I want to dye my dreads...
Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling
Actually, you can bleach hair dyed with henna. Only if it's body art quality, though. More than one application spaced out over a few weeks is best as to not fry your hair while lifting the color. Then dye it whatever crazy color you want.Seconding the Henna for Hair site. It's a great site on all things henna and is a great source for finding pure, body art quality henna, which is the only henna that should ever touch your hair.I've used henna for a long time now (natural redhead, I use it to make the red deeper and bolder) and while it's messy and takes a lot more time than synthetic dye, I LOVE the stuff. <3 Knottysleeves said:
Longtime henna user here!
Be VERY sure you want red hair, because henna is permanent. The intensity will fade over time, but it never actually "washes out". You also cannot remove it by bleaching or using a colour stripper. You can dye over top of it, but only darker -- you cannot lighten hennaed hair, so if the shade you end up with is too dark, you're stuck with it until it grows out (which for us dreadheads can take a LONG time!)
Go to http://www.hennaforhair.com and read their FAQ and how-to guide... they're the best source of info for dyeing hair with henna.
If you decide to henna, make sure to buy only bodyart quality henna. Don't buy boxed "henna hair dye" or something from a bulk store, it is likely to be impure or mixed with undesirable crap, sometimes even chemicals. Fresh, 100% natural bodyart quality henna gives the best results every time, plus you don't need to use as much of it, so you save money. Also stay away from the henna blocks sold by Lush, as they mix their henna with a ton of cocoa butter and I can tell you from experience it's impossible to wash out of dreads.