I’ve been using henna for 10 years, here are some tips: 1. Only use pure henna powder 2. Put something acidic into the mixture like lemon juice or vitamin c powder, because it will strengthen the colour and gives more shine 3. Make your mixture few hours before the application, because henna needs time to release its colour 4. Always use gloves, it stains your skin and nails, impossible to get it off 5. Leave it on your hair at least 6 hours or overnight, more time the better 6. Rinse with cold water, don’t use shampoo or conditioner Your hair will feel a bit rough, because of no conditioner, but thats fine, next hair wash you can use your products (wait a few days at least) and your hair will feel soft ❤️
@@ssy1pny for grey or white hair, you either need to do two henna back to back so that the first one will color your white hair and the second one will darken it. Or you can add some powder like indigo or katam to help. It really depends on what results you want. You should look it up ! :)
I don't agree about leaving henna on your hair for 6 hours or longer. If you have medium or light blonde hair, 1 hour would be enough. I leave henna on my hair for no more that 40 minutes, otherwise the colour becomes too intense and kinda ugly to me (don't know how to describe that shade in English). I've been using henna for more than 15 years now.That's how it works for me. For the beginners with light hair colour, I would recommend to start from 30 min to 1 hour in order to avoid unpredictable results.
As a middle eastern who’s been using it her whole life- passed on from my ancestors. Here’s a quick disclaimer and NONO - Do NOT leave the henna for 6 hours!!! Or overnight (omg horrible!!). Please only use for up to 3 hours max max MAX. Make sure it doesn’t dry on your hair and is covered with a plastic bag so it stays damp on your hair. If it dries it will break your hair. Another thing - only use henna with clean washed hair. Free of any build up!! This is going to avoid hair fall. One more thing - make the henna at least 4 hours before you apply it so it ferments. It’s better to keep it in the fridge overnight (24 hours) before using it. Then also if it gets cold cuz it’s been in the fridge - just use warm/hot water the next day to warm it up!!! :) happy henna’ing!!!
Hi, please NEVER EVER leave henna in your hair for 6 hours or overnight!!! This is really dangerous. The colour may be brighter, but it is absolutely not safe to keep it on your hair for such a long time. The molecule that gives colour in henna is called Lawsone, and according to the European Commission, specifically the SCCP, you should never leave it in your hair for longer than 2 hours. This is because there are not enough data about its safety and there are actually many doubts regarding its genotoxicity if the exposure is longer than 2 hour. The overall concentration of lawsone should also be less than 1.4% but this info is usually not disclosed from brands. So please be very careful, just because it’s “natural” it doesn’t mean it is safe.
Everyone please beware of "black henna" which is actually indigo plant powder (very dark blue pigment) and does NOT come out on the hair EVER !!!! I made that mistake twice 😅
@@ShanShan-kw9hithat’s henna in general. I had a hairdresser tell me you don’t apply henna, you marry it. It doesn’t come out! Using colored henna means it’s not henna and often has metallics. Indigo is really bad, but there’s other colors.
The water temperature really depends on the color result you want. A less warm, darker color (like a medium brown with a slight amount of warmth) needs lower temperature. I used to buy pure plant powders online (walnut shell powder, henna, indigo and turmeric) and created my own mix for a bronze brown on a natural level 8 to 7. And it did still come with the shine and the very nuanced, natural look of regular henna powder. Plus it still added volume to the individual strands of hair. I have to say though: on bleached hair the color turned out more like a light to medium bronzy, golden blonde, which also was a very beautiful tone. It never pulled to warm or too dark though. It always came out the way I wanted it. If you understand what the individual powders do and how much they are supposed to change your hair, you can pretty easily learn to create the correct mixture to get that wanted result. BUT of course you can't lighten your hair with plant powders. That lamination effect it has will also protect your hair from mechanical damage (until it's "worn off") that's why people use pure Cassia (it's also the henna plant but harvested earlier so it doesn't add pigment to your hair). A downside to these though: you can bleach them out pretty similarly to chemical color, but indigo has a tendency to lift blue or green and it CAN happen that any dark chemical color you apply will come out a few shades darker than expected. I don't remember which brands did that but some do while others don't. I feel like it's a chemical reaction between the plant pigment and some ingredients in chemical color. I never had problems lifting plant pigment out though. Even the mixture with indigo was not a problem at all. But I do believe that also depends on the bleach you use. So test strands are crutial. And REALLY make sure you get pure plant powders, no metal salts added. Coz if you put chemical color on them they might cause your hair to burn off and melt away. (I didn't have that problem actually, but I wouldn't dare to test it anymore, I was way to experimental friendly back in the day.)
I so agree with you ! Henna is such a fun way to color your hair once you know more about it. There's so many ways to alter it: changing the temperature, using herbal tea infusion instead of water, adding other plant powders, adding yogurt, honey, essential oil, lemon... it's so interesting!
Loveeee seeing you playing with henna! I dyed my hair with it for years, but have been in the process of growing it out to switch back to my natural color. It's a great alternative as long as you're committed to sticking to that color for a while. Very excited to see your journey for getting it out, because it's certainly stubborn!
this color with the final hairstyle literally gives me 1998 Miranda Hobbes vibes, love it. You look amazing! (+ i love to see you using more eco-friendly products)
I loved henna for years, but the problems started when I tried to bleach the hair after a while. As henna colors the cuticle only, bleach does not take it! Nothing happened except my hair got damaged after 4 attempts with bleach.
