Do ya'll henna?

[LaNecia]

Hey Tishee!!

P-U-R-E Henna has NO harsh chemicals, additives or anything 'yucky'. It's from plant leaves.

Here's a little blurb from HennaforHair about Henna: "Only henna leaves have dye, and the highest content is in the leaf petiole. There is no dye in the bark, twigs, or rootstock of Lawsonia inermis, and certainly not different colors such as black. The roots of henna are never harvested for dye, as henna is a small tree that is kept in production for many years. Though henna is grown in many different countries, the henna dye molecule is always the same red orange. The leaf’s dye content differs according to climate and soil conditions, so the dye saturation may differ, but henna is not black in one country and red in another country".

It's very safe and easy to use, a tad bit messy until you find an application method and consistency of mix that works for you but it's well worth every effort!

I love seeing you pop up in threads! I always go looking to see what you post, nosing around like a Century 21 Lookie-loo (some o' ya'll are too young to remember that!)

 

[LaNecia]

Oooh!! I would be VERY careful about getting henna done at a 'salon'. There is 'hair' henna (which usually ISN'T pure henna, and has more chemicals and nasty bits that will make your hair VERY unhappy than a little bit) and then there is BAQ (Body Art Quality) henna, which is what I believe ALLLLL of us are using - it's pure, 100% Lawsonia somethingorother, and it's the best stuff possible to use.

Say it loud!!

I use Henna and I'm Proud!!

Ok, I need to eat, I got the giggles! Oh yea, my siggy....

 

[sareca]

What!?!? I'm going to be washing sticks and leaves out of my hair? Sigh, the things I do for beautiful hair.

Yep, henna is just dried, powder, sifted plant leaves. It's gonna have stuff in it. I said sticks and leaves, but it's probably just the veins from the leaves. In any case, you will see stuff coming out that you didn't notice when you mixed it or put it on. You'll be like what the world... It's all good tho.

 

[LaNecia]

I've got another observation question: I'm sitting here thinking, I had a bout a few weeks ago of MAJOR shedding. I thought it was all going to fall out! I had during this time slacked on my henna use...since I've restarted consistently, my hair fall has been almost nonexistent. Anyone else notice this? I've stopped taking my IRON for about 2 months so that's not it. I hennaed once or twice during that time but I didn't use my herbs as the water base for the mix. :scratchch

 

[morehairplease]

I was planning to get my amla from hennaforhair, but I'll get it from FNWL instead. I made an amla tea that I keep a in a spray bottle w/ a little cloves. I spray my ends every night. They have never and I mean NEVER felt so good. I'm definitely going to add this to my braid spray the next time I'm braided. I might even start adding the tea to the conditioners the PJ in be brought, but my hair is not crazy about.

hi sareca,

please forgive me if this has been asked already but do you mind posting exactly how you make this tea? My ends are horrible right now. Also, do you mind telling me where you post your amla tea and cloves from? Again I am so sorry if this has been asked already.

thanks in advance,
tishee

 

[morehairplease]

FancyPants, I've been doing Amla, Neem and Red Sandalwood facial scrubs three times a week for the past few months. I likey! I follow up with an olive oil wash to moisturize my skin, rinse w/warm cloth and go. I tried using Neem Oil but the smell was ATROCIOUS. Made MTG smell like Cotton Candy.

I can't remember what a pimple looks like on my face!

hi sweetie,

do you mind telling me exactly how you make this?

tia,
tishee

 

[sareca]

hi sareca,

please forgive me if this has been asked already but do you mind posting exactly how you make this tea? My ends are horrible right now. Also, do you mind telling me where you post your amla tea and cloves from? Again I am so sorry if this has been asked already.

thanks in advance,
tishee

I don't think anybody's asked. It really is tea, it's just not edible.
I basically put 1 tsp of amla and a 1/4 tsp cloves (from my kitchen cabinet, but you can get ground cloves from any grocery store) in a cup of hot water. Leave it for about 15-20 minutes then strain it into a water pitcher and add 16 oz or so of plain ol' water. When I'm done washing and conditioning I pour the amla water over my head.

You can also put the strained tea (w/o adding extra water) in spray bottle, but you need to keep it refrigerated unless you're going to add a perservative to it. Make only as much as you need for four days. It only keeps 4 days even when refrigerated. I was keeping it in the bathroom.
Also you don't have to use cloves. I just happen to think they smell nice. Use whatever spice you like. I'm gonna use cinnamon next time.

