Lightening Henna With Sun In
For all over high lights simply spray sun in in your damp hair and comb through to evenly distribute.
Lightening henna with sun in. To lighten your blonde hair naturally rinse your tresses with lemon infused vodka. You need something red or red orange to neutralise the greenish tones left over from the indigo. Then apply to your hair and let sit for 2 3 hours. Add the zests of 10 to 15 lemons to a bottle of vodka.
Run bounce fly out and find something red to cover the green stat or henna 2 3 times. Check out this link for more details. What to do if your henna indigo turns green. Mix one part vodka to two parts seltzer.
As an optional first step you can use nightblooming hair salves or coconut oil as a protective pre treatment. Do it as often as you like to lighten or strip your henna hair color. Try lightening the strands that frame your face for a brighter sun kissed look. Pour it into a spray bottle and spritz in on strands while relaxing in the sun.
Some people find that the sun does lighten their henna incidentally but most people from what i ve read don t. Sun in is a cheap alternative to professional highlights and a quicker alternative to laying out in the sun for hours to let its light bleach your hair naturally. Mist hair with sun in focusing on the areas you want to lighten. And sun in s main ingredient is you guessed it peroxide.
Now before i go into what i did and how i did it a few things to keep in mind. Let this sit for 12 hours or overnight. Comb through those areas with a plastic comb. Use about 3 tablespoons of henna powder to a cup of boiling water.
Sun in won t remove the henna totally just lighten brighten it. Way back in the day on the old henna removal thread archived boards i remembered that several people were using vol30 peroxide to lighten things up and that peroxide alone worked better than bleach for henna. Because it is designed for hair that is already blonde or light it may or may not work for everyone and in some cases it can cause irreversible damage. It will give temporary golden tones if your hair is light enough as will cassia but neither will lighten henna.
Mix 3 4 table spoons in with honey or harvest moon all natural hair conditioner to make a thick paste. Apply heat with a hair dryer. Apply to hair for several hours 4 12 hours and your hair should lighten a few shades. For a sun streaked look spray only the strands you want high lighted.