red with Lush henna, even though 'permanent', 'don't use this unless you want really red hair & you want it forever' etc. etc. was written all over it it didn't occur to me that it was indeed permanent & that all henna dyes are red to dark brown in colour and so it's not like I could just give myself a nice set of henna high lights :mad: I'm a thick.


    Anyhoo, I haven't put any henna in my hair in about a year now and the ends are back to being brown with a really, really nasty tinge of ginger off them (and I love red hair, this is just not nice). I've risked dying it with a semi permanent colour a few times which has worked out grand & I'll keep doing that but I was just wondering what the 'reaction' is that websites & hair dye bottles have warned me about if I put a permanent colour in.

    Is it 'hair will go an unpredicatable & probably unpleasant colour' or 'hair will break off & fall out'? I've done a lot of googling & I can't get anything more specific than an ominous sounding 'reaction'!


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  • #2
    Asry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭Asry


    I love henna! And buy mine from Lush. Haven't used it for a good while though. It's pretty messy, really, I guess. I know people sleep with it in and I don't know how they don't mess up their pillows! But maybe wait for it to grow out or trim off the red at the ends? I've heard it goes green :D


  • #3
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    Apparently, there are metallic-like substances in compound (non-red) henna dye, that can then react poorly against the metallic-like substances in chemical hair dyes.

    http://www.hennaforhair.com/science/index.html


  • #4
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    jenizzle wrote: »
    Apparently, there are metallic-like substances in compound (non-red) henna dye, that can then react poorly against the metallic-like substances in chemical hair dyes.

    http://www.hennaforhair.com/science/index.html

    Thanks a mill for that!
    Hair bleach, permanent hair color, and permanent wave solution are a disastrous combination with compound (metallic salt) henna dyes. These can result in green, purple, or totally fried hair.

    *backs away from the permanent dye*


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