A New Henna Thread

[Rozlewis]

how are you ladies mixing the henna before you put in the coconut milk? are you replacing it totally without using other liquids?

@Ltown

I mix my Henna powder with 3/4 of a can of coconut milk and a cup of protein free conditioner. I let this combination sit for about 8 hours. I usually mix it before going to work. I let it sit in a cool dark place to allow for the dye to release. Once I am ready to apply the Henna gloss I add about 1/4 cup of oil to the mixture. I let the Henna stay in my hair overnight. In the morning I cowash it out.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

So what kind of coconut milk are you all using? Also are you adding other ingredients other than henna that may make it an good/bad experience?

@bluenvy
Goya Coconut Milk (in the Mexican Foods Aisle). Didn't add anything but the Henna.

how are you ladies mixing the henna before you put in the coconut milk? are you replacing it totally without using other liquids?

@Ltown
Poured Coconut Milk in a bowl added the Henna to a nice Consistency allowed dye to release. Added NO additional liquids.

I tried it with coconut milk tonight. It worked great. Curls were popping. Idk I guess last time I used coconut milk my hair freaked out but this time, it was great!

@Beamodel
This was the best experience I've had with Henna in my 6-7 years of Henna'ing.
Color was Perfect. Consistency was nice. Rinse Out was easy.

 

[Damaris.Elle]

So what kind of coconut milk are you all using? Also are you adding other ingredients other than henna that may make it an good/bad experience?

-I only use Goya Coconut milk...the other brands I've seen in the store have "coconut milk" too far down on the ingredients list. I also add a lot of honey to my henna mix. So it's henna, coconut milk (how ever much is needed for the henna mixture to get to a kind of thick, mud-like consistency) and honey.

how are you ladies mixing the henna before you put in the coconut milk? are you replacing it totally without using other liquids?

-I don't mix the henna before adding coconut milk. Coconut milk is the only liquid I use and then honey. I sometimes add a little Vo5 conditioner, but most of the time I only use henna, coconut milk and honey.

 

[Ltown]

@Noelle01 , @IDareT'sHair , @Rozlewis @Beamodel , thank you ladies!

 

[flyygirlll2]

I'm currently sitting here with some Surya Brasil Henna Cream (in black) on my hair. It's been an hour so I'm hoping that's sufficient enough cause I have a headache. This cream is pre-mixed.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

@flyygirlll2
Never heard of this. Let me know how it turns out. I hope you get the Color Deposit you want.

 

[Ltown]

I haven't tried straight henna but do i apply to clean wash hair or dry? i'm read the book.

 

[flyygirlll2]

@IDareT'sHair I bought it online but I heard that it's sold at Whole Foods. It turned out ok. My hair looks a little bit darker but not as dark as I'd like. I guess I'd have to do another application.

 

[GGsKin]

I did another henna treatment today with Rajasthani henna (80g) and diluted hibiscus and marshmallow root tea (mixed it up yesterday, left to release and then put in the freezer). Today I added hibiscus (30g), cinnamon, paprika and cayenne before applying to the majority of my hair and leaving for 5hrs (planned to do 3-4).

When I rinsed it out, the colour seemed really prominent. Due to my schedule, I'm about to wash out my DC now and will probably DC overnight tomorrow. Interested to see how this ends up.

ETA: This makes number 4.

 

[Ltown]

I haven't tried straight henna but do i apply to clean wash hair or dry? i'm read the book.

i did the henna with the milk and some tresemme conditioner, it was on 5 min started to itch around temple so i wash it out fast, 5 years ago i had allergic reaction to indigo/henna mix so this was the first time i since then. i guess i will stick to tea rinses.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

i did the henna with the milk and some tresemme conditioner, it was on 5 min started to itch around temple so i wash it out fast, 5 years ago i had allergic reaction to indigo/henna mix so this was the first time i since then. i guess i will stick to tea rinses.

@Ltown
Did you get any Color Deposited or did you do it for Conditioning purposes?

 

[Ltown]

@Ltown
Did you get any Color Deposited or did you do it for Conditioning purposes?

@IDareT'sHair , i only left it in 5 min or less so i'm sure it didn't do anything but condition.

 

[naturalyogini]

Just finished rinsing my henindigo out. Used 50gms Moroccan henna to 70gms indigo. I added 1/2 tbl of aloe powder, warm honey water, 1/4 tsp clove to henna and salt to indigo. Mixed together with 1 tbl grapeseed oil an 1/4 cup of Tresemme conditioner. 4 hours later, nice color although my grays are not as dark brown as I would like them to be. Next time, I think I will do 80/40 and less conditioner as it may have hindered color release. I now have Soultanicals moisture dip condish on and frankly my hair didn't feel great as I was smoothing it on. Review to come later on that.

 

[Aggie]

My hair needs a hendigo treatment STAT. I need to work on doing one this weekend as my hairline is getting really gray right about now.

 

[imaginary]

my scalp has been really itchy lately and I think it's the henna I got from the indian store. I'm gonna have to order online and wait it seems, but next week I'm gonna hendigo with my mountainroseherbs blend.