That is what I heard and why I have not used it. I heard you are committed and have to grow it out if you want to colour it with anything else because no colours will work over the top of it. It's definitely put me completely off but I want natural though.
Yeah, there’s ways to remove henna, but it takes forever, gets expensive and there’s no guarantee it will work. I did henna in the 80s. Had to cut it off because it would not come out.
I used 100% Henna powder for years (usually mixed with a very strong tea for acidity). It was very messy and smelled like hay, but that was okay. 3 years ago, I was doing the messy henna touch ups every 4 weeks, as my gray was coming in stronger and stronger. I contacted a few hairdressers and none of them would touch my hair until all of the henna was grown out. There is a very strong fear among them, I found. I can insist that I used pure henna, but they don't even know what to do with that information after all of the horror stories that they have heard. I wish there were more education and experience with pure henna in the western world. Now, I have some beautiful fully-grown-out brown with beautiful silver streaks.
I also always use pure clean henna. This summer I bleached my money piece and everything was fine. Recently I came to the hairdresser and she said "Yes you can try to bleach it, but If you tone it afterwards, the green will come out". I said - "that's exactly what I did - bleached and toned it, and nothing bad happened". It's so bizarre. A lot of hairdressers are still very sure about this myth. Many of them just simply hate henna and say that it's bad for your hair. Yes, henna is not easy to bleach, and it's possible to get green hair if you used some cheap product labelled as "henna" with a lot of chemicals in it. But if you use quality product, it will be fine!
It's beautiful, but you need to give it about three to four days to find out what the final oxidized color will be. I agree with the thickness. I LOVE the way henna turns my fine hair somewhat more medium-textured. Your hair looks gorgeous!
I used Khadi a few years ago and while I really liked the color and how healthy my hair looked and felt, the smell was horrible! And the worst part was that whenever my hair got damp, for example while working out, the smell came back. So I changed to another brand and now I'm very happy with my henna red hair 😊
Used to dye my virgin hair with henna, a big part of why I started doing it was because I wanted the conditioning effect it gives. I only ever used pure henna from well-known brands like Khadi and Sattva. And I'm shocked to say that I hated it. My hair looked super thick and shiny but was hard to the touch and impossible to style, I had loads of flyaways that I couldn't control. It felt like straw. It wasn't just right after dyeing either, it stayed like this the whole three years I did henna. I just chopped the last hennaed pieces off and my hair is finally back to its normal, moisturised self. Really weird how differently hair can react to the same product. I had heard so much good things about henna that I spent years in denial - but for me, it really didn't work. AND it's actually very permanent. It's impossible to get out, you have to grow your hair out completely before trying any cool color, this warm henna glow will always be there.
I only use henna to dye my hair now. I use 70gr of henna and 30gr of cassia obovato (I used to use 50/50 but because my base color is very light it came out too golden; the 70/30 ratio gives me a nice red-copper), plus two teaspoons of aloe vera powder (DO NOT SKIP THIS!) and a teaspoon of lemon juice. I use chamomile tea instead of water (about 5 teabags in a small pot of water, soak for about a half hour). I then let the mix sit for about six hours, apply on damp hair (washed without using conditioner), and leave it on for 3 hours. I then do a mermaid rinse to remove most of it (I fill a big plastic basin with water, stick my hair in it, and work my hands through it until most of the henna is gone), then jump in the shower to rinse (no shampoo or conditioner). I wait 3 days before I actually wash it.
I used henna for years. My favorite was just body art henna in coconut milk, dye release is instant and it is seriously conditioning. Also very close to the natural color of my hair when I was a teenager. I think my ultimate blend was half henna half senna and coconut milk. It always smells like a haystack on my head though.
My mum has been using henna for years and I have been putting it on her hair for a while. There are various shades and she plays with it until she’s happy with the mix of browns and reds and oranges
I used henna in the late 70s while in cosmetology school. It was so beautiful and thick! I also used to put a raw egg in the mixture. Mine was auburn color.
I love henna - nothing else makes my hair feel as thick & luxurious, as I have very fine hair ♥ - but then the minus side is that it's impossible to get out of hair if you want change the colour, it's much more commitment than any permanent chemical dye (and I'm like you, I love to switch it up), so I usually end up bleaching it sooner or later ;) Luckily herbal colours are so conditioning, so it somewhat mitigates the damage! ;) As I love my long hair, and now growing it to be as long as possible. Plus another minus side of henna is that it makes my hair even more unable to hold any curl :( And I love curls.
I am a natural redhead and I use only henna to enhance my hair and LOVE it -- I mix a few reds and powered Aloe vera mix it with coffee for the liquid -- let it set up overnight -- until the color fully releases -- 1 hour on my hair - rinse condition - and not wash it for 3 days
I seriously love henna, i used it for a long time. My hair is naturally blond so i was bright copper with it. After 2 times using it my hair has had such deepness in color and it was never so healthy again after i sadly had to remove it. I have allergic asthma and turnt allergic against it. Thats very very rare so don't be scared to use it. I miss how my hair looked and felt with it
Henna smells like green tea to me. It can really dry your hair out too, anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. You need a deep conditioner after. I also do not let it completely dry on my hair because it can cause dryness. If i go to sleep in it, ill mix it with a silicone free, cheap not moisturising conditioner.
Henna user here! Became sensitive to chemicals. I was always told never to use a metal bowl or utensils with the mix. I always did a dye release. I mixed it with water and something acidic like lemon juice the night before to get the dye to release. This was permanent color with no fade. I am wondering if not dye releasing makes in not permanent. My problem became color build up. With subsequent applications it gets darker and darker. So roots only after the first. It is almost impossible to get out. I switched to Cassia which is a neutral blonde type henna and still got build up. I am working on just using it for conditioning without color build up now.
