Dyeing hair with henna and indigo

How to color hair with natural henna and natural indigo

Like Henna (lawsonia inermis) Indigo (indigofera tinctoria) is also a herb. By mixing the two you can get different colors in your hair.

To get brown color:
Mix natural henna powder in lemon juice or warm water. Allow it to sit overnight. Next morning take some indigo powder and mix it with warm water. After 15 min. mix both mixtures together. If you add more indigo the shade will become darker. Apply this paste on your entire hair. Use a shower cap and leave it for one hour or more. Rinse the hair well and shampoo. For the next two days you can see the color change fully.

Henna and Indigo









To get jet black color:
Apply natural henna paste in your hair as usual. Wash it after 25 min. Mix indigo powder in warm water and let it sit for 15 min. Add a little salt to the above mix. apply this on hair. Wrap your hair with a showering cap and after 2 hours rinse it off. By next two days the result will become clear.

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Read how to use natural henna to get different results on different hair.

Natural Henna on hair

What is Henna, How to prepare Henna, How to apply Henna?

There are so much confusion about Henna, I mean natural henna. Now a days henna is available in different colors!! How many of you know that natural original henna powder cannot make different colors in your hair?



If adding some colorants may give colors, but then it is not 100% natural as they claim. Here I am talking about the original natural henna powder. It is made or prepared by grinding the dried green leaf of henna plant. It can give a slight color tint on hair. As it is natural it is safe.

The henna gives different results in diff. color of hair.

Blonde hair turns vibrant red or strawberry blonde.
Red hair turns vibrant red and it gives glossiness.
Mousy brown hair - rich red or copper penny red.
Medium brown - vibrant brown.
Dark brown - deep chestnut with red highlights.
Black hair - dark chestnut with red highlights.
Gray hair - orange.
Brown hair with gray - rich auburn with red threads.

Henna preparation and; application

Pour water little by little into the henna powder. Make it a paste that is not too loose or too thick. Part the hair in small portions and apply henna from scalp of that section and towards the entire hair.

Henna -add ons.

Dry hair - In the henna mixture add a little milk, water and 1 egg yolk. So your dry hair will not turn more dry. It is advisable to do it twice in a month.

Normal to Oily Hair – Adding a little lemon and egg yolks in henna is good for your hair.

Some may feel dryness so apply a little oil in your hair before applying henna will not make hair dry.

Extras....
Adding clove powder into henna will deepen and enhance the color.

Add 1 tbsp cognac and 1 tbsp olive oil gives a redder henna color.

Use tea or coffee water instead of water to prepare henna. Mix amla powder and onion peels. It will work as a natural conditioner.

Where to buy Henna? click here..
You can mix Indigo with Henna and color your hair naturally. See here.
Natural henna on hair.