Do ya'll henna?

[shaydufblu]

Ok I surrender. <waving flag> I am going to order some samples to test on harvested hair! What do you need to mix with henna for extra conditioning (I already have dry hair). I'm coming back to read the rest of this thread...can't do it all in one sitting!

(Sareca that hair is the B O M B!)

 

[sareca]

Ok I surrender. <waving flag> I am going to order some samples to test on harvested hair! What do you need to mix with henna for extra conditioning (I already have dry hair). I'm coming back to read the rest of this thread...can't do it all in one sitting!

(Sareca that hair is the B O M B!)

Thanks.
@ waving flag... you were a good solider; you fought long and hard.

I have naturally dry hair too so I try to I keep my mixes very simple; I only add hot water and oil.If my hair seems dry or hard after I've rinsed and conditioned it, I apply my favorite oil, steam it w/ a microwaved towel then co-wash. It works everytime and it's really simple.

We all have a slightly different way of applying henna - that's what makes it fun. In no time at all you'll have your own version.

 

[e$h]

So I henna'd a few days ago and my hair was a bit tangled and rough feeling. Not exactly sure why. Even after I deep conditioned afterwards, the roughness was still there.

Here's what I used:

Jamila
conditioner
coconut,olive and castor oil

What do you guys think happened?

 

[alexstin]

I had a wierd experience today. I mixed my henna with motions miosture plus and castor oil. As I was mixing it in, it begin to get all clumpy and spongy looking looking. I'm thinking there is no way this stuff is going to sit on my hair. I was right. I tried to put some on and it just fell to the floor.

Note to self, don't use conditioners that contain mineral oil with your henna.erplexed

 

[HoneyDew]

Ok I surrender. <waving flag> I am going to order some samples to test on harvested hair! What do you need to mix with henna for extra conditioning (I already have dry hair). I'm coming back to read the rest of this thread...can't do it all in one sitting!

(Sareca that hair is the B O M B!)

Plain Yogurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[shaydufblu]

Thanks! (You know I want to be just like you when I grow up ... )

Do you recommend any particular oils? Are you guys using straight essential oils?

Thanks.
@ waving flag... you were a good solider; you fought long and hard.

I have naturally dry hair too so I try to I keep my mixes very simple; I only add hot water and oil.If my hair seems dry or hard after I've rinsed and conditioned it, I apply my favorite oil, steam it w/ a microwaved towel then co-wash. It works everytime and it's really simple.

We all have a slightly different way of applying henna - that's what makes it fun. In no time at all you'll have your own version.

 

[e$h]

I had a wierd experience today. I mixed my henna with motions miosture plus and castor oil. As I was mixing it in, it begin to get all clumpy and spongy looking looking. I'm thinking there is no way this stuff is going to sit on my hair. I was right. I tried to put some on and it just fell to the floor.

Note to self, don't use conditioners that contain mineral oil with your henna.erplexed

:scratchch I'm wondering if the conditioner I used contained mineral oil.

 

[e$h]

I just checked to see if mineral oil was in the conditioner I used (HH) and it wasn't. Still trying to figure out what the culprit is.........

Anybody?

 

[asha]

Well, I'm sitting here with Indigo on my head. I wish I could show you guys pics after but I'm on the Hide your hair til April Fools. Hopefully I will have some blinging hair by then to show off. Thanks for tips ladies. And an extra special shout out to Sareca for the ebook link. Quite informative.

 

[HoneyDew]

I had a wierd experience today. I mixed my henna with motions miosture plus and castor oil. As I was mixing it in, it begin to get all clumpy and spongy looking looking. I'm thinking there is no way this stuff is going to sit on my hair. I was right. I tried to put some on and it just fell to the floor.

Note to self, don't use conditioners that contain mineral oil with your henna.erplexed

Yep, that happened to me, too. No more conditioner mixed it for me. I decided that I will only you yogurt. I never get that clumpiness.

 

[alexstin]

Yep, that happened to me, too. No more conditioner mixed it for me. I decided that I will only you yogurt. I never get that clumpiness.

Okay so I'm not the only one. I've used conditioners before and never had a problem so I believe it was the mineral oil.

 

[Isis]

Okay so I'm not the only one. I've used conditioners before and never had a problem so I believe it was the mineral oil.

I agree, it had to be the mineral oil. People have been very successful making henna glosses by mixing it with conditioner and applying it. I used honey in my henna the last time and it was nice and smooth.

 

[alexstin]

I agree, it had to be the mineral oil. People have been very successful making henna glosses by mixing it with conditioner and applying it. I used honey in my henna the last time and it was nice and smooth.

Girl, that stuff looked like crumbled up tofu. I wonder what it is about mineral oil that reacts badly with henna.

 

[sareca]

So I henna'd a few days ago and my hair was a bit tangled and rough feeling. Not exactly sure why. Even after I deep conditioned afterwards, the roughness was still there.

Here's what I used:

Jamila
conditioner
coconut,olive and castor oil

What do you guys think happened?

Try steaming an olive oil pre-poo followed co-wash or heavily diluted poo. Works for me.

 

[sareca]

Well, I'm sitting here with Indigo on my head. I wish I could show you guys pics after but I'm on the Hide your hair til April Fools. Hopefully I will have some blinging hair by then to show off. Thanks for tips ladies. And an extra special shout out to Sareca for the ebook link. Quite informative.

You're welcome. Catherine's been in the business for a long, long time - her stuff is always informative.

 

[sareca]

Thanks! (You know I want to be just like you when I grow up ... )

Do you recommend any particular oils? Are you guys using straight essential oils?