I love pure henna for hair health.. IF you stick to it!!!! But nooooo if you want to go lighter or blonde. I used LUSH henna, BRUN which has indigo in it and that’s impossible to get out! Wanted blonde and it would ALWAYS go green!!! It’s been 2 years to grow it out! I’m finally back to blonde, barely shoulder length.. Love coloring my hair like stunning Stella.. Hi Stella 🤗❤
As a cosmetology student and knowing Stella, I’m curious how the process of removing this color is going to go because I heard henna is extremely hard to get out. The color is stunning tho 🤎🧡
Henna does not get out. You have to bleach the hair, and it still might not fully remove the henna, because henna is not a paint that sits on top of the hair, but a molecule that binds to the keratin of the hair and changes its colour
I've been using henna for years now, but I'm committed to it. You don't flirt or date henna. You just marry it. You can't divorce the b1sh. It goes into the DNA of your hair, when usually normal dyes just affect the outer layer of the hair strand. Naturally red heads can go blond. People who use henna cannot. I've seen girls try to remove the henna from their hair (it is culturally very popular where I live). It's traumatic, no matter how reassuring their hairdressers try to sound. Unless you are going for the same reddish color family, just don't do it. Or just chop it off. It's not worth the agony really.
I live on sweden, and when I was around 10(24 years ago), i got bullied so much for my ratcoloured dirty blonde that I begged my parents to dye it. I had thick,long beautiful hair quality, and my mom didnt know what to do,just to not mess with the quality of it. And hairsalons was out of the question way to expensive for a family of 5. So she got the idea of henna. She had to go an hour away to a different part of town, and an hour back to get it. Then I sat once a month with that in my hair for 6 hours and a bag. The shiiiine, the curls, and it grew soo healthy and long. I got stopped in the streets complimented for my hair back then. I think i kept it up for a couple of years and would do it all over again. 😅
I love the way you you styled it at the end as well! I feel like you could go back into another 3 or 4 videos of different styles of short hair, you could even branch out into like a 10 minute just on a few of your eyeliner looks? I've personally thought a video on how you choose your jewelry for looks, and what's your inspiration for it would also be great content.... just ideas ❤❤
As a Turkish, traditionally my grandma had dyed my hear with henna. It took such a long process and my really dark black hair does not give much colour with hanna. However, it is so nourish for hair. I had been bleaching my hair for 2 years and it was so damaged. I decided to apply henna again and gradually go back my natural hair color. It helps my hair become heaty again. However, one thing you should consider, if you apply henna you can't bleach your hair. Girls consider that. This is red pigment. It will stick your hair and either you will go darker color if you change your mind or you will wait to get rid of all henna. So think again. Do you have that much commitment?
And for best result for henna here is my recipe, vinegar, olive oil, vitamin e, and as liquid worm black tea mix with henna wait a day for applying. When you apply let it sit at least 6 hours. And the results is great. If you wish you can add some walnut shell for a more blackish result or wine for a reddish result.
Be careful about using henna because it’s very hard to remove! Especially if there’s any indigo in it. I speak from experience ! I loved my henna hair til I wanted to lighten it or change the color… having to just grow /chop /grow…. Especially for someone like you who likes to change color frequently
Beautiful but a commitment! There's no removing henna or bleaching or dying over it - synthetic dyes will act wierd... as beautiful as the end result looks, i'm not sure you will like the permanence of it
Be careful when dying with henna. Some henna dyes contain metallic salts. These are what cause problems when trying to dye over the henna hair later. Also black henna is linked to allergic reactions developing to other products later. Lush do an amazing henna hair dye also that is super natural. This one looks lovely too. The colour is very nice 🥰
love this, every woman in my family has used henna to dye their grey hair, but i'm also interested to see what would happen if u added some semi-permanent dye to the henna mixture? would it alter the colour, say if u added a pink semi permanent dye?
I adore the hair color i wish i could get it but if i put henna on my hair it wont look like this, but i do use neutral henna sometimes on my hair it gives off a soft yellow hint but the same benefits as normal henna, would love to see you try a blonde henna color (like a level 8) bc usually people are like henna can't give you a level 8 blonde color or level 7
If someone has had a reaction to 'henna tattoos' they've likely had a reaction to PPD instead which is what they put in hair dye (and the tattoo cones) PPD can cause some extreme reactions and allergies, even lethal if you're unlucky. It's kinda criminal some places offer things like black henna tattoos which are essenially just putting black hair dye on you (the darker the dye the higher the concentration of PPD) Which is why a lot of dyes say if you've had a reaction to a henna tattoo or something, don't dye your hair. Always be wary of whats in a hennna tattoo cone! For what its worth I haven't heard of anyone having a reaction to just pure henna though. I've used it for years now and never had any reactions to anything (even over bleach!) and my skin is sensitive as hell lol. Worrst to happen is just an orange forehead for a week. Using the pure stuff is the way to go if you ever choose henna. Though everyone is different! A patch test always helps if you've never used it before.
Very pretty color. I’ve always heard that since henna has metallic salts in the formula, then dyeing or bleaching the hair with regular dyes in the future will make the hair smoke 😳
@@fatgirlsdiggraves if it has been a very long time (such as a year or more) dying your hair with the henna you should be fine just make sure to do a test strand which will warn you of any reactions
That's a myth. You can bleach henna, you can color over it, but the artificial color may not stick that good after pure henna aka lavsonia inermis. Indigo is another story (if you bleach indygo you'll get green hue on your hair, so don't do it it's pain in the ass), same as weird henna mixes with PPD (P-phenylenediamine ). Those are unpredictable and may end up in damage and bad situations like gummy hair and smoke.
