A New Henna Thread

Doing my first henna gloss with some leftover henna from my previous henna treatment mixed with Hello Hydration, Suave Naturals Coconut, and Suave Professionals Almond & Shea Butter.
 
Tomorrow is the day. I will do a hendigo all over. And then just indigo for an hour through my bangs where the grey roots are.
 
DarkJoy said:
Tomorrow is the day. I will do a hendigo all over. And then just indigo for an hour through my bangs where the grey roots are.
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My hair turned out reeeeaaaallly black. Lol. I put more than half indigo with the henna. Next time will just henna. That alwsys brings the black down a bit.

The beauty of indigo is that it really increases my volume by fattening my boney strands :lol: I love feeling like my low density is normal density for a few weeks.
 
DarkJoy said:
My hair turned out reeeeaaaallly black. Lol. I put more than half indigo with the henna. Next time will just henna. That alwsys brings the black down a bit.

The beauty of indigo is that it really increases my volume by fattening my boney strands :lol: I love feeling like my low density is normal density for a few weeks.
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Where'd you get your indigo? For some reason, my last few indigos have not been taking, even when I do the 2-step :sad:
 
Applied my Henna last night. This time I mixed the Henna with Coconut Milk and Matrix Conditioning Balm. I guess I did a Henna gloss. I am sitting under the steamer now and my hair feels so good. It has never felt this good before. I used Coconut Milk before but combining that with the conditioner is a winning combination. I will be doing this from now on.
 
another successful henna-indigo treatment! my hair is jet black. :love:

Hopefully I will get the strengthening benefits of the henna to help with my breakage issues :ohwell:
 
Two weeks ago I used Moroccan henna. I mixed it , and let it sit overnight and left it on 8 hours. Initially I saw no color change but now I do see a auburn brown hue while in the sun. My hair is also much more easier to style and is definitely more healthier. I added lemon juice to it but next time I will leave it out.

I went to my local Indian store and picked up a few bags of neha herbal that has-henna coffee, green tea, amla, neem, aloe Vera, Katha, hibiscus, harad, shikakai, bhringraj, bahers. I'll use this one over the weekend to see if my hair likes it. Then I'll go pick up more bags.
 
I just rinsed my henndigo out and so far I'm loving the results! I typically do 100g of Jamila henna with 1/3g of indigo and this time I added Sukesh Ayurveda from henna sooq, vatika oil and Fenugreek powder. My greys appear more brown than previous applications upon rinsing so I'm guessing it'll be AWESOME after oxidation.

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Just applied my Henna gloss treatment and will sleep in it overnight. In the morning I will cowash it out, DC with steam, and roller set.
 
KiWiStyle said:
I just rinsed my henndigo out and so far I'm loving the results! I typically do 100g of Jamila henna with 1/3g of indigo and this time I added Sukesh Ayurveda from henna sooq, vatika oil and Fenugreek powder. My greys appear more brown than previous applications upon rinsing so I'm guessing it'll be AWESOME after oxidation.

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KiWiStyle, I've used Henna Sooq's sukesh Ayurveda before with my henna and got a darker color. I just don't remember to do it often.
 
I haven't seen this anywhere yet but..

Has anyome tired to use henna and indigo for lowlights???

I planned to henna and indigo this weekend, two step treatment but in the second stepp I was thinking of doing a henna/indigo mix in the front for a more reddish look in the front then only indigo in the back.

I was going to do 75-25 indigo-henna for a slight highlight effect. Any one have an comments??
 
Im on a strict wig regimen and all my LFs are the color 1B or mixed ombre with 1B at the top so I had to get those gray baby hairs in check. Last week I did a henna indigo 2-step and it came out great! I leave my edges out and they match perfectly.

My hair needs some TLC so Im gonna do a sukesh treatment soon. Haven't done one of these in a whole year! Once I use up the pack I will try my hand at mixing my own sukesh since I have all the separate ingredients.

I LOVE this HHJ!!
 
