Do ya'll henna?

[AtlantaJJ]

Sareca, I just put in my order for 100 boxes of the Jamilla henna. I just put in a order from Catherine for 300 grams and I have 2 left, will be using one this saturday, so I will only have 1 left. I figure, based on your breakdown of the cost, that in the long run this is the way to go. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone to go in with me, but I still feel that in the long run that it is a good deal. They have to let me know if they have it in. I will be paying by money order and I told them I will not send it until he lets me know when they get it in. Anyhow, I am excited about my purchase, just wanted to let you know and thank you for sharing the website.

I'd be willing to go in with someone on a big Jamila purchase....I haven't exausted all my local options but I don't want to run all over town looking for it so this weekend I'm going to try a couple of places and if I don't score, I'll have to result to other options. The good news is that I can get all the other good indian products. We shall see...

 

[Amylee]

Hello henna ladies !!!

I'm a newbie here. Right now, I'm doing my third (or Fourth ?) henna treatment. And I want to say : I LOVE HENNA !!!

My hair is definitely stronger (I'm transitionning) and so so so shiny !!!
I don't have a camera yet, but I hope I can post pictures of my hair soon.

I'm so happy to be able to change hair color and condition at the same time. There's also a sort of psychological effect of henna on me: I feel good knowing that I use a completely natural product that is good for me, instead of these chemical hair colours that contain god knows what...

I'll post my results after I've rinsed and dried my hair

 

[Proudpiscean]

I'd be willing to go in with someone on a big Jamila purchase....I haven't exausted all my local options but I don't want to run all over town looking for it so this weekend I'm going to try a couple of places and if I don't score, I'll have to result to other options. The good news is that I can get all the other good indian products. We shall see...

I'm willing to go in with you on that purchase! I sent you a pm

 

[Proudpiscean]

Hello henna ladies !!!

I'm a newbie here. Right now, I'm doing my third (or Fourth ?) henna treatment. And I want to say : I LOVE HENNA !!!

My hair is definitely stronger (I'm transitionning) and so so so shiny !!!
I don't have a camera yet, but I hope I can post pictures of my hair soon.

I'm so happy to be able to change hair color and condition at the same time. There's also a sort of psychological effect of henna on me: I feel good knowing that I use a completely natural product that is good for me, instead of these chemical hair colours that contain god knows what...

I'll post my results after I've rinsed and dried my hair

Hi Amylee, welcome to LHCF! Glad you're loving henna too. I'm also transitioning so my hair needs all the strength if can get and henna is just the thing for it
Yeah, I also am looking to purchase a digital camera so I can post pics too.

 

[alexstin]

Hello henna ladies !!!

I'm a newbie here. Right now, I'm doing my third (or Fourth ?) henna treatment. And I want to say : I LOVE HENNA !!!

My hair is definitely stronger (I'm transitionning) and so so so shiny !!!
I don't have a camera yet, but I hope I can post pictures of my hair soon.

I'm so happy to be able to change hair color and condition at the same time. There's also a sort of psychological effect of henna on me: I feel good knowing that I use a completely natural product that is good for me, instead of these chemical hair colours that contain god knows what...

I'll post my results after I've rinsed and dried my hair

Hi Amylee,

Welcome to the World's Biggest Henna Thread!

 

[Amylee]

Thank you ladies for welcoming me so kindly.
By the way, excuse my poor and weird english (I'm French...).

Here are my results: FANTASTIC!!! I love my henna as usual.

I use a mix of "black henna" and "chesnut henna". I know that one should only use BAQ henna, and I've heard so many things about people using compound henna on permed or relaxed hair (hair going green, disintegrating, catching fire etc ).

So I've been very careful when choosing mine. It's only made of lawsonia inermis and indigo. And it doen't do any harm. But I have to confess that I was so scared the first timeerplexed

I'm admiring myself at the moment. And I have to say that I've got beautiful brown highlights.

I'm very pleased !!!

 

[grnidmonster]

I did my best henna yet today! Last night I mixed up some of Catherine's henna w/ jasmin and lavendar oil (still can't stand that hay smell) some EVOO ,a bit of ACV and about 1/4 cup of warm honey. It sat overnight and this morning I set it in the So. Cal sun to release. I mixed it w/ some indigo, applied and read a book in the sun. When I rinsed in the shower it felt like silk and when I looked at it when I got out is was so shiney and soft.

