Big move! New climate! Back to back henna/BKT! pics!

I just made a permanent (ish) move. I will be attending school in Colorado for the next two years. In Chicago, summers are brutal. There is no such thing as heat without humidity in Chicago. There is no such thing as a good hair day. There are only slightly-less-than-terrible hair days.

Not anymore! Glorious, dry, Colorado heat to the rescue. My hair-life is changing. I did something bold. Crazy, even.

I did a back to back henna/BKT. Ok, maybe it's not THAT crazy.

I guess I just don't know why the thought hadn't occurred to me before. It's genius.

I did a 1/2 cup cassia, 1/3 cup henna mix. I cowashed it out. I waited for my hair to dry, then I did the BKT.

For photos and a bunch of me babbling, read on!

Lightening henna'ed hair Part II

I lightened my henna'ed hair and lived to tell.

I had to take a head on shot for my graduate school ID:

Lightening Henna'ed hair, Part I

Part I:

I have lightened my henna'ed hair and lived to tell.

Here is a photo of my hair color, post BKT, before my first henna

My hair was straight (post BKT during that 3 day waiting period) in the above photo. I am starting to realize that I only photograph myself when my hair is straight. That needs to stop.

Here is a more recent photo:

So this photo was taken two months ago, and the one above was taken a year ago in June. You can see the ends of my hair are basically black, with a red tint.

Honey Lightening

I found out about honey lightening on the LHCF. Basically, honey has naturally occuring peroxide, and when mixed with other peroxide boosters (cinnamon, cardamom, coconut oil, olive oil) it can have a lightening effect on hair (over the course of multiple treatments). 

I can not speak to whether honey lightening works. My skin and scalp are sensitive to cinnamon. I found out the hard way. Fiery red lines down my face that looked like chemical burns. They subsided in an hour, but I knew that I was going to need to take another approach.

To be continued............... (part two will cover some popular at home hair lighteners)