Bun Mistress said:
I haven't seen this anywhere yet but..

Has anyome tired to use henna and indigo for lowlights???

I planned to henna and indigo this weekend, two step treatment but in the second stepp I was thinking of doing a henna/indigo mix in the front for a more reddish look in the front then only indigo in the back.

I was going to do 75-25 indigo-henna for a slight highlight effect. Any one have an comments??
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Bun Mistress I'm no henna expert but from my years of experience your ratio of 75/25 won't give you the effects you're looking for. When I first tried henna I contacted Khadijah from henna Sooq and asked her to recommend a good ratio for maintaining my natural color as much as possible. Her recommendation worked until I started tweaking my own ratios. If I were you I wouldn't do the two step because your henna in the front won't show up on the indigo black hair, especially doing a henndigo afterwards. I would mix two batches of henndigo, 1 batch for the back with a higher percentage of indigo and a 2nd batch for the front with a higher percentage of henna. This way you eliminate all the steps and still get what you want. Try 80/20 or higher for both front and back.
 
I did genna my hair, I ended up with the two step process in majority of the hair then a 70/30 indigo to henna in the front for the "second step" in the front.

Or course at first everything was black as expected. The second week I did a dc and rinse out, then as planned I started doing henna gloss. Now after my second henna gloss the front started to show the slightest red tint more so than the back which was the goal.

I plan to do a full two step every 4 to 6 months and henna gloss inbetween to bring the red out slightly.
 
I did genna my hair, I ended up with the two step process in majority of the hair then a 70/30 indigo to henna in the front for the "second step" in the front.

Or course at first everything was black as expected. The second week I did a dc and rinse out, then as planned I started doing henna gloss. Now after my second henna gloss the front started to show the slightest red tint more so than the back which was the goal.

I plan to do a full two step every 4 to 6 months and henna gloss inbetween to bring the red out slightly.
 
I made a tea from nupur henna and Kalpi tone based on this recipe http://youtu.be/hHdQNrZwEaY

It was great! I haven't used henna in over a year because of the time commitment. The application took like two minutes to saturate my twists and wipe down my counter. The tea strengthened my hair but not as much as a full treatment. I'm sure that the results will increase the more I do it, just like with normal henna treatments.

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MsKinkycurl said:
I made a tea from nupur henna and Kalpi tone based on this recipe http://youtu.be/hHdQNrZwEaY It was great! I haven't used henna in over a year because of the time commitment. The application took like two minutes to saturate my twists and wipe down my counter. The tea strengthened my hair but not as much as a full treatment. I'm sure that the results will increase the more I do it, just like with normal henna treatments. Sent from my iPhone using LHCF
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I was just gonna ask if anyone had done this. I can't find reviews on using henna this way so I'm thinking is this bad or something? I really want to try it.
 
Pokahontas said:
I was just gonna ask if anyone had done this. I can't find reviews on using henna this way so I'm thinking is this bad or something? I really want to try it.
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I did it for the first time yesterday and so far I'm loving it. Back when I did full henna treatments I would sometimes stop rinsing when the water was 98% clear instead of 100%and would get the rest out in the following wash so I don't think the henna residue is harmful. The only thing to lookout for is making sure your hair stays moisturized so maybe add the tea before your moisturizer and oils.

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Used Neha Herbal Henna, mixed in 2 tsps of indigo. I was looking for dark brown, black hair, but I was surprised my hair was still auburn brown. Next time I will do a half henna mix, and half indigo.
 
MsKinkycurl said:
I did it for the first time yesterday and so far I'm loving it. Back when I did full henna treatments I would sometimes stop rinsing when the water was 98% clear instead of 100%and would get the rest out in the following wash so I don't think the henna residue is harmful. The only thing to lookout for is making sure your hair stays moisturized so maybe add the tea before your moisturizer and oils. Sent from my iPhone using LHCF
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Yea I use a henna oil and cream with no problems. I'm making small leaps into henna, it's very intimidating to me.
 
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