So I went to get my relaxer touched up after an 11 week stretch last night, and mentioned to my stylist that I was thinking about hennaing. Well of course, she reacted like every other semi-knowledgeable trained stylist "then you can't have a relaxer - at least, that's what they told us in school, and I've experienced. This client lied to me about having henna on her hair, and it melted off after i rinsed out her relaxer". So I explained about what I had been reading on here, and she relents with "okay. But I might have you sign something before I do any relaxers on you." Hee hee. Now, I love my stylist to pieces (she's been doing my hair since I was 14 and is like family), but this isn't the first time she's doubted something I've wanted to try to improve my hair. Then again, she's also been the first one to compliment and/or ask what I've been doing to my hair when its all super healthy, so I won't ***** too much.
So just to be sure I've read this all right, as long as I use BAQ henna (from a reputable source), and nothing crazy happens in my strand test, I should be okay to not only use henna on my relaxed hair, but continue to get my hair relaxed?
I've worked really hard to get my hair to it's current length (about 2-4 inches from APL), and I don't wanna lose it. But I'm looking for a bit of a color change, and also the strength, shine, and conditioning I've read about people achieving from henna seems to be the boost I need to kick my hair to the next level. I suffered some breakage from this last stretch, and I think henna just might prevent this the next time around.
It is important to use only BAQ henna. I would do it twice a month if it wasn't so darn time consuming 
