I've Finally figured out a way how to get rid of my henna disaster!! I still can't believe something actually worked for me and now my hair is safe again to be dyed with a box-dye.
When I chose to henna my hair black, I was dead sure I want to keep it forever. However, after a couple of months I started realizing it wasn't the best thing for me. I started researching a way on how to Bleach/Fade Henna and I only found some appaling threats about horrible henna reactions with Bleach and Box dyes.
Well, if the henna is pure Lawsonia Inermis, you can get away with bleaching it or dying over it with a darker color. The only risk you're taking is the final color not being what you expect but I don't think this would happen if you're going for a darker color.
However, the real danger is when you don't actually kno what's in your Henna. If you read my Royal Henna Experience, you'll realize that this Henna is certainly not a pure henna. Besides PPD, it might also contain Metallic Salts like most compound Henna dyes.
I tried to let the color fade on it's own for a couple of months. Did this work slightly, since my hair grows fast, but the color was still too dark and very black, nothing like my natural mid-brown.
I decided to do hot oil treatments and washing with clarifiying shampoos. This also worked very subtly but still didn't give me the results I needed.
My hair was too black that makes it impossible to dye over. I wanted a rich, chocolate brown, so bleaching seemed like the only way out.
However, after I did some more research on how to strip hair dyes (not henna), I stumbled upon the Baking Soda Method. Although it wasn't intended for henna removal, I thought I'd give it a try, since my hair is actually black with PPD dye not henna alone.
Since it's obviously very risky to try this on my hair, I just used a hair ball I gathered from my brush. I randomly mixed baking soda with peroxide and some lemon juice, just enough of each till the mixture is neither too runny nor too thick.
I dropped the hair ball in the mixture and let it sit for over 2 hours. At first, it seemed like it's not working at all! The hairs were still too coarse and too black. However, after 2 hours, the color changed dramatically!
Yes! This did remove the black color from my hair and left a golden light brown! And the best thing is that the hair strands were still as thick and healthy as they were before this treatment!
Now I will be able to color my hair with a regular box dye without worries.
When I chose to henna my hair black, I was dead sure I want to keep it forever. However, after a couple of months I started realizing it wasn't the best thing for me. I started researching a way on how to Bleach/Fade Henna and I only found some appaling threats about horrible henna reactions with Bleach and Box dyes.
Well, if the henna is pure Lawsonia Inermis, you can get away with bleaching it or dying over it with a darker color. The only risk you're taking is the final color not being what you expect but I don't think this would happen if you're going for a darker color.
However, the real danger is when you don't actually kno what's in your Henna. If you read my Royal Henna Experience, you'll realize that this Henna is certainly not a pure henna. Besides PPD, it might also contain Metallic Salts like most compound Henna dyes.
I tried to let the color fade on it's own for a couple of months. Did this work slightly, since my hair grows fast, but the color was still too dark and very black, nothing like my natural mid-brown.
I decided to do hot oil treatments and washing with clarifiying shampoos. This also worked very subtly but still didn't give me the results I needed.
My hair was too black that makes it impossible to dye over. I wanted a rich, chocolate brown, so bleaching seemed like the only way out.
However, after I did some more research on how to strip hair dyes (not henna), I stumbled upon the Baking Soda Method. Although it wasn't intended for henna removal, I thought I'd give it a try, since my hair is actually black with PPD dye not henna alone.
Since it's obviously very risky to try this on my hair, I just used a hair ball I gathered from my brush. I randomly mixed baking soda with peroxide and some lemon juice, just enough of each till the mixture is neither too runny nor too thick.
I dropped the hair ball in the mixture and let it sit for over 2 hours. At first, it seemed like it's not working at all! The hairs were still too coarse and too black. However, after 2 hours, the color changed dramatically!
Yes! This did remove the black color from my hair and left a golden light brown! And the best thing is that the hair strands were still as thick and healthy as they were before this treatment!
Now I will be able to color my hair with a regular box dye without worries.