Which henna is the most copper/"orange"?

[OperaTeacherMom]

I really like the more orange/copper tones, but my hair seems to be going more toward a cherry/burgundy tone. I haven't done a whole head application in a while, just glosses. I have used Jamila and Ayur Rajasthani henna. I love that I can get the Rajasthani locally, but if it's not the color I want, I'll pay more to buy online if I have to.

[sedonia]

Its not the henna, its a combination of your natural hair color and how much henna gets bonded to your hair, which is usually a function of the number of applications and the length of time each application has been left on the hair. Its very permanent, so if you are darker and more burgundy than you want, you are going to have to look into some ways that people have lightened henna'ed hair. I believe some people have used multiple applications of honey to gradually lighten hair, or used conventional hair bleaches, but henna is very permanent and hard to lighten. You won't just be able to buy a different henna and shift to a lighter, orangey-er color.

If your natural hair color is darker than the shade of red you want, you will have to continually lighten the roots before hennaing the roots.

I have naturally light brown hair and I have been using 50:50 mixtures of henna and cassia (a light yellow dye) to keep my hair light auburn. When I have roots to cover, I henna only the roots, and I never leave it on for more than 2 hours. So far it has worked, but I continue to be concerned about the long term maintenance of this color.

Edited to add: I see from your avatar you are brunette. I don't think you will be able to get an orange red from henna without first lightening your natural color.

[OperaTeacherMom]

Its not the henna, its a combination of your natural hair color and how much henna gets bonded to your hair, which is usually a function of the number of applications and the length of time each application has been left on the hair. Its very permanent, so if you are darker and more burgundy than you want, you are going to have to look into some ways that people have lightened henna'ed hair. I believe some people have used multiple applications of honey to gradually lighten hair, or used conventional hair bleaches, but henna is very permanent and hard to lighten. You won't just be able to buy a different henna and shift to a lighter, orangey-er color.

If your natural hair color is darker than the shade of red you want, you will have to continually lighten the roots before hennaing the roots.

I have naturally light brown hair and I have been using 50:50 mixtures of henna and cassia (a light yellow dye) to keep my hair light auburn. When I have roots to cover, I henna only the roots, and I never leave it on for more than 2 hours. So far it has worked, but I continue to be concerned about the long term maintenance of this color.

Edited to add: I see from your avatar you are brunette. I don't think you will be able to get an orange red from henna without first lightening your natural color.

Yeah, I kinda thought that might be the answer. Ha ha. Not willing to hurt my hair with bleach or any of that. I do like the color it is now, guess I'll have to stick with it even though I slightly prefer the coppery tone :)

[MandyBeth]

My hair color, which is not natural in any pics I have, stayed coppery using a product that had a high dye content. So I'm on the side that it has a LOT to do with your starting color. You are starting darker than the copper, so you won't get to the copper. But you get the color I wanted, sooo

Wanna swap hair? :D

[SwordWomanRiona]

The same happens to me! I have just henna'ed today with the Natural Copper Radhe Shyam henna, which is the lighter/more coppery one. Because when I finished washing and blow-drying my hair it was already dark outside, I am not sure how much coppery the Natural Copper henna will make my hair...For what I can see now, it has turned from a medium reddish brown to a deeper auburn - it's definitely more dark red than copper, at the top, at least (which isn't bad either, but I was longing for copper, sigh!). But it hasn't oxidized yet, we'll see how the colour turns out to be at the end!
Henna really depends on your starting hair colour :( I suppose I would have had to have light brown, red or blond hair to get what I wanted!

[fairystar32]

agree with PP.... but glossing adds colour too, so you will keep getting more of those darker tones, until you hit fully saturated, unless you switch to roots only.

[NouvelleNymphe2]

Honey lightening works quite well! Don't give up. Read the honey thread and I'm sure you can get at least a hint of gold with honey + cassia and other gold/yellow herb treatments. I use rhubarb powder, chamomile powder, carcuma with honey EVOO and cassia. I do have lighter brown hair naturally, but these treatments DO lighten hair, and I have seen lovely results on even medium to darker browns. Also, they never damage my hair. I'm always surprised at how little hair I lose after each treatment (I sleep with it on my hairs).