Unless the Henna is a Red or Reddish Color it is NOT ‘PURE’ Henna it has other ingredients. Black Henna, Dark Brown or Ash Brown may contain Indigo which is a plant Dye which is used to dye Blue Jeans and can be very difficult or impossible to remove without destroying the hair.
Oooh think this might go straight into the regret bucket. There's no bleaching out or colour removing henna. This is permanent black box dye x100. I speak from bitter experience
That's what I was thinking too 😢 But she is creative and I'm sure she will work around it! Like either going darker, or doing hot roots again or something!
The point where you say that pure henna has no metallic salts in it is just not correct...when some people, especially biologists or chemists, say that henna could have metallic salts is because it comes from a plant which absorbs substances from the ground which include metallic salts...picramate is a well known chemical dye that is much more safe than henna which for now is safe in some specific situations and following the Eu directions, because it can be genotoxic due to the Lawsone, the main active ingredient from this plant...to be safe it should be at a concentration of 1.4% or lower...dyeing your hair after using henna can be very dangerous because of the metallic salts present in the plant itself...so no one should tell you in a channel that dyeing your hair with henna is that simple, you do it once and than you need to let your hair grow before considering any other traditional treatment such as box dye...and of course it can make you hair look healthy, no one can say otherwise, but bare in mind that going off henna is not that simple even though a brand tell you that their henna does not have metallic salts in it...and I used henna for years...
Anyone have suggestions for making henna and/or indigo powder last?? I’ve done red henna, and also mixed pure henna and indigo -loved both applications but after about the 4th shampoo my hair lightens drastically from having previous bleached 😭
Have you tried a two step application? Whenever I switch from chemical dye to henna, I do some pre-treatments with Cassia (1-2 times), then depending on how dark I want my hair, I'll do a cassia+henna mix or pure henna to create a base for the final color to attach to. Then I do my final mix of brown or dark brown (where more plants are mixed together (I use Khadi as well, but also did my own mixes in the past). I have medium brown hair, but I've experimented with bleach in the past and after few applications, the color becomes more uniform and resistant to bleeding. The key ingredient in Lawsonia/pure red henna. Indigo will not stick to the hair without it. Khadi even has a special Color prep mix. Haven't tried it, but would like to.
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I’ve been using henna for 10 years, here are some tips:
1. Only use pure henna powder
2. Put something acidic into the mixture like lemon juice or vitamin c powder, because it will strengthen the colour and gives more shine
3. Make your mixture few hours before the application, because henna needs time to release its colour
4. Always use gloves, it stains your skin and nails, impossible to get it off
5. Leave it on your hair at least 6 hours or overnight, more time the better
6. Rinse with cold water, don’t use shampoo or conditioner
Your hair will feel a bit rough, because of no conditioner, but thats fine, next hair wash you can use your products (wait a few days at least) and your hair will feel soft ❤️
How does it cover grey?
@@ssy1pny for grey or white hair, you either need to do two henna back to back so that the first one will color your white hair and the second one will darken it. Or you can add some powder like indigo or katam to help. It really depends on what results you want. You should look it up ! :)
I don't agree about leaving henna on your hair for 6 hours or longer. If you have medium or light blonde hair, 1 hour would be enough.
I leave henna on my hair for no more that 40 minutes, otherwise the colour becomes too intense and kinda ugly to me (don't know how to describe that shade in English). I've been using henna for more than 15 years now.That's how it works for me.
For the beginners with light hair colour, I would recommend to start from 30 min to 1 hour in order to avoid unpredictable results.
As a middle eastern who’s been using it her whole life- passed on from my ancestors. Here’s a quick disclaimer and NONO - Do NOT leave the henna for 6 hours!!! Or overnight (omg horrible!!). Please only use for up to 3 hours max max MAX. Make sure it doesn’t dry on your hair and is covered with a plastic bag so it stays damp on your hair. If it dries it will break your hair. Another thing - only use henna with clean washed hair. Free of any build up!! This is going to avoid hair fall. One more thing - make the henna at least 4 hours before you apply it so it ferments. It’s better to keep it in the fridge overnight (24 hours) before using it. Then also if it gets cold cuz it’s been in the fridge - just use warm/hot water the next day to warm it up!!! :) happy henna’ing!!!
Hi, please NEVER EVER leave henna in your hair for 6 hours or overnight!!! This is really dangerous. The colour may be brighter, but it is absolutely not safe to keep it on your hair for such a long time. The molecule that gives colour in henna is called Lawsone, and according to the European Commission, specifically the SCCP, you should never leave it in your hair for longer than 2 hours. This is because there are not enough data about its safety and there are actually many doubts regarding its genotoxicity if the exposure is longer than 2 hour. The overall concentration of lawsone should also be less than 1.4% but this info is usually not disclosed from brands. So please be very careful, just because it’s “natural” it doesn’t mean it is safe.
Everyone please beware of "black henna" which is actually indigo plant powder (very dark blue pigment) and does NOT come out on the hair EVER !!!! I made that mistake twice 😅
What do you mean ever ? If you hair grows and cut the remaining…
@@G4RAthat what they mean. You have to grow it out rather than removing the pigment
@@ShanShan-kw9hithat’s henna in general. I had a hairdresser tell me you don’t apply henna, you marry it. It doesn’t come out! Using colored henna means it’s not henna and often has metallics. Indigo is really bad, but there’s other colors.