 

[morehairplease]

Oooh!! I would be VERY careful about getting henna done at a 'salon'. There is 'hair' henna (which usually ISN'T pure henna, and has more chemicals and nasty bits that will make your hair VERY unhappy than a little bit) and then there is BAQ (Body Art Quality) henna, which is what I believe ALLLLL of us are using - it's pure, 100% Lawsonia somethingorother, and it's the best stuff possible to use. I'd strongly suggest that you check out www.hennaforhair.com and read their info - I'm sure you'll be converted to doing the home hair mudding along with the rest of us.


And ummmm - I'll be TREASURER!!! No PJism here - most of my hair stuff comes from the grocery store!! *ROFLOL*

*goes off to update her siggy..... *

thanks SO SO much for that advice nappywomyn!

 

[Softresses]

OOOH!

I want to be in the Henna for Life Club too. I would like to be nominated to take charge of inventory, and store "our" supplies...






Softresses

 

[morehairplease]

Hey Tishee!!

P-U-R-E Henna has NO harsh chemicals, additives or anything 'yucky'. It's from plant leaves.

Here's a little blurb from HennaforHair about Henna: "Only henna leaves have dye, and the highest content is in the leaf petiole. There is no dye in the bark, twigs, or rootstock of Lawsonia inermis, and certainly not different colors such as black. The roots of henna are never harvested for dye, as henna is a small tree that is kept in production for many years. Though henna is grown in many different countries, the henna dye molecule is always the same red orange. The leaf’s dye content differs according to climate and soil conditions, so the dye saturation may differ, but henna is not black in one country and red in another country".



hi sweetie,

Congrats are in order.....you TRULY deserve it.....such a sweetie.
It's very safe and easy to use, a tad bit messy until you find an application method and consistency of mix that works for you but it's well worth every effort! Thanks SO much for replying. I am so interested in henna now for some reason

 

[morehairplease]

I don't think anybody's asked. It really is tea, it's just not edible.
I basically put 1 tsp of amla and a 1/4 tsp cloves (from my kitchen cabinet, but you can get ground cloves from any grocery store) in a cup of hot water. Leave it for about 15-20 minutes then strain it into a water pitcher and add 16 oz or so of plain ol' water. When I'm done washing and conditioning I pour the amla water over my head.

You can also put the strained tea (w/o adding extra water) in spray bottle, but you need to keep it refrigerated unless you're going to add a perservative to it. Make only as much as you need for four days. It only keeps 4 days even when refrigerated. I was keeping it in the bathroom.
Also you don't have to use cloves. I just happen to think they smell nice. Use whatever spice you like. I'm gonna use cinnamon next time.

sareca thanks so much! I am going to purchase the amla tea and cloves along w/the henna and pectin.

Ladies I am going to need some serious help for my 1st henna application.....anyone care to be a buddy to me?

tia ladies,
tishee

 

[sareca]

sareca thanks so much! I am going to purchase the amla tea and cloves along w/the henna and pectin.

Ladies I am going to need some serious help for my 1st henna application.....anyone care to be a buddy to me?

tia ladies,
tishee

Oh sorry, the amla is powdered. You make it tea by adding hot water.

 

[sareca]

Update on the Jamila henna. It doesn't have anything but powder in it. There are no stems, leaves or whatever's normally in henna. I rinsed for 60 seconds. 60 seconds!

Color kept coming out while I rinsed, but that's it. It also conditions better in IMO. It also stains faster. I don't normally wear gloves to rinse my henna just when applying it. When I did that w/ Jamila I ended up w/ red palms.

It also lifted some of my black. My hair is by no means red again, but it's not as blue as it was.

In short Jamila ROCKS! I can see why people call it deluxe henna.

 

[Dare~to~Dream]

Sareca, what was your "mix" with the Jamila Deluxe Henna? Was it the same as you used with the "regular" version? I'm following this thread and may take the plunge but I'm not interested in the "blue-black" hue of the indigo mixes nor the "reds" from the henna...I saw several mixes on the website that was listed to achieve different color results.

 

[alexstin]

Update on the Jamila henna. It doesn't have anything but powder in it. There are no stems, leaves or whatever's normally in henna. I rinsed for 60 seconds. 60 seconds!

