When I got my locs installed they told me I should either color right before installation or I would have to wait a year. A year! I thought I could stick it out, I didn't want any chemicals on my hair before installation (at this point henna hadn't even crossed my radar). Back in July I had colored dark brown and within a month my roots were bad.
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Tri-colored hair and I had colored right after I took my braids out! |
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The colors in my hair aren't nearly as pretty as the background. |
Last week I contacted my loctitian and didn't exactly beg, but was possibly persuasive enough that she gave me the go-ahead to use henna a week before my re-ti (CAUTION!!!! This is not recommended!!!! My locs are only three months old and all responsibility for anything negative that happens is my own damn impatient fault).
I ordered this kit and set aside half a day (after reading the reviews) to do my hair. It was a good reason to get caught up on Scandal ...
Before
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I know it's time to color when I no longer get carded. |
Step 1: Left on for about 30 minutes. My hair is coarse and has always taken longer to process everything, so I left it on double the time of the instructions even after letting it cure for an hour. And I did a bad thing. I forgot to bundle my ends! Oh shit! It took forever to rinse out and then I just prayed that I hadn't screwed up my locs.
And still it's barely red. Oops, I hope Step 2 takes away the rest of it.
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After Step 1 there's a red tinge to my gray. I guess I could have left it on a little longer but I didn't want brassy. |
After
It took almost an hour (really 20 minutes, but it felt like an hour. I mean have you ever washed your hair for 20 minutes straight?!?!?!?) to rinse until the water ran clear. The things we do for beauty....I got carded at the grocery store :) I mixed it with coffee instead of water and that made a huge difference. More brown/black and less red. |
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