Yes! Me too! Be careful
Happened to me too 😅 It’s been two years now and will take one more year until there’s no more blue greenish stuff in it.
The water temperature really depends on the color result you want. A less warm, darker color (like a medium brown with a slight amount of warmth) needs lower temperature. I used to buy pure plant powders online (walnut shell powder, henna, indigo and turmeric) and created my own mix for a bronze brown on a natural level 8 to 7. And it did still come with the shine and the very nuanced, natural look of regular henna powder. Plus it still added volume to the individual strands of hair. I have to say though: on bleached hair the color turned out more like a light to medium bronzy, golden blonde, which also was a very beautiful tone. It never pulled to warm or too dark though. It always came out the way I wanted it. If you understand what the individual powders do and how much they are supposed to change your hair, you can pretty easily learn to create the correct mixture to get that wanted result. BUT of course you can't lighten your hair with plant powders. That lamination effect it has will also protect your hair from mechanical damage (until it's "worn off") that's why people use pure Cassia (it's also the henna plant but harvested earlier so it doesn't add pigment to your hair).
A downside to these though: you can bleach them out pretty similarly to chemical color, but indigo has a tendency to lift blue or green and it CAN happen that any dark chemical color you apply will come out a few shades darker than expected. I don't remember which brands did that but some do while others don't. I feel like it's a chemical reaction between the plant pigment and some ingredients in chemical color. I never had problems lifting plant pigment out though. Even the mixture with indigo was not a problem at all. But I do believe that also depends on the bleach you use. So test strands are crutial.
And REALLY make sure you get pure plant powders, no metal salts added. Coz if you put chemical color on them they might cause your hair to burn off and melt away. (I didn't have that problem actually, but I wouldn't dare to test it anymore, I was way to experimental friendly back in the day.)
I so agree with you ! Henna is such a fun way to color your hair once you know more about it. There's so many ways to alter it: changing the temperature, using herbal tea infusion instead of water, adding other plant powders, adding yogurt, honey, essential oil, lemon... it's so interesting!
That color looks so natural and beautiful it complements your eyes and complexion
I’ve been dying my hair with henna for years. I love it
What shade do you use?
Loveeee seeing you playing with henna! I dyed my hair with it for years, but have been in the process of growing it out to switch back to my natural color. It's a great alternative as long as you're committed to sticking to that color for a while. Very excited to see your journey for getting it out, because it's certainly stubborn!
So stubborn!
This colour and length are stunning on you, love the makeup look that you combined it with too! It just screams holiday chic to me!
this color with the final hairstyle literally gives me 1998 Miranda Hobbes vibes, love it. You look amazing! (+ i love to see you using more eco-friendly products)
I loved henna for years, but the problems started when I tried to bleach the hair after a while. As henna colors the cuticle only, bleach does not take it! Nothing happened except my hair got damaged after 4 attempts with bleach.
That is what I heard and why I have not used it. I heard you are committed and have to grow it out if you want to colour it with anything else because no colours will work over the top of it. It's definitely put me completely off but I want natural though.
I used colora henna and bleached it without a problem maybe colora is mixed with other herbs I suspect 🤷🏼♀️
Yeah, there’s ways to remove henna, but it takes forever, gets expensive and there’s no guarantee it will work. I did henna in the 80s. Had to cut it off because it would not come out.
I used 100% Henna powder for years (usually mixed with a very strong tea for acidity). It was very messy and smelled like hay, but that was okay. 3 years ago, I was doing the messy henna touch ups every 4 weeks, as my gray was coming in stronger and stronger. I contacted a few hairdressers and none of them would touch my hair until all of the henna was grown out. There is a very strong fear among them, I found. I can insist that I used pure henna, but they don't even know what to do with that information after all of the horror stories that they have heard. I wish there were more education and experience with pure henna in the western world. Now, I have some beautiful fully-grown-out brown with beautiful silver streaks.
One of my favourite results on you. This is so beautiful!
I also always use pure clean henna. This summer I bleached my money piece and everything was fine. Recently I came to the hairdresser and she said "Yes you can try to bleach it, but If you tone it afterwards, the green will come out". I said - "that's exactly what I did - bleached and toned it, and nothing bad happened". It's so bizarre. A lot of hairdressers are still very sure about this myth. Many of them just simply hate henna and say that it's bad for your hair.
Yes, henna is not easy to bleach, and it's possible to get green hair if you used some cheap product labelled as "henna" with a lot of chemicals in it. But if you use quality product, it will be fine!
I’ve been using henna for four years changed my hair made it healthy shine and has grown so much
Girlll I was so concerned about the after affect of henna but this is amazingggg
Giving Molly Ringwald vibes
It's beautiful, but you need to give it about three to four days to find out what the final oxidized color will be. I agree with the thickness. I LOVE the way henna turns my fine hair somewhat more medium-textured. Your hair looks gorgeous!
Your hair looks so healthier 😊
This copper tone is wonderful, I never thought henna could make such a beautiful color 😊
I used Khadi a few years ago and while I really liked the color and how healthy my hair looked and felt, the smell was horrible! And the worst part was that whenever my hair got damp, for example while working out, the smell came back. So I changed to another brand and now I'm very happy with my henna red hair 😊
What is the other brand u used plz?
