After Pictures Of My Henna Adventure!



This is a picture of me BEFORE dying my hair with Red Henna!



This is AFTER my second bag of henna.
{the final shade I ended up with}

OK....here's the story!

For some time I had wanting to do something to my hair.

Not really sure what I wanted to do? Maybe a foil? Just a little something to jazz things up,cover some of the grey that is starting to appear and add some depth.

Well since I have been visiting the herb store close to my house, I spotted the henna isle. I had heard of the stuff but had never used it, so

I bought a bag of the RED

{they were out of the STRAWBERRY Blonde}

When I got home I threw the henna in my bathroom drawer.

{not sure how or if I really wanted to do through with coloring my hair with the henna?}

After a few weeks of pondering and waiting for just the right time.

I did not want a repeat of the time I dyed my hair "red" with an over the counter brand.

My nickname for a few months after that one was Ronald McDonald!

I'm sure you can picture how it turned out! To make things worst I had school conferences with my kids teachers the next day.

So timing is everything when choosing to dye your hair.

After a bit of research of HOW to use the henna I decided it was time and went for it.

I read: to use an egg in it to help the henna color stick to the grey.

I also did not know to use boiling water the first go round {I used warm tap water} and was possessed to add the juice of a lemon?

So you ask why lemon juice? I just told you! I was possessed!

I learned a lot when I went back for my second bag of red henna!

I also heard on the Internet to leave the goop

{it smells like creamed spinach} on as long as you can stand it.

I left it on for 2 1/2 hours!

.....Oh yah I forgot to mention the first go round with bag #1 of my henna did not cover all my hair. {I have long thick hair} I should have bought 2 bags for the first go!
So I dyed my hair again several day later.

When buying my second bag of henna down at the herb store, the store owner said adding the lemon might have been why my hair was orange not red??  I also should have used boiling water...that is what released the plant dye or so I'm told.

So bag 2 of my red henna was applied and only left one for 1 hour.





This is my hair after the first bag of red henna!
It was a bit brassy and dark....not what I was hoping for;(
I quickly bought more henna and dyed it again~
Used boiling water and no egg or lemon juice and left on for only 1 1/2hrs!

I did not get full coverage in the back at the crown and the underside

in the back {my hair is thick}. The ends in the back were not good either.

As you can see in the  photo at the top of the post, after the second dying, using boiling water (and no egg or lemon juice) and a week of washing,my hair has softened quit a bit and has a more natural look to it!

If I do this again I will:

buy 2 bags of Strawberry blond color

add boiling water

leave it one for 1 1/2 hours.

after the first 45 minutes

 I would add some water to my head and rub the goop around some more in case I did not get it covered the first time.

So have do any of you have a henna story you want to share?

I'd love to hear from you!

What color did you use?

Peace and Love,

Georgiann