Desperate for help! Henna + Colour B4 disaster.

New Member Join DateOct 2012LocationSwedenAge23Posts4

I've been a huge fan of henna for years, but even though I only do root applications the colour turns out too dark and too red for my liking.
My ideal hair colour is much more coppery and orange, kind of like Christina Hendricks.
I have naturally medium to dark blonde hair (used to have white blonde hair as a child...) so I should be able to acheive this with henna and cassia. Only problem is it'll take such a long time to grow my current henna out!
So I did a lot of research and decided to try Colour B4 as some seem to have been able to remove henna this way. I did this 3 times and while I did get results they were only slight - my hair now looks like faded red bottle dye, really disgusting!

Here's some pictures of my henna before the Colour B4:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8225120684/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8225131860/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8224056503/in/photostream

And here's after three applications of Colour B4 (with my roots growing out haha):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8225123820/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8225125646/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8225122562/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idakristinaeleonora/8225214836/in/photostream

Not the best pictures but the most accurate I could find at the moment. The ones taken after the Colour B4 are perhaps a tad darker than in real life.

I really need help deciding my next step. I'm getting desperate here and I'm seriously contemplating bleaching the henna out and then dying it with a colour matching my roots, and redo my henna after that.
What's my best option?

I had much the same problem as you and fixed it with Sun-In. Here's the thread about it

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=19317

Hopefully that helps!

New Member Join DateOct 2012LocationSwedenAge23Posts4

What I want for is my natural colour back (or as close as possible) so the henna/cassia-mix will turn out as even as possible.
I'm beginning to doubt I ever should have touched the Colour B4, I'm just so tired of my hair looking this awful and dull.

New Member Join DateOct 2012LocationSwedenAge23Posts4

Hmm... maybe. I don't know where to find Sun-in in Sweden but I found another similar product altough it contains fewer ingredients: Aqua, Alcohol denat, Hydrogen Peroxide, Anthemis Nobilis, Propylenglycol. (Also, there is a choice between 2% or 7% hydrogen peroxide content).

I know bleach is in no way good for the hair and strips it of it's natural pigmnets, but isn't the option of bleach+dye both quicker and the results more predictable?
I'm so sick of waking up to this mess on top of my head... It's starting to affect my self-esteem and I'm obsessing about it ALL THE TIME.

Just try it one time and do a reconstructor treatment before and after. I use Grundy Tiger reconstructor. It saved my totally damaged hair. Then you see how much lighter it is and in what condition. Then after a week or two do the whole procedure again. Reconstruction before and after. Imo you shouldn't use any other stronger product as you will fry your hair and you don't want that. Been there done that. I really regret bleaching my colour out. Once your hair is damaged, all reconstruction in the world won't turn it virgin.

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