Used to dye my virgin hair with henna, a big part of why I started doing it was because I wanted the conditioning effect it gives. I only ever used pure henna from well-known brands like Khadi and Sattva. And I'm shocked to say that I hated it. My hair looked super thick and shiny but was hard to the touch and impossible to style, I had loads of flyaways that I couldn't control. It felt like straw. It wasn't just right after dyeing either, it stayed like this the whole three years I did henna. I just chopped the last hennaed pieces off and my hair is finally back to its normal, moisturised self.
Really weird how differently hair can react to the same product. I had heard so much good things about henna that I spent years in denial - but for me, it really didn't work. AND it's actually very permanent. It's impossible to get out, you have to grow your hair out completely before trying any cool color, this warm henna glow will always be there.
The last thing I want is a brassy color, which is common with henna. Thank you for sharing your story!
I only use henna to dye my hair now. I use 70gr of henna and 30gr of cassia obovato (I used to use 50/50 but because my base color is very light it came out too golden; the 70/30 ratio gives me a nice red-copper), plus two teaspoons of aloe vera powder (DO NOT SKIP THIS!) and a teaspoon of lemon juice. I use chamomile tea instead of water (about 5 teabags in a small pot of water, soak for about a half hour). I then let the mix sit for about six hours, apply on damp hair (washed without using conditioner), and leave it on for 3 hours. I then do a mermaid rinse to remove most of it (I fill a big plastic basin with water, stick my hair in it, and work my hands through it until most of the henna is gone), then jump in the shower to rinse (no shampoo or conditioner). I wait 3 days before I actually wash it.
I’m a henna girl, used it in the 90’s. I loved it 🥰 , I sat in the sun & used to bake it, it was fluorescent orange 😂.
love your look 😉🔥🥰🇬🇧xxx🤛🏻xxx
You didn't have more glamorous end result in months. You are more than stunning 😍 ❤❤
I used henna for years. My favorite was just body art henna in coconut milk, dye release is instant and it is seriously conditioning. Also very close to the natural color of my hair when I was a teenager. I think my ultimate blend was half henna half senna and coconut milk.
It always smells like a haystack on my head though.
Love this look and colour on you Stella. 🧡🤎🧡🤎
I've been waiting for this video! Thank you so much. Now i have no questions about the final result of such hair dying :)
My mum has been using henna for years and I have been putting it on her hair for a while. There are various shades and she plays with it until she’s happy with the mix of browns and reds and oranges
I used henna in the late 70s while in cosmetology school. It was so beautiful and thick! I also used to put a raw egg in the mixture. Mine was auburn color.
Wow! One of your best looks! 😮 This color suits you so much!
I love henna - nothing else makes my hair feel as thick & luxurious, as I have very fine hair ♥ - but then the minus side is that it's impossible to get out of hair if you want change the colour, it's much more commitment than any permanent chemical dye (and I'm like you, I love to switch it up), so I usually end up bleaching it sooner or later ;) Luckily herbal colours are so conditioning, so it somewhat mitigates the damage! ;) As I love my long hair, and now growing it to be as long as possible. Plus another minus side of henna is that it makes my hair even more unable to hold any curl :( And I love curls.
I am a natural redhead and I use only henna to enhance my hair and LOVE it -- I mix a few reds and powered Aloe vera mix it with coffee for the liquid -- let it set up overnight -- until the color fully releases -- 1 hour on my hair - rinse condition - and not wash it for 3 days
now I wanna see you using each one of the colors they've sent ❤
I seriously love henna, i used it for a long time. My hair is naturally blond so i was bright copper with it. After 2 times using it my hair has had such deepness in color and it was never so healthy again after i sadly had to remove it. I have allergic asthma and turnt allergic against it. Thats very very rare so don't be scared to use it. I miss how my hair looked and felt with it
Usually only ppl w a G6PD Deficiency have allergy from henna... Sad to become allergic suddenly!
Girl! I’m guessing you’re committed to not bleaching for a while!! I’m proud of you ❤ beautiful color
You can bleach pure henna. It's indigo that you not supposed to bleach. It will turn your hair green.
Love the henna!
I have that same hair color at the moment and now I'm so much more confident in using henna once all the chemical dye has rinsed off in about 6 weeks
That color is soooo pretty on you!
I caaaan't believe those results, stunning!!!
Wow I been useing hanna for 4 years looks so good love that color
Henna smells like green tea to me. It can really dry your hair out too, anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. You need a deep conditioner after.
I also do not let it completely dry on my hair because it can cause dryness.
If i go to sleep in it, ill mix it with a silicone free, cheap not moisturising conditioner.
I would love to see how semi-permanent hair colors affect henna stained hair
If u dye your hair with henna yes chemical dye will ever hold on thats the problem u will need it to grow oit to be able to dye it
I was gonna say the same everyone else has said, you’re BOLD to use henna 😮 I’m excited to see how you tackle this removal
I’ve been using Henna for 2 yrs to cover my greys without using chemicals. It’s a longer process but I love it!
From where you buy henna pure please
stella!!! i really like the colour henna turns out. really like it.
I honestly think this is the best hair colour I’ve seen on you yet !!! Beautiful
if you mix a lot you can freeze it and is good for 12 - 15 months btw
Henna user here! Became sensitive to chemicals. I was always told never to use a metal bowl or utensils with the mix. I always did a dye release. I mixed it with water and something acidic like lemon juice the night before to get the dye to release. This was permanent color with no fade. I am wondering if not dye releasing makes in not permanent. My problem became color build up. With subsequent applications it gets darker and darker. So roots only after the first. It is almost impossible to get out. I switched to Cassia which is a neutral blonde type henna and still got build up. I am working on just using it for conditioning without color build up now.
