HENNA ANYONE...

[BeautifulFlower]

Can you buy henna in the stores?

Today is Friday, I want to perm my hair on Tuesday, can I henna on a Saturday and that be ok?

Responses Please!!!!

 

[musiclova]

Hi, I just did my first henna today and I am natural but after reading alot and learning from others who use it regularly. It is fine for you to use pure henna on chemically treated hair...be it relaxed or color treated. b/c it is all natural...Pure henna gives off a red dye no other color...There are no blonde or black hennas. These are what they call compound henna which consists of metallic salts which can harm chemically treated hair...Have you heard of hennaforhair.com?? If not I would suggest you read the ebook on henna b/c it is very informative and helped me do a successful henna treatment. They also have a forum so you can ask other henna heads as many questions as you want. Good luck. HTH and Happy Hennaeing!!

 

[ajargon02]

Can you buy henna in the stores?

Today is Friday, I want to perm my hair on Tuesday, can I henna on a Saturday and that be ok?

Responses Please!!!!

Yes as long as the henna you are using is BAQ (body art quality). If you don't get that, and you buy some stuff from the store, and it's got metals or other fillers in it, when you perm it can react and possibly melt your hair. Check out this info from Mehandi.
http://www.mehandi.com/shop/brunette/brunette.pdf
I know that Catherine has something on there that speaks directly to women with relaxers but I don't remember where I read it at.
As the article states toward the bottom:
"You can safely apply body art quality henna and indigo over dyed, bleached, and chemically treated hair"

Also Catherine's page says the following:

What is compound henna? The commercially available henna hair dyes come in "colors", such as black, brunette, chestnut, blonde, and so on, are compound hennas. The manufacturers take lower quality henna and add toxic metal salts, chemical dyes, other ingredienst, even para-phenylenediamine, to create a range of colors! These added ingredients are often not listed, because the third world countries of origin do not require declarations for cosmetics, and once exported to the west; there is no requirement that the additives be declared. These pre-packaged hennas are often termed "natural herbal henna". This is very misleading, as these are not natural products; they are full of chemicals. Metallic salts alter and fix color in lieu of higher quality henna. The compound henna metallic salts can react disastrously with synthetic hair dye, seriously damaging hair. Many "henna colors" are created with metallic salts. The most frequently used material is lead acetate, though silver nitrate, copper, nickel, cobalt, bismuth and iron salts have also been used. Dyes with lead acetate gradually deposit a mixture of lead sulfide and lead oxide on the hair shaft. When you hear that henna has "metal", "lead", or "coats the hair" and "leaves it brittle", that refers to a compound henna dye, full of these toxic junk.
Hair bleach, permanent hair color, and permanent wave solution are a disastrous combination with compound (metallic salt) henna dyes. These can result in green, purple, or totally fried hair. Body art quality henna does NOT have metals, lead, nor does it "coat the hair". Pure body art quality henna penetrates and binds with your hair’s keratin, and makes the hair thick, strong and silky!

Figure 3: Old packages of "henna hair dye" that contained little or no henna ​

Copyright © 2006 Catherine Cartwright-Jones Tapdancing Lizard

I would ask you to be very careful, b/c when you buy henna from a store, you really don't know what's in it, the quality, or age of the henna

Here it is!

"Henna works wonders on African hair! It doesn’t dye the hair red, but it does give red highlights, relaxes the hair and makes it silky. Body art quality henna will rinse out of locks, braids, and curls, and can be used over relaxed hair."
This quote was taken directly from page 6 of the linked article. It's right under the photo of the chick with natural hair. Hth!
http://www.mehandi.com/shop/hennahow.pdf

 

[BeautifulFlower]

Thank you I am on the search for henna