Do ya'll henna?

[january noir]

I read every post on henna and still dont understand,it was a lot of mix information after readin over every 249 post which took me a week ta finish reading it.

MIX
DULHAN DELUXE MIX BOX HAS A (LADY ON FRONT/COLORED HANDS ON BACK)
LEMON JUICE
OLIVE OIL
CONDITIONER
WATER

its so thick i cant even stir it ,cover with saran wrap leave in garbage for 2 days straight.APPLY it to my dry hair managin it in, waitin for 6 hours wash it out 8 times.after wash my hair dry as hell .
add some leave in (used whole bottle of motion leave in),then deep conditon with dove/suave/oil for 6 hour etc my hair still dry /tangle/rough feelin .
I sat in front of my son fan to airdry with coconut oil/dap of conditoner/and oil plait untill the next morning it still feel straw like i hate this ****.So i comb out my plaits hair fallin everywhere how mad i am about this so i flat iron untill i deep condition again later on till then i hate HENNA what did i do wrong.

Don't use lemon juice or any other acid. It's not needed and it's very drying on MOST heads. Some people use it successfully, but I believe if left out altogether, their results would be better.

 

[Aggie]

Don't use lemon juice or any other acid. It's not needed and it's very drying on MOST heads. Some people use it successfully, but I believe if left out altogether, their results would be better.

I agree especially since you left your henna to release color for 2 whole days. I never use terps anymore. The first time I tried henna I did use apple cider vinegar and it left my hair incredibly dry so much so that I had to baggy my hair for days and deep condition every 2 days for a whole week to get the suppleness back. Then I tried it withou the terps and it was wonderful. You have to wash the henna out with some cheapie conditioner like V05 or suave to help soften it up some. Also if your water is hard, that could be a contributing drying factor as well.

 

[loveable37]

I i will try it one more time by orderin another kind (THANK U!
I still have some left over in frig should i throw it away or add more stuff to it cause its too thick like clay .what else shoud i add to it simple

 

[anahnamuslyyours]

Henna'd last night (on detangled olive oil covered hair) with a simple mixture of henna (from Henna For Hair), boiled cranberry juice, honey and some liquid pectin to gel it up a bit. I used an applicator brush and applied in 4 sections. Rinsed out each section and then applied my cheapie conditioner/olive oil mix. I'm not taking the condition out until later on tonight, but when detangling to before added the conditioner, everything seemed to be going extremely well.

 

[miss Congeniality]

My hair feels so much better, I had little to no shedding.

 

[loveable37]

I am kinda loving it now its day 2 and my hair thick/soft/and feels like i been ta the salon .
Now i cant stop combin in it my next wash day will be in a month just jokin my hair looks like it grow a inch (na)its so thick soft .

Henna to stay!!!!!!!!!
now i got to know what to buy.a nice lady on here send me some HENNA in the mail how nice of her.
i still have some made up in the freezer when i get ready for it i am gonna mix more to it so my hair want be dry no more or i just order some more.

 

[january noir]

I i will try it one more time by orderin another kind (THANK U!
I still have some left over in frig should i throw it away or add more stuff to it cause its too thick like clay .what else shoud i add to it simple

Toss it. Start from scratch unless you are not able to buy more.

 

[loveable37]

ok
sure will

 

[Rae1234]

i want to buy henna is this website safe http://www.mehndiskinart.com/hair_henna_dye.htm

or this website
http://www.everydayhenna.com/

 

[Aggie]

i want to buy henna is this website safe http://www.mehndiskinart.com/hair_henna_dye.htm

or this website
http://www.everydayhenna.com/

Yes I order most of my products wholesale from www.mehndiskinart.com. As for everydayhenna, I can't give feedback on that one as I have never ordered from them.

 

[Rae1234]

Yes I order most of my products wholesale from www.mehndiskinart.com. As for everydayhenna, I can't give feedback on that one as I have never ordered from them.

thanks! where can i find indigo

 

[Miss*Tress]

I i will try it one more time by orderin another kind (THANK U!
I still have some left over in frig should i throw it away or add more stuff to it cause its too thick like clay .what else shoud i add to it simple

Toss it. Start from scratch unless you are not able to buy more.

And if you have any left over next time, put it in the freezer, not the fridge.

 

[Aggie]

thanks! where can i find indigo

Same place as above and also www.hennaforhair.com.

 

[Rae1234]

Same place as above and also www.hennaforhair.com.

thanks!

 

[Misseyl]

Did my Henna this weekend, here's what I did:
Mixed it with distilled water and waited 12hrs for the dye to release. Apply it to clean dry hair and slept in it overnight and wash it out after about 14hrs.
Washed it out with a cheapie conditioner, used CON shampoo 4x then put in ph stabilizer then rinse. The result was amazing, beautiful sheen with red highlights. I couldn't ask for a better color. I'll be repeating this again in another 16/18 weeks..

