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0:04 – before and after pictures
0:37 – intro and what you’ll need to dye your hair
03:25 – doing the strand tests
07:03 – finished strand test and mixing the of henna
08:56 – the next day. pre-application preparations
09:38 – henna application
11:22 – finished hair after application; products used to rinse out and style
14:40 – my opinions on the results
Blog post:
http://curlsandblossoms.blogspot.com/2013/01/dying-my-hair-with-henna.html
2 Month Update/All About Henna:
I bought my henna and amla from mehandi.com (west coast based):
http://www.mehandi.com/shop/hairhenna.html
Body Art Quality Ancient Sunrise® Henna for Hair Kit: Red
If you want to buy henna and live on the east coast shipping may be cheaper from:
http://www.hennasooq.com/
What will your hair look like with henna? Check out this table:
http://www.hennaforhair.com/mixes/hairtable/
Recipe I used:
300g henna
100g amla
~4-5 cups of very diluted lemon juice
I mixed this up, let it sit overnight, added more water, and then applied the henna to my hair. I left it in for about 3 1/2 hours, before rinsing it out.
I probably could have used half or less of the amount of dye powder I bought. I am going to freeze the rest of the henna. And we did Nishita’s hair later that week. 🙂 I guestimate that I could have mixed 150g of henna and 50g of amla. That would be better for waist length hair with layers. All the estimates online told me to mix 500g though, which would have been wayyy too much.
Shower products:
Suave naturals coconut conditioner (to scrub the scalp)
Shea Moisture Thickening Shampoo (for adding cleansing)
GVP Matrix Biolage conditioning balm – I should have skipped this and gone straight to a deep treatment
Curl Junkie Banana Hibiscus Deep Treatment – this took away the dry, tangled feel of my hair
Tangle Teezer Brush
Styling:
Kinky curly knot today leave in
Curly hair solutions curl keeper
Aussie instant freeze gel
For more info on henna check out:
http://hennaforhair.com/
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