Comments on: Coloring Hair with Henna: Non-toxic and Almost Plastic-free

By: ashajuttni

ashajuttni — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:00:13 +0000

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By: Muffazal Tikiwala

Muffazal Tikiwala — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:57:10 +0000

I love henna as it gives great colors and shades. I generally use sesame oil on hair before applying henna as it provides conditioning and also does not let henna stick to the hair.

By: Saltwater

Saltwater — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:53:43 +0000

@BethTerry @Sulamit I just read the instruction sheet that came with my henna and indigo shipment from hennaforhair.com. I’m posting this just as a data point. It says, “Don’t add coffee to your mix. That will make your hair smell bad, give you the jitters, and won’t improve the color.”

So that’s her opinion on the coffee matter, but keep in mind she also says to avoid vinegar, and the only way I get great color from henna is by using vinegar! Her lemon juice recommendation doesn’t work for me at all. Just goes to show we all have different experiences, eh?

(Also I can’t imagine using coffee and having it smell bad – my husband uses a LUSH bath and shower soap that’s made with coffee and he smells divine afterward.)

By: Saltwater

Saltwater — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:28:54 +0000

@Sulamit I totally understand! My hair is long, and I love it and take good care of it, and the idea of damaging it in some permanent way makes me feel sick.

I have a lot of confidence in the hennaforhair.com products (her shopping website is mehandi.com), and tomorrow I’ll be doing an indigo/henna mix to get my now-auburn hair back to it’s natural dark brown! I’ve never used indigo before so I’m really excited to see how it goes. :) Let us know what you choose to do with your hair!

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:13:08 +0000

Oh, and if you or anyone else was wondering… the coffee cone is porcelain, not plastic. :-) http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/04/more-on-coffee-saying-goodbye/

By: Sulamit

Sulamit — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:59:01 +0000

@Saltwater Thanks! When I was young there were rumours about those Henna powders giving other colours than red contained some nasty substances. I know real henna is red. I’ll read about suitable additives at hennaforhair. Due to the length of my hair, I’m scared to end up with a disaster.

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:58:00 +0000

@Saltwater @Sulamit Right. Both of the hennas that I used have indigo in them to make them brown. The Lush henna also has coffee. And I added coffee myself to the Rainbow henna.

By: Saltwater

Saltwater — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:52:13 +0000

@Sulamit Henna is just one color – it’s always a red tone. Anything you see in a box that says it’s a different “color of henna” means it has henna and then something else added to it to get another shade. Often these additives are things you don’t want in your hair – and are responsible for the stylist who tells you that you can’t do a chemical process over hennaed hair. In fact you can, it’s perfectly safe, as long as you used pure henna without additives.

If you go to hennaforhair.com, you can read about how to add cassia and indigo to get a different color than red. But pure henna is only ever going to tint red – the degree of red depends on what you start with (blonde would be a lot red, black hair might just have a deep auburn cast in the sun).

By: Sulamit

Sulamit — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:44:49 +0000

Forgot to mention that my hair is dark blond with some reddish highlights and I got a wonderful auburn colour with Red Henna. Now I’m in my sixties and have very long hair reaching below my buttocks. I’d love to get rid of the grey. Anyone out there with long dark blond hair using Henna? I don’t want my hair to turn red. Any colour of Henna that would just add some red highlights? Any other tips?

By: Sulamit

Sulamit — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:37:48 +0000

@Saltwater You could try and mix Henna with coffee it is perfect for dark hair if you want to avoid any red accents.