About a year and a half ago, I decided that black hair was a thing of the past, and I was going for red. I naively thought henna would help me achieve that. Those in the know are probably already aware of how unrealistic that expectation was. While henna is amazing for hair care, it does not lighten your hair. Not even by a fraction. Henna dyes, but it doesn’t lighten. And if you layer too much henna on your hair, it gets darker. No amount of holy water mixed with peroxide is going to fix that. Your options are…