r/henna

Hi guys! I use Nupur Henna Godrej henna powder to dye my hair but it shows up kind of orange on my dark brown hair. My goal is to achieve a deep burgundy overtone to my hair. Are there any natural additives I can add to my henna powder to achieve this color? If so, where can I buy? Thanks!

Will the black/dark brown hair look funny after henna?

I’ve tried to access it multiple times all day to save the pdfs so I can print them :( it keeps saying the website is not available

I dye my hair due to premature greying, but I wanna do something more exotic, like blonde or fully grey style

Do I gotta grow out the henna first ,then dye?

Hey

I was wondering whether its possible to check whether the henna is authentic. I have used henna lately called Merhaba, just something I saw in the store and bought but it gave very little color and also I noticed it did not bleed at all after I washed it, is this the mark of authentic henna or the opposite?

I prepared it with lemon juice and hot/to warm water and left it for 6 hours.

Hello,

I’m looking for advice on dyeing just my roots. I use It’s Pure auburn dye. However, I want to avoid henna build-up, which is why I only want to dye my roots. Now, that’s a challenge. I have a lot of fine, curly hair. I understand that you should apply henna to clean, damp hair without any products in it. However, without conditioner or a hair mask after washing, my hair is a huge, tangled mess. Especially when it’s wet or damp. Dividing the hair into sections is virtually impossible in that condition. Does anyone have any tips on the best way to tackle this?

Thanks.

I try to do just my roots but it’s hard not to get it everywhere else (especially the back of my head). I end up getting frustrated and just cover my whole head each time. :/ There has to be some tricks I am not aware of.

Hello everyone,

I need some advice and your thoughts about henna in general these days. Has anything changed?

I am in Bulgaria and I am looking for a good henna brand.

I have medium-dark brown hair and I love the copper highlighs henna gives me.

Some background: I used to dye my hair with Khadi henna for years. However, in the past few months, it fails to add any color on my hair. I have tried the henna fox brand we have here, but it is not much better and it is much harder to apply as the powder is not as fine as khadi. I now found a solid bar henna from lush and will try it next. I hope the solid part and assisting oils in it might help. Obviously, I am not expecting crazy dying results due to my natural hair color but, I want to see the red-copper tints I used to get the previous years. The lower parts of my hair still hold the henna color from before, but my roots are getting browner and browner. I use sulfate free shampoo and conditioner to avoid the henna color being stripped out.

Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is it possible my hair changed through the years? Or, has the quality of pigment in henna decreased? Does anyone know of a henna brand available in southern Europe that has good color potency? Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated 😊🙏

Has anyone used the brand Nupur or Vatika?

What are your opinions on them?

So, I bought of henna powder probably a year ago in the eventually event I would dye my hair with it. I’ve never dyed my hair permanently with anything before so this is a bit nerve wracking for me. I just mixed a bowl of henna to finally take the plunge.

Vitamatic organics, organic henna powder.

I’m technically a red head and I have a lot of red in my very dark brown hair. My goal is to make the red that is my hair naturally pop more.

I’ve tested my hair off my head a few times. It gets the red I do want. The problem is not the dying part of the whole thing. It’s the after.

I didn’t really think about my shampoo in the decision. So I use medicated/prescription ketoconazole 2% shampoo, once a week. It’s one of those things where I can’t not use it. My scalp gets all fucked if I don’t. ALSO I have to leave it in for at least 5 minutes every time I have to use it. If I don’t, it doesn’t work.

So with something as strong as medicated shampoo. I’m worried there might be an unforeseen chemical reaction.

If anyone has knowledge or advice about this, it would be greatly appreciated. Cause either way I’m gonna fully commit tomorrow to dye everything. Unless someone warns me.

Edit: on the bag, there is no extra ingredients. It’s just plain straight henna. As this a first time, I didn’t wanna mess with mixing any add ins. So just room temp water and the powder. And I’m gonna let it sit over night. More so for nerves, so I have time to really think about this.

Hello everyone! I have a hard time making decisions and am really stuck on this one. I have dark brown hair that is really long and has about 15-20% gray. I have not colored my hair at all in about a whole year, so the grays are long now.

My cousin invited me to a work event of hers this coming Friday. I ordered henna and indigo from henna sooq and it finally arrived yesterday. I had done some research before hand but now I have analysis paralysis and am scared. I did do a patch test for allergies on my skin and on a little hair. No allergic reaction on the skin, and the grays looked orange lol.

I am so overwhelmed by all of the info online. I don’t know what to do. Since the event is on Friday is it too late to henna? Should I just dye with chemical dye at the salon?

I just want my hair to be close to my dark brown color and for my grays to be decently blended. Should I do henna and an overtone mask for now? What would you do?

Hi guys,

I want to use a pure powder henna that I used on my hair: Henne color Paris - copper

I will only prepare it with hot water. It it safe?

Thank you so much

edit: Thank you for the reactions! I put the copper henna on my eyebrows for 15 minutes and now they look natural ginger!! it is perfect!

I colour my hair with chemical dyes for years, levels 5 or 6 (on my hair it is medium to dark brown). I have almost completly gray natural hair (40+, it's genetics, grays started growing in early 20s) but because of profession and environment in general I prefer not to go naturally gray. Because of health I would like to switch from chemical dye to henna. I recently bought henna, brand is khadi, colour is natural hazel, 100% natural. It contains 100 g leaf or fruit powder mix from indigo, henna, amla, bhringaraj and neem. No other ingredients listed. Is it possible to cover grays with this henna at all? How should I start?