Do Some Magic With Your Hair

Henna is a gift of nature not only for your hair but for your body too. It have many medicinal properties as well as the natural beauty benefits. Henna is used for coluring the grey and dull hair and making the body art.

It covers all your grey hair naturally and make them shiny and bouncy. Henna gives a red colour to your hair and you can get other colours too by mixing with other natural products. Henna not only gives colour to your hair but also works as the great conditioner and reduces hair fall and controls hair damage.

Henna and Pure Indigo Hair Dye together can do the miracle with your hair. For different shades of brown, you can use the combinations of pure henna and indigo. Brown, auburn, chocolate or chestnut colour can get by the use of this mixture by following some simple steps:

1. For colouring normal length hair, you have to mix 100g of Henna powder with the some acidic juice like lemon or orange. Add as water or juice till it gets a yoghurt-like consistency.

2. Cover the paste with a plastic sheet and leave this it for 12 to 24 hours. The longer sit time allows the dye to release. More time give you more red colour.

3. Add some Indigo powder and cocoa butter in this paste and add some hot water(just below to boiling point) and make a mixture of consistency of yoghurt.

4. Allow it for 10-15 minutes and the green powder start changing its colour from dark purple to black and when the colour turns totally black it is ready for use. You can mix some essential oils at this stage for better results.

5. Before applying this mixture on your hair apply a thick layer of petroleum jelly on the open parts like hairline, ears and neck.

6. Apply this Henna and Indigo paste on dry hair sections and completely cover all the hair from tip to root. The easiest way to apply this paste on your hair from the back and move forward. Along with the petroleum jelly wear gloves to protect your hands and towel to cover the shoulders for protecting clothes from the stains.

7. Cover your hair with the plastic or shower cap and leave for 1- 6 hours. The more you time to leave the paste on your hair the darker colour you will get.

8. Rinse off with cool water and do not shampoo for 24 to 48 hours because henna/indigo needs time to oxidise.

9.The colour will look dark brown at first and turn deeper brown to black in 2-4 days.

10. Repeat the same process per month for coloured, healthy and thick hair.

Henna is a multipurpose herb, on the one hand, you will get healthy and colourful hair with henna powder and beautiful body tattoo with Henna Tattoo Cone.

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