blue blue moon

[stormy07]

hi ladies! ok I searched the massive henna thread and couldn't find much so here I am asking humble advice

ok so I've done a bunch of strand tests with henna and indigo and different combos but I'm not getting the color I want! My hair is naturally a real dark brown...I either wanna go red red or really blue....like not dark black/blue and not like bright blue but I want it to be........blue! I mean more blue than black so has anyone had any luck using indigo to get this color? What did you add in to get more blue color? TIA

here we go I found an example....this type of blue!
http://haircrazy.info/gallery/blue/484/

http://haircrazy.info/gallery/blue/48/

 

[stormy07]

bumping....anyone?

 

[stinastina]

I don't know if you can get that particular shade of blue with indigo, but in the henna thread, www.hennaforhair.com has specific recipes for achieving different hair colors. Then I found the indigo page: http://www.indigopage.com/how/shade.htm. Maybe somewhere on that site you can find the recipe you need. Save some strands of hair so you can test on them.

 

[JustKiya]

It's not really possible, unless you bleach your hair first. Both henna and indigo are cellophane type dyes - a sheer overlay of your hairs current color with the new color red/blue. So, unless you're blond or gray, indigo will never take you THAT blue. And the same for henna - if you are starting out with really dark hair, you'll end up with really dark hair - with a red overlay.

It's kinda what makes them healthy than the chemicals - they just overlay your hair/bond to your hair, not rebreak the bonds and reform them...