Henna to Blonde-Advice?

New Member Join DateSep 2012Posts1

Hello all, this is my first post!
I've been using mehandi henna on my hair for about three years now, which increasingly gave me a lovely red that kept getting darker. Being the type of girl who likes dramatic hair changes, I probably should have done more research before hennaing my hair. My natural hair color is blonde, and I've been missing it more and more recently. So I went to see my sister's stylist who did a test strand for me. My inch long roots turned bright blonde and gradually faded to a light orange. My sister asked if we could try doing it ourselves at home with kaleidocolors and dye over it for the time being. She said we could give it a try, so we did last night. Boy, do I feel stupid. I'm sitting here with nearly platinum roots and light orange hair, since I haven't dyed over it yet. I'm happy that it's not as dark anymore but now I look like Ronald Mc Donald's girlfriend. I have done some extensive searches through this forum, since it is the best place for hair advice in my opinion, but I am at a loss of what to do still, so I'm wondering if any lovely people would take the time to help me with some tips? At this point I'm willing to put brown over my hair, but I'm afraid it will still be uneven. My goal is at the very least to get rid of the orange. Thank you in advance!

Member Join DateMay 2012Posts244

oh my, 3 years of henna applications... I'm afraid careful bleaching will be your only option. Soapcap bleaching is supposed to be pretty gentle, as far as bleaching goes. But it's still bleach. It's impossible to say how many applications it will take to remove the red, and henna being henna, it might not ever lighten completely. You could also try using Sun In, if you're patient, there's a long thread about someone lightening their too dark henna with it, I'm pretty sure she didn't go anywhere near blonde though, just lightened it to a lighter red. Hmmm. Once it's lightened more, you could possibly use a light ash blonde with a high volume peroxide to try and counteract the orange.

I'm sorry, there's no easy solution to your situation. There needs to be some other word for both henna and indigo (which I'm coping with!) rather than just saying "it's permanent"

Not that I don't wish you the best of luck, but I'm afraid that the amount of bleaching it will take to remove the orange will also destroy your hair.

Summer 2012, long layers, hand at classic length

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