Just want to add because I slept in the Henna my urine the following day was black.. I passed urine twice with the same effect. However, I noticed this morning it went back to is normal hue..

 

[BeautifulFlower]

Did my Henna this weekend, here's what I did:
Mixed it with distilled water and waited 12hrs for the dye to release. Apply it to clean dry hair and slept in it overnight and wash it out after about 14hrs.
Washed it out with a cheapie conditioner, used CON shampoo 4x then put in ph stabilizer then rinse. The result was amazing, beautiful sheen with red highlights. I couldn't ask for a better color. I'll be repeating this again in another 16/18 weeks..

Just want to add because I slept in the Henna my urine the following day was black.. I passed urine twice with the same effect. However, I noticed this morning it went back to is normal hue..

What?!?!?!?! It does that?

 

[january noir]

Just want to add because I slept in the Henna my urine the following day was black.. I passed urine twice with the same effect. However, I noticed this morning it went back to is normal hue..

:scratchch: I've never heard of this before EVER!

 

[Misseyl]

What?!?!?!?! It does that?

Yep, it happened to me, when I peed it looked like the color of Coke I then started to drink a lot of water and my 2nd pee was still black. Today I peed the normal color. I don't know why the color would change if it wasn't because of the Henna... I've never experienced that before.

 

[trinidarkie1]

This is a lot of info. I've read the information and I'm kinda scared now.
IT seems like only natural ppl henna or something? Or is it that permed ppl can only use the Pure Henna?

All of this overnight mixing and applying for two hours and all that is a lot of work man, and I have no friends nearby and I read that you shouldn't do it alone.

Someone also suggested Jasmine/Jamila as a good brand. Is that true?

I think I might just stick to the regular rinse or some thing.

 

[january noir]

This is a lot of info. I've read the information and I'm kinda scared now.
IT seems like only natural ppl henna or something? Or is it that permed ppl can only use the Pure Henna?

All of this overnight mixing and applying for two hours and all that is a lot of work man, and I have no friends nearby and I read that you shouldn't do it alone.

Someone also suggested Jasmine/Jamila as a good brand. Is that true?

I think I might just stick to the regular rinse or some thing.

It's not the difficult. People either do too much or don't do enough.

• You mix your henna (buy from mehandi.com or hennasooq.com) with just warm water and amla or olive oil. DO NOT add any acid like lemon juice, etc. to your mix - it can lead to dry, breakage-prone hair.
• Let the mix sit for 4-5 hours or overnight to allow the color to release.
• Apply to well conditioned, clean, damp hair (do a moisturizing deep conditioner without protein before you do a henna treatment )
• Cover your hair with a plastic cap or plastic wrap like Saran wrap for 3 hours at least.
• Rinse well with water and a cheap conditioner like VO5 or Suave. Do not shampoo.
• Do another moisturizing conditioner after your henna treatment.

 

[trinidarkie1]

January Noir, I'm holding you personally responsible for my hair if I come out look like goat vomit green
The purpose of henna for me is to color my hair instead of using a rinse. So I would apply the henna first, and then apply the indigo? Or can I mix the two?

It's not the difficult. People either do too much or don't do enough.

• You mix your henna (buy from mehandi.com or hennasooq.com) with just warm water and amla or olive oil. DO NOT add any acid like lemon juice, etc. to your mix - it can lead to dry, breakage-prone hair.
• Let the mix sit for 4-5 hours or overnight to allow the color to release.
• Apply to well conditioned, clean, damp hair (do a moisturizing deep conditioner without protein before you do a henna treatment )
• Cover your hair with a plastic cap or plastic wrap like Saran wrap for 3 hours at least.
• Rinse well with water and a cheap conditioner like VO5 or Suave. Do not shampoo.
• Do another moisturizing conditioner after your henna treatment.

 

[january noir]

January Noir, I'm holding you personally responsible for my hair if I come out look like goat vomit green
The purpose of henna for me is to color my hair instead of using a rinse. So I would apply the henna first, and then apply the indigo? Or can I mix the two?

It shouldn't come out goat vomit green *** JN pondering what that would look like *** :scratchch

For the 2-step process - for the blackest effect

• You do your henna first and rinse out.
• Then you mix your indigo and appy right after mixing. There is no color release with indigo so you mix and apply immediately.

For the 1-step process - for more deep brown to black effect

• Mix henna, let sit for color release.
• Once color has been released, mix up your indigo
• Mix henna and indigo together. The more indigo you add to the henna, the darker it will be. Read Catherine's How-to-Henna Guide to get the right ratios/proportions when mixing henna and indigo for black or dark brown tones.

