Caca Brun Henna (Lush)

[BeachBabe91]

I'm really wanting to buy Caca Brun henna dye at Lush. I want my already naturally dark brown hair (most of my hair is still dyed a lighter brown), to go darker and look more rich. How exactly does henna itself work, and how long can I expect it to last?
Will henna permanently tint my roots/hair? I don't want to ruin my progress of my naturally dark hair growth.
Is henna "good" for your hair? What benefits does it provide?

[jujube]

Stupidest answer you'll ever get, but "caca brun" in French means brown poop.

Jokes aside, I'm not a henna user but there are LOTS on this board. Try having a look at the Articles section, I'm sure they have articles on henna.

[jesis]

I want to try this as well. I've been doing a little bit of henna research and from what I can tell it's definitely permanent. My hair is naturally dark but I think it might be growing out lighter (I haven't been coloring it since I came to LHC :D), which doesn't suit me at all.

I know there are a ton of threads about it around here somewhere.

[Artsy]

I have used Lush Henna enough to become allergic to it;) So now I had to switch to the real stuff, but I can share my experiences.
By the way there is a lot of information about cacas on this forum if you can search for it.
I have tried brun, noir, mix of the 2, and my little sister tried the maroon and rouge so I have seen how all of the colours turn out.
Lush cacas are not pure henna+indigo mix, they work more like a glaze without saturating the colour too much. Brun is a bit on the orange/brown side for me, slightly darker then burnt orange. I was starting as a dark blond/light brown before I used caca brun. After that I used a mix of noir and brun. For the first week the colour was nice dark brown and then faded into something that's in my siggy. I have continued with brun/noir mix for a while. Lately I tried just noir on its own and the first day the colour really was almost black, and faded to dark brown.
The maroon and rouge are less orange and more cherry/brown on light brown virgin hair.
I have finally achieved the colour I wanted only after I have read everything on this forum about henna and indigo anyway. Cacas are permanent, although they fade significantly, so if you decide that you want highlights after that, you better reconsider.
I hope that helps

[jojo]

My siggi picture is a lush brun but mixed with a couple of cubes of marron. I leave it on for 5 hours and its permanent, all henna is.

Therefore make sure you really want it, cutting out is the only option of ridding of it but its lovely on my hair and I cant see me ever stopping using it.

[jojo]

I have used Lush Henna enough to become allergic to it;) So now I had to switch to the real stuff, but I can share my experiences.
By the way there is a lot of information about cacas on this forum if you can search for it.
I have tried brun, noir, mix of the 2, and my little sister tried the maroon and rouge so I have seen how all of the colours turn out.
Lush cacas are not pure henna+indigo mix, they work more like a glaze without saturating the colour too much. Brun is a bit on the orange/brown side for me, slightly darker then burnt orange. I was starting as a dark blond/light brown before I used caca brun. After that I used a mix of noir and brun. For the first week the colour was nice dark brown and then faded into something that's in my siggy. I have continued with brun/noir mix for a while. Lately I tried just noir on its own and the first day the colour really was almost black, and faded to dark brown.
The maroon and rouge are less orange and more cherry/brown on light brown virgin hair.
I have finally achieved the colour I wanted only after I have read everything on this forum about henna and indigo anyway. Cacas are permanent, although they fade significantly, so if you decide that you want highlights after that, you better reconsider.
I hope that helps
I disagree they are BAQ henna and are just are permanent as powdered henna, henna is henna however you disguise it, sure Lush has oils and stuff in but many people add oils and stuff to powdered henna. Dont be fooled that Lush henna is semi it is anything but.

[CaityBear]

^^ I think maybe she means it's not a pure mix because it has so much other stuff in it and because of all of that stuff it doesn't color as richly as straight henna/indigo.

I started with the Rouge and it was very orange. (ETA: thinking of it now, it really didn't deposit much color on my hair when I used Lush. It only started to get to be a really nice red when I started using Jamila) Whereas if I had started with the straight henna it would've been waaaaay more red. It's definitely good to try if you don't want something as rich as BAQ henna or indigo. I wasn't sure if I was ready to dive into the henna straight away so I used Lush first. I think I did it twice before I switched to Jamila (and now use Yemeni).

It will last forever in general. It will never fade completely out of your hair. You'll have to touch up your roots (or just do all of your hair. Henna builds up over time so some people only do roots. Of course, with darker hair it's not going to show as much of a difference. I'm naturally dirty blonde/light brown so it shows a HUGE difference. My friend's hair only showed a red tint in the sunlight afterwards because her hair was dark to begin with.

For all the info about henna I'd definitely say look at the Articles section. There's so much that it'd be easier to just recommend that to you then to say it all here.

Oh, and I will agree that Lush does fade. I do my mom's hair with Marron and it does start to fade a bit and definitely doesn't look as good if I wait too long to color in between on her...

[Artsy]

I disagree they are BAQ henna and are just are permanent as powdered henna, henna is henna however you disguise it, sure Lush has oils and stuff in but many people add oils and stuff to powdered henna. Dont be fooled that Lush henna is semi it is anything but.
What I mean is that Lush cacas are a mix of henna, indigo, cocoa butter and other stuff, which can be irritative. Because of this mix you have to colour for a very long time compared to straight henna/indigo. In general henna glosses fade, it's not only lush cacas. The biggest problem though with cacas is the cocoa butter which has to be melted with hot water. Indigo does not take that well with hot water so it's a pain in the ass to mix for some (water not warm enough) and for others the caca doesn't take (water too hot maybe). What I am trying to say with all of this it is in order to get most from the buck from lush caca you still have to know how henna and indigo works.
I was pretty happy with my brown the first few times I died with lush:) my sister was ok with her colour, but did it mostly to switch away from chemical dye. Two of my friends who tried brun/noir hated the colour on them. So this is just something to consider. It is just much more convenient and pleasant experience when I make my own mix.

[Avital88]

I always do glosses but i'm considering to do a full henna, but i'm afraid it will get too dark because my natural color is a medium brown, so the difference will be noticable.
I will stick to glosses for a bit longer i guess, im gonna do one now!