Ronda123 said:
alexstin said:About an hour ago I was lying in bed and Dh comes in and cuddles up to me and starts smoothing my hair. He goes,"Is your hair wet?. Now you know I jumped up with the quickness and said, "No, why do you ask?". He said, "It looks wet." Oh and check this out, it was sort of dark in the room because it's almost nighttime and so I was shocked that he would even be able to see my hair that well. Now y'all know I was grinning from ear to ear and had to grill him a little bit more.
Could it be? Am I getting that henna shine?
ibelieve said:OK, so I placed an order a few days ago on the hennaforhair site so that should be on it's way. However, I totally forgot that I work with a lady that is from India so I decided to ask her if she knew of any good indian stores where I could purchase the henna directly. So she tells me that she is from the town/city of probably the largest supplier of henna to the world. Her cousin owns the factory that produces it. She also offered to bring me in some and said that she has some "old" henna that has matured a ton and is really good. I thought I read on the site that henna was best in it's freshest state.erplexed She was like "Oh no, no, no...Henna is like rice, the older the better." I didn't know that about rice either but whatever...What do you guys think?
She also told me to keep it simple and simply add brewed tea to the henna apply immediatly and let it sit under a plastic cap for awhile. When I mentioned to her about letting the color "release" for 12 hours she said there was no need and that the color will take instantly. I kept reminding her of the importance of the "pure" henna and she said it doesn't get any more pure than what she has. So I will test hers on some harvested hair and see what it looks like.
Sonya
douglala said:I mean if left sitting out the dye will be ineffective.
However, I don't know about freezing? I'm clueless as to whether or not the dye properties remain...
I'll have you defer you to Sereca!! Sowwy
Lavendar said:You know what Sareca? Whenever I think of a rinse, I always think of the product just running through the hair and down the sink and I wonder how it could possibly be effective if most of it is down the drain and not sitting on my head. I know you have more than likely explained your rinse before and I didn't pay close enough attention, but could you explain it once more or point me in the right direction of a previous post?
I've found with or without the pulp equally effective, that's why I strain the pulp and use it on my skin. alexstin said:Thanks Douglala and Nappywomyn. I found this info that Catherine posted.
Cassia (dry): fridge or room temp (cool dark place)
Cassia (paste): freezer
Henna (dry): fridge or freezer
Henna (paste): freezer
Indigo dry: room temp (cool dark place)
Indigo paste: throw it away, it won't keep
Amla (dry): fridge or room temp (cool dark place)
Amla (paste): freezer
So I've been mixing it and storing whatever's left. Now I know better.
sareca said:I think of it as a watery leave-in like IC Moisturizer or Aphogee Green Tea Reconstructor. You just spray or pour those on your hair too.
But I'll tell you why I started using amla alone. When I mixed amla and henna I always felt like henna overwhelmed amla. I had no idea how powerful amla was until I used it alone and my hennas never came out different when I stopped adding amla. It's probably just a matter of perception for both of us. :wink2: Feel free to ignore me and do whatever feels natural.
If you're still not buying this "rinse" thing, but want to use amla alone, you could:Apply it to your hair just like henna. Wrap it w/ plastic wrap just like henna, leave it an hour, and rinse. It rinses out just like henna too.
- Add a little hot water to your amla (just enough to get it the consistency of your henna mixes)
- Let it steep for 10 minutes
HTH
alexstin said:
and got busy with an applicator bottle, bowl, color brush and my 13-year-old over-achiever daughter. The 13-year old was the best part of the experiment. I would not have been able to get to the roots @ the back of my head w/out her. She DONE GOOD. For those who are used to self-relaxing this won't be a challenge, but I don't relx my own hair, so I was riding the short-bus for sure. I put on a plastic cap, sat under the drier for an hour and then kept it on for another hour w/out heat. The entire time I was scarred to death because the consistency of the paste made me think that surely I'd have to go to work with this stuff in my head the next day and that it would never rinse out.
Thanks for posting this!atlqt said:Long, play-by-play Henna experience:
I can NOT believe that I did it, but I did. I did my first Henna treatment last night. On top of that, I actually tested strands before I did (normally much too impulsive for something as adult as that). Here's what I did and my observations. Will post pics after day 3 to allow for oxidation.
Mixed 100 grams of Jamila, about 50 grams of Amla, pectin mixed with warm distilled water, approx 2 TBSP of ACV, sample bag of tumeric (from hfh), lavendar and something else terp (from hfh). Sat in garage for 12 hrs. Let harvested hair sit in a sample for 2 horus. Liked the color, but the texture scared me.
Took the plunge anyway and added EVOO and a little more water to the paste, put on my cape (Super Henna)
I finally rinsed with Hello Hydration and warm water for about 20 mins. It was MUCH easier to come out than I expected, but I kept rinsing trying not to see those little specks in the sink any more. My hair felt GREAT, not hard like I expected. I DC's with humecto, EVOO and honey for 20 mins. Added my Arosic Leave-In (new find.....love it...it's liquid); dried on cool under the hooded dryer and flat-ironed this morning.
Yep, you guessed it.....I am looking TOO CUTE FOR MYSELF. Color is a deep auburn/brown with the grey's looking golden red and previous highlights a little darker. I had highlights done in July and a rinse done 1 weeks ago and did the Henna on top of both(after telling myself I'd wait). This was NOT a problem.
Pro's: Sense of accoplishment doing this to MY own hair.....y'all know what I mean?
Feels very strong, but not brittle
Not as time-consuming and messy as I thought
GREAT RESULTS
Knowing that I didn't waste my time because I will do it again.
Con's: Keep smelling a faint hay smell when I turn my head, but my nose is bionic, so others might not notice this.
I'd want my hair just a little lighter maybe and not sure how to accomplish that.
Wondering what in my busy life will now go undone while I'm doing henna treatments EVERY week.
LOVE YOU LADIES for this great INFO (Sareca, VWVIXXEN, Douglala, Neroli and errbody else). Anybody waiting to do this.....consider me the ultimate test and if I did it, you can!!!
MissVee said:
Found it! http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showpost.php?p=1617954&postcount=621douglala said:
amla rinses for my braids too.
