To Caca or not to Caca?!

missingink

I'm in a bit of a dilemma at the moment & am hoping all of you 'beautification' experts can help me!:)

I'm very keen to try Lush Caca during the school hols, but not too sure which colour to go for & whether it's worth the hassel.

I quite fancy trying either Caca Marron or Caca Noir. My natural hair colour is dark brown but looks black with product in so I'm not sure which to choose to get a noticable result.

I've spoken to Lush-suck it & see they say-but will they give me a sample(or two!) to try do you think?

My hair is really dry & damaged from relaxing it so the worst that could happen is no colour change but shiny silky hair, right?!:o

Been looking through the threads on LHC to help make up my mind. They seem V pro 'natural' henna, all want bright orange hair & don't really have anything to say about Lush. My head is reeling from all the info I absorbed there but none of it was relivant!

Anyone here had any recent experiences with this product(as I've heard it's changed slightly), please?

I'd be very interested to hear from anyone with the same colour as me, what colour they used & the results they achieved.

Many thanks in advance!:D

ruby_eskimo

Well it depends on whether you want to go lighter or darker? The noir will leave you with black hair. The marron will make it a bit ginger-y really and the brun will make it more brown and chestnut in colour.

jenniewb

Be aware that once you colour with Henna its nigh impossible to redye at a later date (eg with roots or at any point where the hennered parts on your hair are still there) as the Henna affects the hair in such a way that new colour wont take. I found this out at a salon where they were unable to colour the last 5 inches of my then shoulder legnth hair- nothing they did worked or it took but only partially and there was still an obvious colour line.

I think as far as I know its only the Rouge that would make your hair orange. The Noir or the brown are just that- not orange!

If you have a day, go for it- but its messy! I did this a few years ago and clogged up my bath with the mud as a result- hair was covered in mud the whole day for maximum effect and mud clumps continued to dry and fall off throughout the day! Also not so easy to actually rinse out (but then neither is the DIY stuff for other reasons). Its supposed to improve the condition of your hair. Tbh I didn't notice anything myself but then I didn't really have such bad hair then.

belfastgirl23

The caca rouge really doesn't make your hair orange or at least it doesn't for me, it just gives it a slight red hint. It does really improve the condition of my hair as well. Interesting to hear the formula has changed though, I used it recently and couldn't really see any change in colour at all...

btw my natural hair colour is mid brown but I have a lot of close family with reddish hair so it takes to the red pretty well.

missingink

ruby_eskimo wrote: »

Well it depends on whether you want to go lighter or darker? The noir will leave you with black hair. The marron will make it a bit ginger-y really and the brun will make it more brown and chestnut in colour.

Well, I was thinking about dyeing it light brown but tbh, it's in such a shocking state my hair will probably just all break off!:eek: That's why I came up with plan b-henna.

Not sure what colour I want it to go, I just want a change! I've done the orange look though(with chemical dye)which resulted in me being called Duracell-NOT a good look!:o

Now wondering if the brun will lift my existing colour a bit but I very much doubt there will be a noticable difference.:(

missingink

jenniewb wrote: »

Be aware that once you colour with Henna its nigh impossible to redye at a later date (eg with roots or at any point where the hennered parts on your hair are still there) as the Henna affects the hair in such a way that new colour wont take. I found this out at a salon where they were unable to colour the last 5 inches of my then shoulder legnth hair- nothing they did worked or it took but only partially and there was still an obvious colour line.

I think as far as I know its only the Rouge that would make your hair orange. The Noir or the brown are just that- not orange!

If you have a day, go for it- but its messy! I did this a few years ago and clogged up my bath with the mud as a result- hair was covered in mud the whole day for maximum effect and mud clumps continued to dry and fall off throughout the day! Also not so easy to actually rinse out (but then neither is the DIY stuff for other reasons). Its supposed to improve the condition of your hair. Tbh I didn't notice anything myself but then I didn't really have such bad hair then.

I've read up on this subject a lot & I'm aware of not being able to chemically dye over henna. That's not a problem as I think my chemical days are over as my hair is so fried it needs a break so I can try to get it back in to some kind of decent condition(not that it ever was!):rotfl:

I may need to relax(chemically straighten) it again at some point as I find my hair impossible to manage with out that. No idea if I'll have any problems with that though. Have tried to find answers to this but to no avail.:(

The mess during application & the difficulty in washing it out does really bother me though, but I guess there's no real way of getting around that. Guess it's a trade off I'm willing to make IF I get good results!:D

WolfSong2000

Speak to a few different salons...some use natural hair dye which is much gentler on your hair. I think my salon uses a brand called Scruples? Anyhow, may be worth looking into

missingink

WolfSong2000 wrote: »

Speak to a few different salons...some use natural hair dye which is much gentler on your hair. I think my salon uses a brand called Scruples? Anyhow, may be worth looking into

Salons in my area that specialize in my kind of hair are very few & far between, unfortunately, but thanks for the suggestion!:)

cattkitt

I've just done a google of Lush Caca, and there are some not very happy users out there!

jenniewb

missingink wrote: »

I've read up on this subject a lot & I'm aware of not being able to chemically dye over henna. That's not a problem as I think my chemical days are over as my hair is so fried it needs a break so I can try to get it back in to some kind of decent condition(not that it ever was!):rotfl:

I may need to relax(chemically straighten) it again at some point as I find my hair impossible to manage with out that. No idea if I'll have any problems with that though. Have tried to find answers to this but to no avail.:(

The mess during application & the difficulty in washing it out does really bother me though, but I guess there's no real way of getting around that. Guess it's a trade off I'm willing to make IF I get good results!:D

With the chemically straighten (BKT?) maybe ask the salons who offer it first as they;d be best placed to tell you if henna affects this.

With the mess, all I can advise is a day inside or if your lucky enough to have one, in the garden. Maybe tie all your hair up, place it under a shower cap of some sorts to prevent the mud clumps falling off around your home and then house blitz! DIY, move all your furniture around and then back again, have friends over for a DVD night in.... there are ways around the mess if this is something you really want to do- its only one day/night/however long you leave it in for and the main thing to be wary of (if your hair is tied up and inside a cap) is the plug in the bathroom shower/bath. See if you can get a plug sieve cover thing- places like lakeland and 99p stores seem to sell them, it catches the larger clumps of mud which would otherwise cause a blockage.

Swan_2

my daughter worked for Lush & as she really believed in the products wanted to go all natural with her hair colouring, so she tried the Caca & tbh it was a nightmare from start to finish

first of all was the mess, I helped her to apply it each time & in spite of being very careful we still ended up with blobs of evil-smelling mud everywhere staining everything it touched ... & don't get me started about the washing off process :mad:

then there was the awful result (bearing in mind her hair had been professionally coloured previously) her hair looked glossy & in good condition for about a week, then it became dull & coarse & developed khaki stripes :eek: we tried it again twice hoping for improvement, but it only made things worse



eventually she went back to her hairdresser (top man in town) & confessed, so he set about trying to put things right, which turned out to be a long & complicated process, at one point her hair was (mercifully very briefly) red white & blue :eek: :eek: :eek:

she started off with lovely long naturally straight hair & to cut a long story short (no puns intended) two years down the line she's now got short hair & is still growing her natural colour back in before growing it long again
it's going to take around 3-4 years before it's back to anything like it was before


I've seen the Caca look good on some of the girls in the Lush store, but if your hair has been previously coloured or treated or is in poor condition, please, please think twice before using it



PS she still loves the other Lush products