I love pure henna for hair health..
IF you stick to it!!!!
But nooooo if you want to go lighter or blonde. I used LUSH henna, BRUN which has indigo in it and that’s impossible to get out!
Wanted blonde and it would ALWAYS go green!!!
It’s been 2 years to grow it out!
I’m finally back to blonde, barely shoulder length..
Love coloring my hair like stunning Stella.. Hi Stella 🤗❤
Cool! That's something new. So beautiful outcome, I love this colour so much!❤
This looks incredible! And i love the color matched outfit, makeup, and nails 😍
love to see you trying this! the execution was flawless ❤️
Omg that color is beautiful
What a simply stunning colour! You look incredible
this is amazing, it looks wonderful ❤❤
This is absolutely STUNNING 😮
As a cosmetology student and knowing Stella, I’m curious how the process of removing this color is going to go because I heard henna is extremely hard to get out. The color is stunning tho 🤎🧡
Henna does not get out. You have to bleach the hair, and it still might not fully remove the henna, because henna is not a paint that sits on top of the hair, but a molecule that binds to the keratin of the hair and changes its colour
I've been using henna for years now, but I'm committed to it. You don't flirt or date henna. You just marry it. You can't divorce the b1sh. It goes into the DNA of your hair, when usually normal dyes just affect the outer layer of the hair strand. Naturally red heads can go blond. People who use henna cannot.
I've seen girls try to remove the henna from their hair (it is culturally very popular where I live). It's traumatic, no matter how reassuring their hairdressers try to sound. Unless you are going for the same reddish color family, just don't do it. Or just chop it off. It's not worth the agony really.
OMG PLESE DO A VIDEO ON HOW YOU STYLED THIS PIXIE SHORT HAIR - TTHERE IS NOTHING ON THE INTERNET
Love how this turned out. ❤️💕👍 Beautiful colour and very rich.
I live on sweden, and when I was around 10(24 years ago), i got bullied so much for my ratcoloured dirty blonde that I begged my parents to dye it. I had thick,long beautiful hair quality, and my mom didnt know what to do,just to not mess with the quality of it. And hairsalons was out of the question way to expensive for a family of 5. So she got the idea of henna. She had to go an hour away to a different part of town, and an hour back to get it. Then I sat once a month with that in my hair for 6 hours and a bag. The shiiiine, the curls, and it grew soo healthy and long. I got stopped in the streets complimented for my hair back then. I think i kept it up for a couple of years and would do it all over again. 😅
Use conditioner when you wash it , all rough stuff will fall immediately
I love the way you you styled it at the end as well! I feel like you could go back into another 3 or 4 videos of different styles of short hair, you could even branch out into like a 10 minute just on a few of your eyeliner looks? I've personally thought a video on how you choose your jewelry for looks, and what's your inspiration for it would also be great content.... just ideas ❤❤
That must be a moroccan henna , a rajastan or yemen henna would've come out more firy red ! Now i'm wondering if bleaching henna would be possible
As a Turkish, traditionally my grandma had dyed my hear with henna. It took such a long process and my really dark black hair does not give much colour with hanna. However, it is so nourish for hair. I had been bleaching my hair for 2 years and it was so damaged. I decided to apply henna again and gradually go back my natural hair color. It helps my hair become heaty again. However, one thing you should consider, if you apply henna you can't bleach your hair. Girls consider that. This is red pigment. It will stick your hair and either you will go darker color if you change your mind or you will wait to get rid of all henna. So think again. Do you have that much commitment?
And for best result for henna here is my recipe, vinegar, olive oil, vitamin e, and as liquid worm black tea mix with henna wait a day for applying. When you apply let it sit at least 6 hours. And the results is great. If you wish you can add some walnut shell for a more blackish result or wine for a reddish result.
Looks gorgeous and healthy!
Be careful about using henna because it’s very hard to remove! Especially if there’s any indigo in it. I speak from experience ! I loved my henna hair til I wanted to lighten it or change the color… having to just grow /chop /grow…. Especially for someone like you who likes to change color frequently
Beautiful but a commitment! There's no removing henna or bleaching or dying over it - synthetic dyes will act wierd... as beautiful as the end result looks, i'm not sure you will like the permanence of it
Do you need to use the mask or is washing with the natural shampoo enough?
Be careful when dying with henna. Some henna dyes contain metallic salts. These are what cause problems when trying to dye over the henna hair later. Also black henna is linked to allergic reactions developing to other products later. Lush do an amazing henna hair dye also that is super natural. This one looks lovely too. The colour is very nice 🥰
looking forward to see the final results
Stunning as always!😊🎉❤
Love it so much! ❤
I’ll be watching when you get tired of henna. I have henna in my hair and it’s really really hard to get out.
love this, every woman in my family has used henna to dye their grey hair, but i'm also interested to see what would happen if u added some semi-permanent dye to the henna mixture? would it alter the colour, say if u added a pink semi permanent dye?
Looking forward to the video where you go platinum blonde after using henna. That would be exciting. But please be safe. 😬
I adore the hair color i wish i could get it but if i put henna on my hair it wont look like this, but i do use neutral henna sometimes on my hair it gives off a soft yellow hint but the same benefits as normal henna, would love to see you try a blonde henna color (like a level 8) bc usually people are like henna can't give you a level 8 blonde color or level 7
So freaking beautyful! 🥰
you look like Raye. so gorgeous
Ive always been a little afraid of henna because I heard of a reaction if you have or gonna have tattoo's... Also other reactions to things .