I have on the henna tip for a minute now but, have never gotten results like this. I put my Qhemet products on (I know I sound like a QB commercial) and my hair is so pretty I can't believe it is mine. I keep getting up to go and look at it. Oh and the color is perfect-all my little strands of gray gone. "...today was a good day!"

 

[victorious]

Would someone do my a favor? Look on the side of your box of Jamila (not the front or back) where it says "Premiere Quality Henne" (as opposed to the other side that says "Superior Quality Henna") and see if lower down it says:

Since 1963

www. jamila.com.pk
Made in Pakistan

I'm asking because I have a box of Jamila that looks slightly different. It does not have what I wrote above on the box...and oddly, the lady's shirt on the front is a lighter color pink. I'm interested to know what this means. It's probably nothing, but I don't want bootleg Jamila.

I just checked my boxes, and they don't have the "Since 1963" line or the web address.

I used a box last week with good results though. I'm glad I did the hair test just in case it was bootleg.

 

[stinastina]

I'd be willing to go in with someone on a big Jamila purchase....I haven't exausted all my local options but I don't want to run all over town looking for it so this weekend I'm going to try a couple of places and if I don't score, I'll have to result to other options. The good news is that I can get all the other good indian products. We shall see...

Hey, AtlantaJJ, I bought some Jamila henna from Patel Brothers in Decatur on Church street, right before it runs into Lawrenceville Highway. It was less than $2. PM me if you need more specific directions.

So I did my first henna treatment Friday night and I am sooo happy with it!


This is what I did (I didn't read the whole thread so I'm sure I left stuff out, like the lemon):

I used the whole box of Jamila (not hardly necessary ! but then I hadn't read I could store it in the fridge)
1 whole cup of hot water
1/2 cup of amla oil
and 1/4 cup of ground nutmeg (which wasn't so ground because it took forever for me to get tiny little nut pieces out of my hair !)

I mixed it all together (forgot the gloves, had minor yellow staining on my hands but now it's gone).
I didn't wait for it to do anything. I slapped it on (with a plastic cap) even though it looked like doody. I sat under the dryer maybe 30 minutes, got skeered and then went to rinse it out. I used creme of nature to wash out all the nutmeg pieces. Then I followed with Miss Key 10 en1 and sat under the dryer again for 15 minutes.
My hair is a dark brown with reddish tone. I love the color ! Now, it didn't get all the little bad gray hairs in the front but next time I will leave it in longer.
But overall, my hair is shiny, thicker and a lovely color.
Do all you henna experts recommend I add the lemon juice and let it sit overnight before using it ? Or is what I did okay ?

 

[carameldiva]

I use red wine as a terp- but you can use grape juice or citric acid. Most people have found the lemon juice to be drying.

I am currently sitting here with my henna/indigo/senna mix on my hair. I prepared it and applied it like 12:30 last nite. Will rinse it out sometime today.

For my henna mix- i used hot water, 4 tbls of henna, couple of dashes of ground cloves, honey, couple of splashes of red wine, 2 tbls of ground amalaki powder, 2 tbls of ground Fo-ti powder. (prepared last monday)

For my indigo/senna mix: the indigo/senna mix (2.5 teaspoons) and hot water.

Mixed the two together and applied to my hair. Put on a thin plastic cap and a satin scarf on top.

 

[stinastina]

I use red wine as a terp- but you can use grape juice or citric acid. Most people have found the lemon juice to be drying.

I am currently sitting here with my henna/indigo/senna mix on my hair. I prepared it and applied it like 12:30 last nite. Will rinse it out sometime today.

For my henna mix- i used hot water, 4 tbls of henna, couple of dashes of ground cloves, honey, couple of splashes of red wine, 2 tbls of ground amalaki powder, 2 tbls of ground Fo-ti powder. (prepared last monday)

For my indigo/senna mix: the indigo/senna mix (2.5 teaspoons) and hot water.

Mixed the two together and applied to my hair. Put on a thin plastic cap and a satin scarf on top.

Does the red wine add to the color or is it only for acidity ? Are the cloves for color or scent ?

 

[AtlantaJJ]

Atlanta Ladies, Does Your Box Look Like This???

