100% Pure Henna Powder, 100 Gram

I rarely write any reviews but I have to brag on these non-toxic hair coloring product. I have been looking for a very long time for something non-toxic to color my hair. Here is my experience: I have fine and slightly curly (frizzy) hair that is now a natural salt & pepper color (more salt than pepper) and my husband has soft but not as fine hair that is now naturally all salt color. My husband was very skeptical but as a cancer survivor had been urging me to find an alternative to the harsh coloring chemicals that we were previously using. I used myself as the "guinea pig" and did my hair first. To give you some background, I did not color my hair for almost a year and did not use any conditioner when washing my hair for that same period. My hair didn't have any chemical build-up. I purchased the following 3 products from Amazon and used the following recipe: - 50 g Hannah Natural 100% Pure Henna Powder, 100 Gram (Red/Copper Color) - 50 g Hannah Natural 100% Pure Indigo Powder for Hair Dye, 100 Gram (Black Color) - 2 tablespoons Hesh Herbal Amla / Indian Gooseberry Powder For Dark & Healthy Hair Naturally - 100 gms hesg (Conditioner Powder) - Dash of regular table salt (helps to release colors) I mixed these dry ingredients ensuring that there are no lumps. Then I mixed in: - 1 tablespoon Olive Oil (makes it much easier to work with and saturates much hair better) - 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice (also helps to release colors) - Few drops of aroma skin quality essential oil (optional - decreases strong tea-like smell, because I don't like tea or its smell) - Hot water - about 1.5 cups, enough to make cake batter consistency mixture. I used a hand whip from my kitchen to ensure it was properly mixed and lump free. Then I let it sit till it cools down enough so as not to burn my scalp. When cool, I saturated my whole head - actually over-saturated - and worked it into every strand of hair ensuring that every strand had equal coverage. Then I got some paper towels and rolled them into a loose roll to wrap around my neck as a drip catcher. Then I used plastic wrap from my kitchen and wrapped my whole head with it, catching the upper edge of the paper towel roll to keep dripping to a minimum. Then I set my timer for 1.5 hours. I was really excited to rinse my hair and see how it came out. I was absolutely delighted!!! My natural color is dark brown and this new color was slightly more like a dark copper brown color and turned out beautiful. My color looks very natural and suits my skin tones. My first coloring lasted 2 months and then I was starting to see some white peeking through. So, I did it again. I have attached a picture that shows the top of my head about 2 weeks after my second coloring. Now my husband was a different story. He is much more conscious of his "salt" colored hair. He insisted on keeping the store bought colorings going until he could see how my Henna coloring came out. He is also a huge fan of hair conditioner. So, his hair had a great deal of chemical build up. For my husband's first coloring, I used the same recipe that I had used on my own hair. Unfortunately, it turned his hair an orange/red. It was by no means an ugly color just not very natural looking with his skin tone. After some trial and error colors (we did about 3 colorings in one weekend, we came up with the perfect color combination for him). His natural color is an ash brown color. To get close to his natural color that would work for his skin tone, I used the following recipe on his hair and it came out a darker brown with a slight tinge of copper when the light hits it the right way..... looks very healthy and natural..... makes him look very handsome. Here's the final recipe that worked well on my husband 25 g Hannah Natural 100% Pure Henna Powder (Red/Copper Color) 75 g Hannah Natural 100% Pure Indigo Powder for Hair Dye (Black Color) 2 tablespoons Hesh Herbal Amla / Indian Gooseberry Powder For Dark & Healthy Hair Naturally (Conditioner Powder) Dash of regular table salt (helps to release colors) I mixed these dry ingredients ensuring that there are no lumps. Then I mixed in: 2 tablespoon Olive Oil (makes it much easier to work with and saturates much hair better) 2 tablespoon Lemon Juice (also helps to release colors) Didn't use any aroma essential oil because my husband loves tea and the smell of tea. Hot water - about 1 3/4 cups, enough to make cake batter consistency mixture. I used a hand whip from my kitchen to ensure it was properly mixed and lump free. Again, I let it sit till it cooled down enough to put on his scalp. His scalp was much more sensitive than mine, which mean the mixture was hardly luke-warm. I then over-saturated his whole head and worked it into every strand of hair ensuring that nothing had been missed. Then I wrapped the paper towel around his neck and wrapped his whole head with plastic wrap and set the timer for 3 hours (double the time I needed). At the end of the 3 hours, his hair was amazing. So, please don't discredit these non-toxic products if your first try didn't work like you had hoped. Sometimes, you have to do some trial and error colorings till you are pleased with the results. Additional benefits that we have discovered when using these products are: - the hair fall-out has decreased significantly. We used to have a huge ball of hair on the shower floor drain after each hair washing. That has now decreased to just a few hairs after each washing. - another change is that we no longer use conditioner after shampooing. Our hair is soft and fluffy and easily managed. A little hair spray keeps it in place all day long. - the color also seems to last much longer than the store bought colors we previously used. I always did my husband's colorings and had to ensure that I made time every two weeks to color his hair. Now, I do his coloring's once a month or so. - the price for each coloring has also significantly decreased, leaving me more shopping money.