If someone has had a reaction to 'henna tattoos' they've likely had a reaction to PPD instead which is what they put in hair dye (and the tattoo cones) PPD can cause some extreme reactions and allergies, even lethal if you're unlucky. It's kinda criminal some places offer things like black henna tattoos which are essenially just putting black hair dye on you (the darker the dye the higher the concentration of PPD) Which is why a lot of dyes say if you've had a reaction to a henna tattoo or something, don't dye your hair. Always be wary of whats in a hennna tattoo cone!
For what its worth I haven't heard of anyone having a reaction to just pure henna though. I've used it for years now and never had any reactions to anything (even over bleach!) and my skin is sensitive as hell lol. Worrst to happen is just an orange forehead for a week. Using the pure stuff is the way to go if you ever choose henna. Though everyone is different! A patch test always helps if you've never used it before.
@@elwraith3622 thank you for that x
Very pretty color. I’ve always heard that since henna has metallic salts in the formula, then dyeing or bleaching the hair with regular dyes in the future will make the hair smoke 😳
You have to use 100% henna for this not to happen. Many hennas on the market are fake.
So in other words 'pure' henna.
@@fatgirlsdiggraves if it has been a very long time (such as a year or more) dying your hair with the henna you should be fine just make sure to do a test strand which will warn you of any reactions
That's a myth. You can bleach henna, you can color over it, but the artificial color may not stick that good after pure henna aka lavsonia inermis. Indigo is another story (if you bleach indygo you'll get green hue on your hair, so don't do it it's pain in the ass), same as weird henna mixes with PPD
(P-phenylenediamine ).
Those are unpredictable and may end up in damage and bad situations like gummy hair and smoke.
The confidence you had applying henna while wearing a white tee😭😭😭
Unless the Henna is a Red or Reddish Color it is NOT ‘PURE’ Henna it has other ingredients. Black Henna, Dark Brown or Ash Brown may contain Indigo which is a plant Dye which is used to dye Blue Jeans and can be very difficult or impossible to remove without destroying the hair.
I have dark almost black hair would it work on me?
Your hair looks incredible!!
My mum has been using henna since I was young and has always had compliments oh how
Beautiful and healthy her hair is!
I do it on my hair, to get a more vibrant color mixt it with some milk cream
This is gorgeous
love the color. ❤
I knew it! It was on your IG a week ago or so, and I guessed it right ✅️
So very very glamorous ❤❤❤
Wow so beautiful hair color
9:47 - FORBIDDEN CHOCOLATE SAUCE 😂
Damn, this color looks so good on you!
Oooh think this might go straight into the regret bucket. There's no bleaching out or colour removing henna. This is permanent black box dye x100. I speak from bitter experience
That's what I was thinking too 😢 But she is creative and I'm sure she will work around it! Like either going darker, or doing hot roots again or something!
There *is* bleaching it out, actually, but it's about the only way to remove it, speaking from long experience ;)
Yayyy i always use henna!
The point where you say that pure henna has no metallic salts in it is just not correct...when some people, especially biologists or chemists, say that henna could have metallic salts is because it comes from a plant which absorbs substances from the ground which include metallic salts...picramate is a well known chemical dye that is much more safe than henna which for now is safe in some specific situations and following the Eu directions, because it can be genotoxic due to the Lawsone, the main active ingredient from this plant...to be safe it should be at a concentration of 1.4% or lower...dyeing your hair after using henna can be very dangerous because of the metallic salts present in the plant itself...so no one should tell you in a channel that dyeing your hair with henna is that simple, you do it once and than you need to let your hair grow before considering any other traditional treatment such as box dye...and of course it can make you hair look healthy, no one can say otherwise, but bare in mind that going off henna is not that simple even though a brand tell you that their henna does not have metallic salts in it...and I used henna for years...
Incorrect all over the board… I don’t even know where to start with this…
Definitely not correct I use all natural Henna from Light Mountain I have waist length hair and have went back blonde several times no damage😀
Hopefully got henna safety able to remove . If decided to change it again .
How many levels can henna lift? Or does it only deposit pigment?
Henna does Only deposit as it’s mainly a staining agent
@@StellaCini thank you ❤️
Copper Stella is my favourite Stella
It's beautiful. How would it cover grey?
Greys will turn Orange, but you need several coats
Can someone lemme know if indigo powder can be used on the skin instead of henna but AS henna? Tks
it is gorgeous
I want to try henna but i don’t know which brand to start. I want brown color, any suggestions?:))
Now I want to do it too 😁
I been using hanna hair color for 3 years now
Beautiful ❤❤❤
Anyone have suggestions for making henna and/or indigo powder last?? I’ve done red henna, and also mixed pure henna and indigo -loved both applications but after about the 4th shampoo my hair lightens drastically from having previous bleached 😭
There's no way to change that. You'll have to grow your hair so the henna can bind to your virgin, natural hair and not to the damaged bleached hair
Have you tried a two step application? Whenever I switch from chemical dye to henna, I do some pre-treatments with Cassia (1-2 times), then depending on how dark I want my hair, I'll do a cassia+henna mix or pure henna to create a base for the final color to attach to. Then I do my final mix of brown or dark brown (where more plants are mixed together (I use Khadi as well, but also did my own mixes in the past). I have medium brown hair, but I've experimented with bleach in the past and after few applications, the color becomes more uniform and resistant to bleeding. The key ingredient in Lawsonia/pure red henna. Indigo will not stick to the hair without it. Khadi even has a special Color prep mix. Haven't tried it, but would like to.