 

[TamaraShaniece]

I found it....anyone still use Henna Glosses?

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Hendigo'ing today. My Henna was mixed with Coconut Milk. That has been working out great.

Nice & Creamy.

 

[Aggie]

I found it....anyone still use Henna Glosses?

It's been a while but I don't do this anymore. I just do a straight henna treatment now. I did henna glosses when my hair was relaxed. I am texlaxed now and henna glosses seem to do nothing for my hair so I just stick to the pure henna treatment now.

 

[11228]

I did a full henna treatment on Friday. I was going to wait a few weeks but I am 9 weeks post relaxer and seeing shedding. Henna is my go to fix.

I have found the perfect time saving routine for henna days. I marinate the henna in coconut milk and oil of choice for about 6 hours on Thursdays, apply it sometime after midnight and rinse on at around 10am on Fridays. I have gotten the washout down pat. I sit in the tub and rinse out in sections with lukewarm medium pressure. It literally took about 10 minutes to see clear running water

 

[Aggie]

I did a full henna treatment on Friday. I was going to wait a few weeks but I am 9 weeks post relaxer and seeing shedding. Henna is my go to fix.

I have found the perfect time saving routine for henna days. I marinate the henna in coconut milk and oil of choice for about 6 hours on Thursdays, apply it sometime after midnight and rinse on at around 10am on Fridays. I have gotten the washout down pat. I sit in the tub and rinse out in sections with lukewarm medium pressure. It literally took about 10 minutes to see clear running water

I wash mine out from the kitchen sink. It's a lot easier than in the shower for me plus I get it all out this way as well. When I wash it out in the shower, it seems like it takes days to get the grains out of my hair, but not from the sink.

 

[11228]

Do you lean forward or bend backwards when you use the sink? I like to tip my head back so my hair goes in the normal direction when I wash my hair, hence the sitting in the tub.

 

[Aggie]

Do you lean forward or bend backwards when you use the sink? I like to tip my head back so my hair goes in the normal direction when I wash my hair, hence the sitting in the tub.

Well I usually section in 3-4 sections and detangle my hair before a henna treatment and when it's time to rinse it out, I bend forward over the sink.

Then I head to the shower to cowash the remainder out using AVJ, oil and some cheapie conditioner mixed together. While this mixture is in my hair, I would detangle it because it makes it so soft and easy to detangle at this point.

The tangles just seem to melt with this mixture in my hair. The beauty of this is, I don't have to spend 15-20 minutes trying to rinse out the henna anymore. That was a real drag and made me dread henna days. Not anymore.

I then rinse it out and proceed with deep conditioning, etc. My henna sessions have been drastically reduced time-wise using this method.

 

[GGsKin]

I found some pics I've meaning to add to this thread. They are late but who doesn't love some pics.

I try to maintain the integrity of my coils by squeezing in my henna, as opposed to smoothing and pulling the mix through my hair. I always start in the middle.
Other pics are my henna before I add hibiscus, and all mixed together.

 

[Aggie]

I think I need to find ways to use up all the hennas I have since I don't use them to color my hair so much anymore. I just hate having to throw them away. I'd better go check out some Youtube videos for a little help.

 

[11228]

I think I need to find ways to use up all the hennas I have since I don't use them to color my hair so much anymore. I just hate having to throw them away. I'd better go check out some Youtube videos for a little help.

How about henna gloss for conditioning effect?

 

[Aggie]

How about henna gloss for conditioning effect?

That sounds like a plan...I just might do those and see how my mildly texlaxed hair likes them. I guess I could use my cheaper conditioners for this purpose. I certainly won't be using my more luxury product lines for this .

 

[Damaris.Elle]

-Awesome results from mixing my henna with green tea and honey yesterday. I followed up with Silk Elements MegaSilk moisturizing treatment and my curls are really defined today and my hair feels strong.

Unfortunately though, I don't think I'm going to be able to keep using Jamila Henna. The past three times I've used it, the skin behind my ears and the back of my neck have been really itchy and today I can feel a rash starting to form on the back of my neck It sucks because my hair looks awesome every time after I use Jamila and my scalp hasn't been itchy at all. I'm reallllly hoping it's just the Jamila brand that I have a reaction to and not all henna. When I was using Reshma, I had no issues.

 

[Aggie]

I think I'm due for a henna treatment soon. I don't know if I'll be doing it for a color deposit however. I think I will just be doing them as a treatment. Although....I do have quite a bit of indigo to use up. I don't know, I'll think about it some more plus I will have to get some coconut milk to mix my next treatment with.

 

[Bette Davis Eyes]

I'll be doing a henna gloss on Saturday.

I just need to look in the stash and find a protein free conditioner or deep conditioner Im trying to use up.

 

[Lanea87]

I plan on doing a Cassia treatment Sunday. So far I have mixed 100g of Cassia and 100g of Alma powder. Not sure what else imma add to the mix besides water.