Henna Over BKT

[Lebiya]

Has aonye tried this before?

Is it safe?

 

[nikolite]

I have no idea, but why would you want to do that? For the color only? It seems like it would be really damaging as both are already hardcore treatments.

 

[Lebiya]

That’s true...I want to focus on thicken my hair more and lots of people have success with henna

 

[FebeeSigns]

I don't think Henna is a hardcore treatment at all. It just coats the shaft of the hair and strengthens the kertain protein structure your hair is made of. With all that heat from the BKT I would think Henna might help lol.

 

[lilikoi]

Check out the Keratin Treatment Support thread http://www.longhaircareforum.com/forum6/thread357933.html, several ladies do BKT+henna (but not the same day). I haven't heard of any problems.

 

[berryblack]

I did henna the day before bkt if I'm not mistaken last year. I had read that a color process could rough your cuticles up so that the bkt would take better. Didn't work in my case. I am now of the belief that if your hair was resistant to relaxers, it will be resistant to bkt as well---at least that seemed to be my case...

 

[Guitarhero]

No problems. Make sure you seal the henna with the bkt. You can color you hair with bkt in it and they will do it first t so the color doesn't lift the keratin. BKT is not harsh to the hair.

 

[mstar]

Yep, I've hennaed over BKT. It took beautifully...my color is rich and shiny.

The very first time I BKT'd, I hennaed a week before. In the intervening week, I did 3 deep conditioning treatments with steam and caramel to get my moisture/protein balance back on track (since henna can act like a hard protein on the hair). By the time I got the BKT a week later, my hair was in awesome condition, and the keratin treatment sealed in the henna.

When I henna on top of a BKT, I use a sulfate poo and add salt to my DC a couple times, to lightly strip some of the BKT (this does not completely remove the keratin, it just loosens it a little). Then I henna, follow the same conditioning regimen as above, and BKT 7-10 days later. I get great results each time.

I did henna the day before bkt if I'm not mistaken last year. I had read that a color process could rough your cuticles up so that the bkt would take better. Didn't work in my case. I am now of the belief that if your hair was resistant to relaxers, it will be resistant to bkt as well---at least that seemed to be my case...

Henna is not a traditional dye/color process, so it doesn't roughen the cuticle. In fact, henna acts as a coating that seals the cuticles, so doing the BKT one day later was not a good idea. If you wait 7-10 days, you'll see much better results.