 

[Nita81]

Ok so I got my hennaforhair.com order yesterday.....my daughter just gave me my mail 10 minutes ago..lol. But they forgot my 100g of amla powder. I just emailed her to send my amla. I'm wondering if she will send the amla or just issue a credit cause I really want to try the amla. I'm feeling kinda crappy cause this is the 2nd time this week my online order was off. I ordered avocado butter FNWL.com but half of the product leaked out. They just gave me a credit on my next purchase.

 

[AtlantaJJ]

Ok so I got my hennaforhair.com order yesterday.....my daughter just gave me my mail 10 minutes ago..lol. But they forgot my 100g of amla powder. I just emailed her to send my amla. I'm wondering if she will send the amla or just issue a credit cause I really want to try the amla. I'm feeling kinda crappy cause this is the 2nd time this week my online order was off. I ordered avocado butter FNWL.com but half of the product leaked out. They just gave me a credit on my next purchase.

Man, isn't that just annoying to no end!!!!??? Well the good news is that they will give you a credit. I wish we could find more of this stuff locally. Does ULTA sell that product?

 

[stinastina]

Re: Atlanta Ladies, Does Your Box Look Like This???

Yes, that's it. I found it at PATEL Brothers in decatur.

 

[Nita81]

Man, isn't that just annoying to no end!!!!??? Well the good news is that they will give you a credit. I wish we could find more of this stuff locally. Does ULTA sell that product?

I haven't seen avocado butter locally just avocado oil. I'm going to contact hennaforhair.com about my missing amla powder tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get it by 11/13. I planned on getting my sew-in redone and wanted to try my henna and amla treatment.

 

[SparklingFlame]

I went to the Indian store and they had a diff. brand of henna, Nikhar. Has anybody used it? Anyway I put it on my sisters hair. She didnt want any color so I added water and amla oil to it. It sat only for 30 min before I put it on her hair and ya'll it dyed her hair red!!!!!!!!!!! I was like WTF!!!! It didtn have enought time for the dye to relese, or so I thought. Thank God she wasnt that mad. But if any of you sisters want to have color in your hair and dont want to wait 6 - 12 hours or use a terp get the Nikhar brand if you see it in your local store.

 

[carameldiva]

Does the red wine add to the color or is it only for acidity ? Are the cloves for color or scent ?

I use the red wine for the acidity but i think it does add a little to the color.

I use the cloves for scent only.

 

[carameldiva]

I rinsed the henna/indigo/senna mix out at 4:30 and what came i say- my hair is super duper thick this time. The color was like whoa. I could really see a lot of red this time near the ends. Some of my greys tried to make a come back but they are covered. I think this was the best treatment yet. I rinsed twice, shampooed with diluted poo, conditioned with curecare conditioner mixed with molasses and then deep conditioned with lamaur's bone marrow for thirty mins, got up mixed tangerine tickle w/honey, lil molasses and added that and stayed under the dryer for another 30 mins. Combed through and then rinsed out. I could tell that my hair is growing.

 

[stinastina]

I rinsed the henna/indigo/senna mix out at 4:30 and what came i say- my hair is super duper thick this time. The color was like whoa. I could really see a lot of red this time near the ends. Some of my greys tried to make a come back but they are covered. I think this was the best treatment yet. I rinsed twice, shampooed with diluted poo, conditioned with curecare conditioner mixed with molasses and then deep conditioned with lamaur's bone marrow for thirty mins, got up mixed tangerine tickle w/honey, lil molasses and added that and stayed under the dryer for another 30 mins. Combed through and then rinsed out. I could tell that my hair is growing.

I swear after my henna treatment my hair looks longer, too !

 

[AtlantaJJ]

I haven't seen avocado butter locally just avocado oil. I'm going to contact hennaforhair.com about my missing amla powder tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get it by 11/13. I planned on getting my sew-in redone and wanted to try my henna and amla treatment.

So have you really researched and there are no indian stores in your area? I just came home from two mega monster indian stores...what town do you live in?

 

[Nita81]

So have you really researched and there are no indian stores in your area? I just came home from two mega monster indian stores...what town do you live in?

