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[bluekarin]

I am thinking of dying my hair an auburn colour with henna. I have done it in the past and it was more the mahogany red colour as opposed to the orange auburn I am after. I have tried looking online for it, but most of the places seem to be in the US, or about mixing coffee and rosemary water with the henna block Can anyone recommended where to buy some from and what colour I should go for to make my dark blonde with a bit of grey go auburn. Thank you

Edited May 14, 2013 by Guest

[Cinnamon]

Caca Rouge from Lush - there are photos on the site & if you go in the girls will give you a sample piece to try first

[Janepie33]

Yep. That's the one I buy too. When the sun shines on your hair it practically glows!

 

The only problem with the Lush henna is that it comes in block form and you have to grate it to use it. (I use the grating attachment on my blender!)

[Peaches]

Since this message I've had a look on the Lush website as I'm thinking about henna for my hair. I did notice that the video says you don't need to grate it, just melt in water.

 

Can I ask - how red is red? I'm about 50% grey, so would I glow in the dark???!!

[patsylabrador]

I use Lush henna too. I use 1/12 of large block of caca marron and same of cava Brun which I melt together. Not too red then.

[bluekarin]

I have just ordered some Caca rouge. Hope it's not too glowing when I have finished with it Ah well, in for a penny..........

[LolaLayla]

Let us know how you get on Maybe that is what I need to cover the grey

[Ziggy]

What I don't understand is why they call it the way they do? I'd happily try this, but caca rouge means 'red poo'... why would they call it that?

[bluekarin]

Maybe that is what I need to cover the grey

That is what I am hoping! I will let you know how I go when I do it this weekend, if it turns up in time that is.

 

Not sure why it is called red poo. It doesn't appear to have that in its list of ingredients

 

Edited to say on their website page it says its no **** hair dye, so I think that is why it's called what it's called

[Ziggy]

This is what they website seems to say : (hope I'm not infringing copyrights... )

 

'We admit it; caca is French for 'poo'. Why did we name our beautiful henna hair colours 'poo'? We wanted to make the point that there are no nasty chemicals in them; they are 100% natural, lovely, safe ingredients so you can use them on your pretty heads as often as you like, building up a bright, shiny colour'

 

Not quite sure I understand the reasoning to be honest... are they saying poo is 100% natural, lovely and safe and can be used on our pretty heads??

 

Anyway, name apart, I'm glad to have read about this and will look into it... bought henna powder once and it had a complicated set of instructions with it... buying from lush seems safer!!

[bluekarin]

Took the plunge and dyed my hair last night. It was very messy putting it on and I have missed a couple of spots, especially above my ears, which was the main bit I wanted to cover due to the grey! Anyway, looked nice and subtle when I went to bed (it was still damp). I was woke up at the crack of dawn by the dog barking at someone posting a charity bag (7.45am) and when I went into the bathroom my hair looked orange! It is looking better now and will continue to darken over the next few days. I will see how it goes and may redo it with a mix of the red and the brown henna. It does feel lovely and soft and nothing like how a chemical dye makes your hair feel. I am not sure why my test strand didn't take. Might be because I didn't cover it (I put on a shower cap and wrapped over that with a towel) or because I didn't leave it on for as long as I did last night (2 hours instead of 4).

[LolaLayla]

You must have panicked a bit when it turned orange How is it looking now?

[bluekarin]

I did a bit It s looking much more natural now thankfully *phew* I will redo it soon on the roots as I seemed to have missed quite a bit there. I think I will also do a mix of the red and the brown henna when I do a full head dye.

[LolaLayla]

Glad it looks more natural now