Henna and regular hair dye?

If I use a dark brown henna on my naturally light brown hair now.....is there a recommended period of time before I go out and buy a 'regular' hair dye from the drug store and use that. I know that if I was planning to go blonde from a box (for example), there may be a reaction between the leftover henna and the amonia....but I plan to get a dark brown or dark red from a box at the pharmacy within a month......but I want to henna today.............any suggestions????

Henna and regular hair dye?

dont do the henna!!! if you plan on putting normal color. you have to wait untill the henna is completly grown out of your hair. The reason being is the reacton with the mettalic salts found in the henna. When you do any sort of normal color, bleach box color, proffesional color, the hair will melt. and break off. so I would wait!

Henna and regular hair dye?

alright I am going though something similar to you. i love to dye my hair and i do dye my hair alot i mean alot. I want to use the henna b/c it is all natural if u buy the correct one. However it has been said from many sources my mom being one of them that you can not color or bleach until the hair has grown out all of the henna. So this is what I am going I bought all natural black henna from an Indian pack mart and I bough bleach from the drug store. I am going a strand test to see how they turn out I am gonna henna and then wait a week and bleach. That is what I sugest u to do also. One thing I know for sure is never use any mental iteams when making the henna it will become a matalic dye and cause u more problems. best of luck

Henna and regular hair dye?

Henna is an all natural plant dye.

It is safe and easy to use.

If you buy 100% pure henna things will be fine.

YOu can always do the test on old hair from your hairbrush.

Henna will only leave red color in your hair.

There is no such thing as black henna, blonde henna or any other color of henna.

The henna bush only has reddish brown dye in it, so if it is pure henna, that is the only color you will be able to see on your hair.

Hair color problems arise when people use impure henna.

If it has been adulterated with metallic salts and is not pure, that is when you might get greenish or strange colors.

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