I was sceptical at first, I've been a henna head for 7 years but I've only used Jamila and other BAQ brands. To my surprise this stuff works great! The henna does mix to be rather glue-y and clumpy, but I didn't use more that usual and it applies easy enough. It was a lot more sandy than what I'm used to but the dye itself released nicely and looks awesome on my hair. It comes with a shower cap that was useful. I have thick, bra strap length hair and one box covered my whole head. My hair is naturally brown with some greys. Also, do NOT follow the instruction leaflet. A few points as to why: -henna applies the easiest on clean, wet hair. Not dry. -mixture should be left for a few hours before applying, I leave mine overnight. This allows the dye to release, paste will be ready when there are little pools of red dye on it. Mix again and you're good to go. -do NOT dry your hair with a hair dryer afterwards. Why would they tell you this?! AVOID heat, it will cause the henna to oxidize quicker and will leave you with a browner shade. Overall it's a nice quality henna. Please keep carrying this Amazon!!

I had never used Henna before this product and i love it! Ive just ordered more. The smell is pretty mild and planty/earthy, not like perfumed chemical hairdyes. I did find that I really had to pay attention and paint it on (I used a cheap bristle paint brush) in small sections as it's difficult to go back in and check because this stuff isnt slick/slimy like reg hair dye, rather it is more of a paste and kind of matts. The initial color is quite bright, but it does deepen over a week. I didn't have any problems with it dyeing my tub or pillowcases. Oh, and apparently my husband likes redheads. ;)

My hair is down past my shoulder blades and it's pretty thin from me overdoing my layering. I used lush's caca rouge on it a month before and wasn't impressed with the result. Before that My hair was chemically bleached and colored and bleached again several times over the past 2 years. It took two boxes (200g) to do my hair, which was a relief because I had been studying up on henna online before I decided to start using it and I read that it would take somewhere between 300-500g to do my hair. I bought 6 boxes so now I have enough for two more applications! The henna itself is really green and is very fine. I didn't use the box instructions, instead I went with the suggestions of most henna sites I looked through and used lemon juice and water. I'm guestimating it was a 1lemon juice : 3 water ratio. I didn't use actual lemon, I used the juice from the grocery store which is made from concentrate. I also didn't want to use a lot of lemon, because I wanted a dark red. I mixed until it was a little thicker than yogurt and left the bowl covered, in a warm place overnight to let the dye release. Then I applied it generously to my hair making sure to section my hair into small sections and really worked it in. Then I wrapped my hair in saran wrap, put a plastic shower cap over that, and then wrapped a bandana around it. Then I left the house and ran errands for about 6 hours and then came back and washed it out, using conditioner to help me get the grit out. I am not a huge fan of the henna smell so I added ginger powder (ginger pretty much negates the henna smell), clove powder, and allspice to the mix. It smelled heavenly. I was standing in the front of a store looking at a display while I still had the henna processing in my hair and I heard someone say "this store smells so good!" when they walked in. It wasn't the stores scent, it was me! ;) The mix makes you smell like a warm autumn pie. The color coming out of the shower was gorgeous. It darkened and got even more gorgeous and settled into a beautiful dark red-orange after 4 days. My roots are still a little bit darker than the rest of my hair, but they blend well. I was at the farmers market and someone complimented my hair even though it was just messily put up in a bun. I cannot speak for the longevity of the color yet, because it's only been 6 days, so I will update again in a few weeks! *Update:* It's been a little over the month and the color has faded out pretty much completely to the red/copper that my hair was before. The color was gorgeous but really just lacks the longevity I was hoping for. I'm not completely bummed, before this my color was barely lasting 3 weeks before I needed to go over it again, getting 5 weeks out of this color is great. The color on my roots is looking much better, so maybe it has something to do with how overprocessed my hair is. I went in for a trim yesterday and the hairdresser emphasized how dry my hair was, which could also be the issue. It also could have been my shampoo, I was using radiant red for a few weeks and then switched to Paul Mitchells Tea Tree stuff and while using both my hair never really felt clean. Overall I'm still really pleased with the henna. It did thicken up my hair and made it feel a lot better immediately after I used it and I'm in love with the color. I also still have a bunch so I'm going to use it up and then I might try the henna for hair websites henna to see if there's any difference.

THE PROS 1. My hair color looks great. I get a lot of compliments! 2. Super cheap. It takes 1 box to do my shoulder-length hair. 3. It's natural 4. It covers my greys THE CONS 1. Difficult to apply on your own. The consistency is like mud, and I make a mess. I've been applying it outside, but I'm not sure what I'll do when winter comes. 2. It doesn't smell great, but I've taken the advice of other reviewers and add lemon juice and spices to make it smell better. 3. The gloves that come in the box are terrible. I recommend buying your own gloves. 4. It takes me a couple of days to have the water run clear in the shower, even if I wash my hair multiple times. VERDICT: The pros outweigh the cons. I'm a customer for the foreseeable future! EXTRA TIP: I'm on my 3rd application. On my first application, my hair turned a brassy color, and I did a bunch of research to figure out how to fix it. The answer -- purple shampoo! And it worked!