Color kept coming out while I rinsed, but that's it. It also conditions better in IMO. It also stains faster. I don't normally wear gloves to rinse my henna just when applying it. When I did that w/ Jamila I ended up w/ red palms.

It also lifted some of my black. My hair is by no means red again, but it's not as blue as it was.

In short Jamila ROCKS! I can see why people call it deluxe henna.

How does your hair feel different(( as far as conditioning)? Does Catherine at henna for hair sell this?

 

[wish4longlocs]

sareca and any heena users, how often do you henna, once a week or month. Since Am new with henna I have only experimented with it once a month.

 

[sareca]

How does your hair feel different(( as far as conditioning)? Does Catherine at henna for hair sell this?

It felt softer than it usually does. Usually it feels strong, like it's been gently reinforced. This time it had that same feeling in addition to some softness. It wasn't a crazy difference in conditioning. The big difference was the decreased rinse time and staining power.

 

[sareca]

sareca and any heena users, how often do you henna, once a week or month. Since Am new with henna I have only experimented with it once a month.

I henna every Friday.

 

[sareca]

Sareca, what was your "mix" with the Jamila Deluxe Henna? Was it the same as you used with the "regular" version? I'm following this thread and may take the plunge but I'm not interested in the "blue-black" hue of the indigo mixes nor the "reds" from the henna...I saw several mixes on the website that was listed to achieve different color results.

Lately I've been using just henna and AVC. That's all I used this time. There are a lots of different spices you can use to influence the color. Make sure you test on harvested hair.

 

[JustKiya]

sareca and any heena users, how often do you henna, once a week or month. Since Am new with henna I have only experimented with it once a month.

I henna every weekend - usually on Friday night. Unless I'm doing something, then I might do it on Sundays. But - I try to do it EVERY week......

 

[LaNecia]

sareca and any heena users, how often do you henna, once a week or month. Since Am new with henna I have only experimented with it once a month.

Gone back to doing mine once a week also! I have happy hair again!

 

[Dare~to~Dream]

There are a lots of different spices you can use to influence the color. Make sure you test on harvested hair.

Hmm...my hair is a dark brown with some reddish undertones. I would only want to lighten it a little {like highlighting }...maybe cinnamon or nutmeg would be good for this? If I decide to take the plunge, I will definitely use hair collected from my brush or comb....I'm still trying to make that decision, lol.

 

[LovelyLionessa]

I was at my local health food store today and low and behold they had HENNA! I bought a jar of the neutral no color kind for conditioning and a rich dark coffee brown shade called Sable. I have to read up on all this so I can figure out how to do it. I can't wait though, I'm so psyched!

 

[douglala]

sareca and any heena users, how often do you henna, once a week or month. Since Am new with henna I have only experimented with it once a month.

It's only been a few weeks for me but I average every 4 to 5 days.

 

[wish4longlocs]

I guess I got to step it up and do it every week.

 

[felicia]

i want to start doing this! i'll be back later to bug y'all with questions

 

[wish4longlocs]

I was at my local health food store today and low and behold they had HENNA! I bought a jar of the neutral no color kind for conditioning and a rich dark coffee brown shade called Sable. I have to read up on all this so I can figure out how to do it. I can't wait though, I'm so psyched!

The henna called sable is it natural henna? ANd what was the name of the neutral henna in the jar called?

 

[LovelyLionessa]

The henna called sable is it natural henna? ANd what was the name of the neutral henna in the jar called?

The henna is 100% organic, free of additives, chemicals, or pesticides according to the label. The neutral henna is called Persian Neutral and is referred to as a Colorless Conditioner. Here's a link to the company that makes the kind I purchased.

http://www.rainbowresearch.com/html/henna.htm

 

[LovelyLionessa]

Okay guys I have finally made it to page 32 of this thread but I have a question, what does ACV do for the hair? And I'll need pectin to aid in rinsing and ACV when I henna?

 

[chocolatesis]

The henna is 100% organic, free of additives, chemicals, or pesticides according to the label. The neutral henna is called Persian Neutral and is referred to as a Colorless Conditioner. Here's a link to the company that makes the kind I purchased.

http://www.rainbowresearch.com/html/henna.htm

I just saw this henna in a Whole Foods Market yesterday and I was wondering if it was safe to use on relaxed hair. I'm interested in the neutral henna since I just died my hair jet black with indigo. Has anyone ever used this brand of henna before?