A New Henna Thread

Pokahontas said:
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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How are you making henna oil and cream? They sound yummy!

I can understand why you might be intimidated. Henna is great stuff but there are a lot of different opinion out there coming from different hair types. Since you already have some on hand it might be fun to collect your shed hair and do a patch test.

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MsKinkycurl said:
How are you making henna oil and cream? They sound yummy! I can understand why you might be intimidated. Henna is great stuff but there are a lot of different opinion out there coming from different hair types. Since you already have some on hand it might be fun to collect your shed hair and do a patch test. Sent from my iPhone using LHCF
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No I ordered them both. I love them. I'd like to make my own oil but can't find too much info. Yea I'll probably start out testing my nape area first.
 
My Henna weekend is quickly approaching.

Friday: Mix my henna and allow it to sit for 8 hours before applying. To mix I use 100 grams of henna powder and mix this with 1 can of coconut milk and 1 cup of Matrix Biology Conditioning Balm. When the henna is ready I will add 1/4 cup of Hemp Seed oil. I will apply it to freshly cowshed hair and go to sleep.

Saturday: Cowash the henna out with V05 conditioner about 2 - 3 times. I will then do a final cowash with Claudies Jojoba Cleansing Conditioner and follow-up with a moisturizing DC. After that I will follow my normal routine.

These monthly henna treatments have made a difference in the strength and thickness of my hair.
 
Okay soooo I don't know what I'm doing wrong but my grays never turn a brown they always turn golden copper. I've even used more indingo to henna ratio but it still isnt working. Ah well guess I jist have to deal with the color it gives me lol.

Anyway here's the pics of ny hendigo. No different than they way it usually looks. All the color is result from my hendigo of my grays. My hair is not dyed and that should give you an idea of how much gray I have lol. For some reason though I have more gray in the front and sides than the back....the last 3 pics are my wash n go and the rest are just showing the color



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HairPleezeGrow
I just had a thought about your grays... On Hennasooq they say to use their regular indigo if covering grays instead of their organic indigo. They say its not strong enough for gray coverage. Is your brand organic? Maybe thats why it wont get dark enough.

I used the reg one the last 4 times using the 2-step method and my hair matches my 1b wigs perfectly. Before that I had organic and I could never achieve anything past a dark brown.

I LOVE this HHJ!!
 
mshoneyfly said:
HairPleezeGrow
I just had a thought about your grays... On Hennasooq they say to use their regular indigo if covering grays instead of their organic indigo. They say its not strong enough for gray coverage. Is your brand organic? Maybe thats why it wont get dark enough.

I used the reg one the last 4 times using the 2-step method and my hair matches my 1b wigs perfectly. Before that I had organic and I could never achieve anything past a dark brown.

I LOVE this HHJ!!
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I first was using the one already mixed with the other ayurvedic powders nupur i think plus i bought the powders separate as was still adding them in. Then I purchased the hennasooq and their indigo and still same results. Okay i will try the two step and see how that works out. I dont want a black color though so may e I will add the cocoa powder to it
 
HairPleezeGrow
Yes but HENNASOOQ has an organic indigo and just a regular one. Which one do you have? It does make a difference with covering the grays around my hairline. With the organic they would just stay a coppery color.

If you dont want black, you just mix the indigo into your henna after the dye has released and you will get brown. The 2-step is strictly for getting a black color.

Take a look at your indigo package. Does it say organic?

I LOVE this HHJ!!
 
mshoneyfly said:
HairPleezeGrow
Yes but HENNASOOQ has an organic indigo and just a regular one. Which one do you have? It does make a difference with covering the grays around my hairline. With the organic they would just stay a coppery color.

If you dont want black, you just mix the indigo into your henna after the dye has released and you will get brown. The 2-step is strictly for getting a black color.

Take a look at your indigo package. Does it say organic?

I LOVE this HHJ!!
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Mine diesnt say organic on the package. Okay so if i add the indigo after the henna has sat overnight it'll make me the brown i want? If it doesn't work I'm just letting it be lol. It doesn't turn my grays an ugly color but I'd prefer the brown.

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Thats okay HairPleezeGrow

Yes it works for me when I rinse the henna then apply the indigo. The henna is supposed to make the indigo color stick to the hair. I have even gone like two days after my henna and DC before I did the indigo and it still worked. I'm stingy with my powders so I even add conditioner to my indigo mix too with no problems.

I hope it works out for ya :)

I LOVE this HHJ!!
 
mshoneyfly said:
Thats okay @HairPleezeGrow

Yes it works for me when I rinse the henna then apply the indigo. The henna is supposed to make the indigo color stick to the hair. I have even gone like two days after my henna and DC before I did the indigo and it still worked. I'm stingy with my powders so I even add conditioner to my indigo mix too with no problems.

I hope it works out for ya :)

I LOVE this HHJ!!
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mshoneyfly, how did you make that day after indigo work? I've tried that when I've run out of time and it's never worked. :nono: I was thinking about having an Indian lady do my henna for me then come home and do the indigo part if she doesn't do that for me, but was afraid I might get stuck in traffic and then henna not take for me.
 
jbwphoto1 said:
mshoneyfly, how did you make that day after indigo work? I've tried that when I've run out of time and it's never worked. :nono: I was thinking about having an Indian lady do my henna for me then come home and do the indigo part if she doesn't do that for me, but was afraid I might get stuck in traffic and then henna not take for me.
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jbwphoto1
Maybe bc my hair is texturized and highly porous it takes up the henna really well. I just mix with warm water, let the henna sit in my cabinet for at least 4 hours.

Then I add conditioner, oils, honey or AVG and apply to freshly washed hair (70% dry). I let it sit on my hair with a plastic cap, grocery bag and skull cap for 4hours up to overnight. I rinse 3 times, cowash 3 times and apply the DC.

I let the hair air dry and 2 days later I dampened the hair and applied indigo in sections. I let it sit for at least an hour then repeat the rinse and cowash routine. When the hair dries it is 1b black; including those pesky grays around my edges.

I LOVE this HHJ!!
 
I do indigo a day or a week after and get near jet black.

I will also add it at odd times to my DC to keep the color rich till the next full application.

Tbh, HPG, I dont think my hair really took it the first time esp the greys. They were sorta covered . It did after the third time for sure tho. It's kinda not always instant like box dye.
 
Ooohh! Thanks so much! Has anyone else used the Henna Sooq henna gloss bar? I've been using it weekly for the past 4 weeks and i've gotten some amazing results! But the downside is that those joints are super expensive :-/
 
The Henna Guys.

Oh and lookie here. Sale of 300g for $12.95. If you're Prime no additional shipping. :rofl:


Ordered plus henna too (again!).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007VQS7IS/ref=ya_aw_oh_pii

Eta. I also Ord 300g henna for. $19.99. Idr how that compares to mehandi price for that amount of henna but im good with it...

IDareT'sHair said:
@DarkJoy
What Seller (Amazon) Ms. DJ?

I just looked at mehandi (since we were just talmbout it) and Shipping for 100 grams was $8.50.:eek:

Normally, I have Henna with it, but I only need to reup on Indigo and $8.50 is steep.
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@DarkJoy and @IDareT'sHair, I'm purchasing from Henna Sooq. It's $9 for 100g. I only add distilled water and I have little crumbs of the indigo over the sink, walls and me.

I was ordering from Mehandi before, but Henna Sooq was having Black Friday sales, so I went with them. I guess it's back to Mehandi for me. Thanks, Ladies!
 
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