Thanks to your list I saw that there were 2 indian grocery stores 15 mins from me. I did get some amla powder from the store yesterday but I also ordered amla powder from hennaforhair.com on 10/30. Hennaforhair forgot the amla powder on my order. Did you see the Jamila@ Cherians ?

 

[AtlantaJJ]

Thanks to your list I saw that there were 2 indian grocery stores 15 mins from me. I did get some amla powder from the store yesterday but I also ordered amla powder from hennaforhair.com on 10/30. Hennaforhair forgot the amla powder on my order. Did you see the Jamila@ Cherians ?

Sure did, they had the Alma Powder there too, along with everything else on the planet! I had to get outta there fast! I was like Pookie in a crack store!!!

 

[Nita81]

Sure did, they had the Alma Powder there too, along with everything else on the planet! I had to get outta there fast! I was like Pookie in a crack store!!!

Lmao! I was in that store for only 10 minutes cause my bf was with me mumbling about how I didn't need anymore hair products!

 

[L_Mo]

Gosh, I want to read the whole thread... but who has the time! erplexed

OK, I'm going to eat my own words and admit that I just finished reading all 1404 posts in this super-long thread!!!

I did my first henna treatment on Friday and it seems good! My hair is definitely stronger. I'm 12 weeks post-relaxer, so I haven't done much to my hair to really be able to tell the difference. I'm not sure if I like the reddish-tinge, though, and I couldn't find any indigo to counteract the red. I didn't use EVOO in my mix -- next time I will. Today I found some Jamila henna for $1.29 / box, so I'll use that next and compare it to my "Atul" brand that I used last time.

I've still got a question, but I'm gonna start a new thread for simplicity's sake....

Thanks for all the great advice.

 

[NOEChic]

I just ordered my henna and indigo today!!!!! Even though my hair is very short do I still have to leave it on for 2 hrs?

 

[carameldiva]

I just ordered my henna and indigo today!!!!! Even though my hair is very short do I still have to leave it on for 2 hrs?

It is strongly reccommended that you leave it on for 1-6 hours. Longer if you are trying to achieve a serious color deposit.

 

[chocolatesis]

Oh, did you use you you use your Rainbow "black" henna yet? I have that too but haven't tried it yet. Let me know how it works for you.

That's funny about the Pantene Extra Liso line. I read some threads on it and it peaked my pj curiosity but SUPRISE! Low and behold its like the rest of their products... erplexed

I'm so sorry I took so long to answer. I haven't been keeping up with the thread. I actually never bought the Rainbow black henna, just the neutral, and I haven't even used that yet. It's still in my freezer. I've just been using regular henna. HTH

 

[Ponytaildiva]

Thanks, I'm so happy with it. Ok, this sounds like a lot of stuff, but it was really very simple once I understood what you were supposed to do.

I brought my henna from hennaforhair.com. The owner sells body quality henna which can be used safely over other chemicals. I've used commercial dyes and relaxer on my hair so I was worred about interactions between regular henna and my hair.

I got my recipe from hennaforhair too. They actually have bunch of recipes depending on what color you want (http://www.hennaforhair.com/mixes/index.html).

• I mixed:

100g of henna
enough lemon juice concentrate to make an icing-like paste
couple tablespoons of tumeric to warm the color
1/4 cup of amla powder that i also brought from hennaforhair.
2 tablespoons of olive oil to counteract the intensity (and drying) of the lemon concentrate
Some coffee grounds to darken the color (duh! grounds don't dissolve)
20 drops of lemon essential oil (anything will work, but it changed the smell from hay to lemon cake icing, yay)

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• I left it in the garage overnight (about 17 hours) until the dye released. You can tell if it release by leaving a little piece of paper towel in the container. The paper will be stained orange when the dye is ready for use.
• I applied it like you would a relaxer
• Wrapped my head in plastic wrap and sat under under the bonnet dryer for an hour

I think I went a bit overboard on the mix. Next time I henna (this weekend), I'm going to use henna, ACV, and strongly brewed coffee and that's it. I might order more amla powder. My hair loves that stuff. But one thing's for sure, I won't be dying my hair with anything else.

OMG, I would be so afraid to do this! Are you serious Sareca???

 

[alexstin]

MIchellehall LOL!!

What exactly are you afraid of? Making the decision to henna can be a little intimidating but if you get BAQ and do a strand test you can't go wrong.