Recently, I died my hair with Khadi Natural Hair Colour Ash Brown. I've got great hopes for this colour because I love Khadi though all the colours I've had so far were problematic to some extent.
First, all the cold or neutral brown colours, including dark brown that I'd been using for years, require two-step colouring process for natural blond hair. It's too time-consuming. In my case, it was also inefficient as red henna from the first stage wasn't covered completely. Moreover, every time I washed my hair it became redder. Second, almost all of the colours have warm tones whereas I prefer the cold ones (dark brown is an exception, but as I already mentioned it calls for two-step colouring). So, there was nothing for it but to get over the fact that my hair would have a warm shade and I chose hazel brown as it's the only brown colour can be used without pre-colouring.
I was really excited when Khadi released ash brown colour. This is what I expected: thicker and healthier hair, a uniform darkish brown colour (not as dark as dark brown, but darker than my natural colour) with no red tones and achieved with one-step-colouring.
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| My hair in artificial light 24 hours after hennaing |
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| My hair in natural light 35 hours after hennaing |
It doesn't look good in the first photo. It looks better in the second one and that's the way it looks like in life. The boundary is blurred - my hair is just darkish. Looking in the mirror I can say my hair is darker in some places, but people looking at me don't see any difference. Unfortunately, ash brown hasn't been able to cover the red glow. Nevertheless, I'm going to use this colour on. I hope it'll work better on my natural dark blond colour. It definitely darkened my roots as my natural blond colour has disappeared but it's hard to say if they've got cold tones when they're only one centimetre long. I'll wait with expressing my opinion.
To see how to apply henna properly, click here. I make only one exception. After rinsing henna, I always use an emollient conditioner on the length of my hair. Then, I rinse my hair again and apply a silicone serum which means I don't wait 48 hours until my colour develops. The length of my hair is already dark because of numerous colourings, and I don't want to make it even darker. Yet, I use nothing on the hair roots as I want the colour here to develop as much as possible.
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| Khadi Natural Hair Colour Ash Brown |
