Show me henna on naturally black hair

[GrowlingCupcake]

I don't care much for my natural hair colour; it's a soft black/black-brown hair. I've been dyeing it for years, gave it up for about two years after dyeing the rest to match my original hair colour (went a little too dark), and have started dyeing it again. I really like red hair but I'm not sure how well henna will show up on my natural hair colour.

So, I'm looking for pictures of pure henna on naturally black (coal black, soft black, black-brown, etc.) hair. I've tried searching through past threads but so many images are wiped that it is is hard.

If it helps, red box dye takes really well to my hair; even when the dye claims to be all cool tones/has no red, my hair still shows red. And yes, I know I can do a strand test but I also know how messy henna is (we used to henna our hands/legs for Deepavali all the time, and gods was it messy) so I'd like some idea of what it would look like before I try a strand test.

I'm not looking for henna mixed with indigo. I'm mostly interested in 100% pure henna. That said, I am curious about NightBlooming's Enyo and Kitsune mixes. My natural hair colour is in between the two darkest natural shades listed though leaning a bit more towards the darkest one.

[Joules]

Box dye shows red (not specifically in your case, but in general) because of how pigments in hair react to ammonia and peroxide.

Henna coats hair with a transparent red layer, it would be like looking at your hair color through red glass. If your hair is black, it would turn out black with warm undertone, it would be most visible under sunlight. Don't expect significant difference.

[SeRe]

I have jet black hair naturally and 0 greys, my hair is literally the blackest you can find naturally. I have done many, many henna applications over the years. This is what my hair looks after about 20-30 full applications in the past 3 years. - https://imgur.com/a/IQXpv27

In the sunlight it's red. Now, after 3 years of henna, the sides of my hair are starting to turn a little brownish red, but you can only notice in the light. Don't expect too much of a difference.

[Lady Stardust]

I love henna on black hair, it’s quite rare to see where I live and the result can be very subtle, but it’s so beautiful. I think other people are more likely to get the benefit of seeing the colour, for example when a small ray of sunshine just catches part of the hair and it shines red. It’s lovely and something that you wouldn’t notice so much on your own head of hair.

The effect of henna varies on grey hair, but if you have a sprinkling of greys, and if henna works in a way that you like, it will give the most amazing henna highlights that a hairdresser couldn’t replicate if they tried. I would think it would take multiple full applications to keep the greys red. Mine start red and fade to orange, but everyone is different.

[littlestarface]

I was doing henna for years which was fine until I started getting white hairs and then henna didn't look good growing out with half henna hair and half white plus the white hairs now have, white, half copper half deep red it looks so not good. Plus I had did henna so many times in the sun and flash my hair turns a very cool tones burgundy color which don't match with my natural golden highlights and it makes it not look such a solid black anymore like it gives it more dimension. The more layers of henna you put on your hair the more burgundy it looks and I liked a coppery red in the sun :wail: Now I have to wait years n years to grow mine out.


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