Thanks

I'd say don't buy anything special for it; use whatever you've got in the house. I've used tea tree oil, but most of the time I don't bother with terps. I just use a regular ol' oil 'cause I don't care that much about color release or deposit. I've used kemi, olive, coconut, amla... um, this could go on for a while. The jist is henna will stain red no matter what type of oil you use. You can coax it into staining darker by sticking to certain ones. Here's some stuff that helps it stain darker.

 

[BrownBetty]

SUCCESS!

I mixed hot water, Henna, honey

and oil, Amla (after the dye released)

Rinsing the Henna took 1/4 of the time. My hair isn't ruff and dry either. I am airdrying now but its looking good soo far.

GOOO HENNA!

 

[Isis]

SUCCESS!

I mixed hot water, Henna, honey

and oil, Amla (after the dye released)

Rinsing the Henna took 1/4 of the time. My hair isn't ruff and dry either. I am airdrying now but its looking good soo far.

GOOO HENNA!

Yay! I'm glad you had success with it MssVee!

 

[Isis]

Girl, that stuff looked like crumbled up tofu. I wonder what it is about mineral oil that reacts badly with henna.

@ crumbled up tofu! I can see you trying to get it in your hair now!
It's good you shared about your mineral oil/henna experience. You probably saved a few ladies from going through this.

 

[VeryBecoming]

@ crumbled up tofu! I can see you trying to get it in your hair now!
It's good you shared about your mineral oil/henna experience. You probably saved a few ladies from going through this.

Saved me! One of my conditioners has mineral oil in it and I considered using it with my henna.

Right now my Jamila henna is sitting overnight...mixed with just water. I'll add oils tomorrow before I use it. I'm soo excited!

 

[alwayzalady22]

so, does this mean i shouldn't put any of my dabur amla oil in my henna mix cuz it has mineral oil in it? erplexed booooo, i was kinda hoping the amla would make the final result a lil darker, but i'm not about to run out to the indian store to get any ish, lol! ok, well, i'm hennaing for the first time monday evening, i'll post an update on wednesday or thursday, after it has time to oxidize wish me luck!

 

[mscocoface]

Okay, I have been reading and reading, researching and reading, more reading and more research.

I am ready to take the plunge, I use to henna my hair when I was in high school and for the life of me cannot understand why I stopped. Accept I remember it being real dry and straw like and I could not figure out how to combat that. Now that was many many many many...did I say many, moons ago so I will just consider myself a newbie to this whole experience.

I took some pictures. My new avatar being one of them to see if there will be a noticeable difference. I want to go for dark since I am now seeing some grays spring up. I think trying to pluck them on a weekly basis sooner or later will become a losing battle...Yes vanity is up in dis here house!

I will post my results within the week. I have some travelling to do in the next few day so I won't be able to do this until Wednesday or Thursday of this week, if my schedule holds then I will be back with the results.

 

[HoneyDew]

so, does this mean i shouldn't put any of my dabur amla oil in my henna mix cuz it has mineral oil in it? erplexed booooo, i was kinda hoping the amla would make the final result a lil darker, but i'm not about to run out to the indian store to get any ish, lol! ok, well, i'm hennaing for the first time monday evening, i'll post an update on wednesday or thursday, after it has time to oxidize wish me luck!

I use amla oil everytime I use henna and I never have a problem with it. It is just when I used conditioner that I did not like the texture. I tried Motions Silk protein and it made an awful texture that was so hard to rinse. Amla oil in my mixture is great though.

 

[mscocoface]

I have one question? Do I have to leave the regular henna in my hair for two or more hours if I want to use the Indigo or can I just condition my hair for 30 minutes with the regular henna and then put the Indigo in afterwards and leave it on for an hour or so?

I ask because I already have 1b hair and it sounds like the regular henna will just warm it up instead of making it darker.

 

[Khadija.D.Carryl]

I am not 100% sure about Dabur Amla oil but usually I have been told that it's base is light liquified paraffin which is a moisturizer (they don't usually put mineral oils or vegetable base oils because our supplier told us that this makes it too greasy like massage oil). Also check the order of ingredients on the label. Because sometimes amla isn't the first ingredient meaning that it isn't the ingredient that has the most concentration in the product.


As for how long to leave henna in your hair before doing an indigo application, I would recommend at least one hour to ensure dyeing to your hair so that the indigo can cling better to your hair strand ! Have fun!

 

[mscocoface]

Thank you HS, I bought my product from you a few weeks back so I will let you know how it goes.

 

[Khadija.D.Carryl]

Great ! Will hear from you soon.

Khadija

 

[tenderheaded]

so, does this mean i shouldn't put any of my dabur amla oil in my henna mix cuz it has mineral oil in it? erplexed booooo, i was kinda hoping the amla would make the final result a lil darker, but i'm not about to run out to the indian store to get any ish, lol! ok, well, i'm hennaing for the first time monday evening, i'll post an update on wednesday or thursday, after it has time to oxidize wish me luck!

I've used Dabur Amla Oil with my henna for 6 months and have been extremely pleased with the results. 2 tbl amla oil and 2 tbl amla powder. I add 2 tbl Proclaim aloe and shea butter right before applying to make rinsing easier. Cheapie condish for rinsing is a must!!!

 

[Khadija.D.Carryl]

I bet that henna paste must have looked so smooth with the amla oil in it. hhmm and the smell must have been nice too.

How did you like the smell?

 

[HoneyDew]

I bet that henna paste must have looked so smooth with the amla oil in it. hhmm and the smell must have been nice too.

How did you like the smell?

I don't like the smell of amla oil alone, but with my henna paste I love it. The smell does not stay once I rinse, though.