 

[trinidarkie1]

Girl I read it! That's where I got the goat vomit green comment from I think
Okay, so I am a believer again on the Henna. I have to wait until next week to order this stuff. You LHCF'rs are making life expensive for me again

Thanks SO MUCH though! So much!

It shouldn't come out goat vomit green *** JN pondering what that would look like *** :scratchch

For the 2-step process - for the blackest effect

• You do your henna first and rinse out.
• Then you mix your indigo and appy right after mixing. There is no color release with indigo so you mix and apply immediately.

For the 1-step process - for more deep brown to black effect

• Mix henna, let sit for color release.
• Once color has been released, mix up your indigo
• Mix henna and indigo together. The more indigo you add to the henna, the darker it will be. Read Catherine's How-to-Henna Guide to get the right ratios/proportions when mixing henna and indigo for black or dark brown tones.

 

[HERicane10]

It shouldn't come out goat vomit green *** JN pondering what that would look like *** :scratchch

For the 2-step process - for the blackest effect

• You do your henna first and rinse out.
• Then you mix your indigo and appy right after mixing. There is no color release with indigo so you mix and apply immediately.

For the 1-step process - for more deep brown to black effect

• Mix henna, let sit for color release.
• Once color has been released, mix up your indigo
• Mix henna and indigo together. The more indigo you add to the henna, the darker it will be. Read Catherine's How-to-Henna Guide to get the right ratios/proportions when mixing henna and indigo for black or dark brown tones.

@ goat vomit green
The two-step process gives the BESTEST Black ever! I loooove indigo!

 

[Irresistible]

I cannot believe how long this thread is, geesh!

 

[trinidarkie1]

Has any one posted from our LHCF sister at
http://stinastina.ecrater.com/category.php?cid=420417

 

[baddison]

It shouldn't come out goat vomit green *** JN pondering what that would look like *** :scratchch

For the 2-step process - for the blackest effect

• You do your henna first and rinse out.
• Then you mix your indigo and appy right after mixing. There is no color release with indigo so you mix and apply immediately.

For the 1-step process - for more deep brown to black effect

• Mix henna, let sit for color release.
• Once color has been released, mix up your indigo
• Mix henna and indigo together. The more indigo you add to the henna, the darker it will be. Read Catherine's How-to-Henna Guide to get the right ratios/proportions when mixing henna and indigo for black or dark brown tones.

I downloaded the book...can't wait to try this!! How often do you have to perform "touch-ups" ??

 

[Br*nzeb*mbsh~ll]

Okay, so why did i use henna with a splash of coconut and amla oil with cool water....and my few new grey hairs turned orange? Thank God I already had Black Rose Mehandi on my hair, it did not alter that color - at all! Jeesh!!!. I didn't even let the color release out of the henna AND my palms are orange.... It's funny, and strange....what happened?

I only wanted Henna for conditioning and thickening properties...Can someone address this please?

Sareca, Sareca...!!>>!!

Bumping for some expertise, here.....

I would also like to Henna often to thicken my hair...how often could i do it??? >once i get it right, that is...

 

[january noir]

I downloaded the book...can't wait to try this!! How often do you have to perform "touch-ups" ??

As often as you want! I touch up with henna and indigo when my gray hairs are too many for my tastes and my new growth shows my natural color (dark auburn).

Okay, so why did i use henna with a splash of coconut and amla oil with cool water....and my few new grey hairs turned orange? Thank God I already had Black Rose Mehandi on my hair, it did not alter that color - at all! Jeesh!!!. I didn't even let the color release out of the henna AND my palms are orange.... It's funny, and strange....what happened?

I only wanted Henna for conditioning and thickening properties...Can someone address this please?

Sareca, Sareca...!!>>!!

Bumping for some expertise, here.....

I would also like to Henna often to thicken my hair...how often could i do it??? >once i get it right, that is...

The thing about henna is that dye release is almost instantaneous in most cases, depending on the quality of the henna. We let it sit longer so that the tones will be deeper. That's another reason why many of us have posted that you don't have to let it sit more than several hours ESPECIALLY if you plan on using indigo afterwards (2-step) or mix with henna (1-step). Use gloves even when mixing so you don't risk your hands getting colored.

If you want the conditioning qualities of henna without the color, use Cassia. I've used Cassia only once and it was pretty good. I have some more in storage, but my fixation is with henna and indigo to get jet black hair.

 

[january noir]

Has any one posted from our LHCF sister at
http://stinastina.ecrater.com/category.php?cid=420417

I checked it out briefly. I am happy to see our Stinastina with her business up and running!