How to Color Natural Hair with Henna
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Color Hair Naturally with Henna
Summer is coming up which gives everyone a good excuse to update their wardrobe for the up and coming season. How about sprucing up your hair color?
Artificial coloring, high-lighting, streaking and bleaching can cause significant damage and breakage to the hair which can leave it weak, dry and dull. It also may cause irritation of the scalp and even hair loss. There are other ways that can not only color the hair naturally, but give your hair condition and shine. Henna is a facinating way to color hair naturally. Learn about another alternative way to hair color your hair naturally for a new look this Summer!
Artificial coloring, high-lighting, streaking and bleaching can cause significant damage and breakage to the hair which can leave it weak, dry and dull. It also may cause irritation of the scalp and even hair loss. There are other ways that can not only color the hair naturally, but give your hair condition and shine. Henna is a facinating way to color hair naturally. Learn about another alternative way to hair color your hair naturally for a new look this Summer!
What is Henna?
Henna or Hina (Lawsonia inermis) is a flowing plant that can be found growing in Africa, Southern Asia and Austrailia. Henna is a small tree that can be found with leaves that grow two to four centimeters long. It also grows in mid dry climates. It grows leaves and pedals during the warm months and the leaves turn yellow during the cool months.
produces a red-orange dye molecule, lawsone. This molecule has an affinity for bonding with protein, and thus has been used to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather, silk and wool.
Henna is commercially cultivated in western India, Pakistan, Morocco, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and Libya.
produces a red-orange dye molecule, lawsone. This molecule has an affinity for bonding with protein, and thus has been used to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather, silk and wool.
Henna is commercially cultivated in western India, Pakistan, Morocco, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and Libya.
Henna
Henna Healing Properties
Henna can cure head lice, dandruff, and ringworm.
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Not only can Henna naturally color hair but it can also provide health benefits such as curing head lice, dandruff and ringworm. Please consult a physician before using this alternative to insure that it is safe for you to use.
Make sure to use BODY ART QUALITY HENNA when making the color mixture for your hair.
How to make Henna for your Hair
I personally feel that when you are making and adding the ingredients to make the mixture, that it is essential to use lemon. Many people will tell you to use coffee, tea, wine, or yogurt (I have even found someone that uses red kool-aid to add to the mixture!!) but I feel that the best results for what you want is to stick to the basics. Please look at this video on how to mix the ingredients together.
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Best Way to Apply your Dye!!!
Soft 'N Style Applicator Bottle with Angle Tip
8.5 oz.
There is more than one way to apply the henna
to your hair, but I have just found this applicator to be one of the best ways to keep your henna (especially when you are reapplying it to your roots) exactly where you want it....on your hair. This no spill applicator keeps the paste in a tube so that you have the ability to place it uniformly in your roots. This applicator is one of the essential products that you can use to apply and reapply the henna to your hair and roots.
Coloring Virgin Hair vs Color Treated Hair with Henna
Henna may be an alternative to using artificial dyes, but you need to be careful with colored treated hair. The hair color that you currently have in the hair my not look the same based upon the chemicals/dyes that were already added to the hair prior. I recommend to consult a hair stylist before taking on the task of dying color treated hair. On the other hand, for virgin (not dyed or chemically treated hair) this may be an alternative to chemical dyes and other artificial coloring.
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Henna Blogs
- Slideshow: 'Henna Crowns' Turn Bald Heads Into Works Of Art
- ?Henna Heals? ? that's the name of a new Toronto team of artists whose exquisite, hand-painted ?henna crowns? turn the bald heads of women who have lost their hair to chemotherapy into inspiring works of art. Photographer Frances Darwin, its founder, ...
- Lush's Henna Hair Dye
- The secret to damage-free dyes lies in Lush's Caca Noir henna treatment. Yes, henna is the stuff you got painted on your hand at the Boardwalk when you were in middle school. However, these henna hair dyes come in blocks (sans any plastic packaging for ...
- Sienna Miller's green hair disaster with henna
- She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''I've had some real hair disasters. I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition thinking I was being clever as it's natural. ''Little did I know it was the worst thing I could have done as it coats the ...
Need to Mix Your Concoction
Trudeau Melamine Mixing Bowls, Set of 3
It is important to have a mixing bowl to add your henna
and other ingredients. Make sure that the bowl that you use used for henna
ONLY. Make sure that it is durable and a bowl that you can reuse. I choose these bowls because they are the right side and come in all kinds of colors for you to choose from.
How to Apply Henna to Your Hair
This was the best video that I could find that could help me with applying henna
to African American hair. It like this video because it shows how much you REALLY need to add on to the hair for the results that you want. Don't be shy with the amount of henna
that you add to the hair. Please look at this video to see the before and after.
to African American hair. It like this video because it shows how much you REALLY need to add on to the hair for the results that you want. Don't be shy with the amount of henna
that you add to the hair. Please look at this video to see the before and after.
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Make Sure to Add Lemon!
ReaLemon 100% Lemon Juice
2/48 oz. btls.
There are many ingredients that you can use to add to your henna, but I recommend lemon juice. It gives the hair a richer fuller color. You have the option to use other kinds of acidic ingredients if you don't have lemons or lemon juice. If you want to use an alternative to lemons or lemon juice because you don't have it or it causes an allergic reaction, you can also use orange juice
, grapefruit juice
, herbal teas
, wine or vinegar
. Keep it Clean with Gloves
Latex gloves, Medical grade powder free, 100 box med
Henna not only can change the color of your hair but anything that it comes in contact with. Many individuals apply henna
with their fingers only. If you are not comfortable with tinting your hands and fingers, I recommend latex cloves (or non latex if you are allergic to latex) they are cheap and have many that come in one bag. If you are going to henna your hair on a regular basis, I would recommend for your to buy a bag of gloves to keep with your other materials and should one of the essential products you should keep on hand.
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Have you ever added Henna to your Hair?
If you use this natural way to henna
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enjoyecigs
Apr 27, 2012 @ 11:24 pm | delete
- great lens! gonna have to try this!
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LubosLabik
Apr 22, 2012 @ 2:38 pm | delete
- No. Sorry for this strict answer, but I'm bold :D :D
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Apr 8, 2012 @ 1:58 am | delete
- Great lens. I'm currently waiting before I wash the Henna out of my hair. I'm going back to using Henna after using chemical hair dyes again which always gave me a painful itchy head while I waited. Having just discovered new allergies, Henna is really the only safe way I can still dye my hair. The smooth shiny feel it gives my hair is just an added bonus.
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seriouslyafrolicious
Feb 6, 2012 @ 4:56 pm | delete
- I have always wanted to try henna. This is helpful info
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apollosan
Jan 2, 2012 @ 7:22 pm | delete
- this is such a great thing to know 'Artificial coloring, high-lighting, streaking and bleaching can cause significant damage and breakage to the hair which can leave it weak, dry and dull. " more power....
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