What shampoo and conditioner on henna hair?

[Faraniel]

Hi, I am considering henna and cassia mix and I would like to ask you what kind of shampoo and conditioner should I use to preserve it? Should it be silicone free, maybe sufate free? Or it doesn't matter?

[Joules]

Doesn't matter one bit. Henna can't be washed out no matter what, so you can use whatever you want. You may need more moisturizing conditioners since henna can be a little drying to the hair (well, not drying per se, it kinda makes the hair coarser if that makes sense), but other than that you can use your normal products.

[Sabrina Fair]

Doesn't matter one bit. Henna can't be washed out no matter what, so you can use whatever you want. You may need more moisturizing conditioners since henna can be a little drying to the hair (well, not drying per se, it kinda makes the hair coarser if that makes sense), but other than that you can use your normal products.

I've heard somewhere (I think it says something to this effect on the Henna Sooq website) that using Rhassoul clay right after henna will take fresh henna out, or at least diminish the dye uptake (I very much doubt it would pull the colour out completely). Has anyone noticed this? I LOVE using Rhassoul as a shampoo, but since I henna my roots roughly once a week it wouldn't be practical to then immediately make the colour more drab, so I've been holding off on using the clay. Currently I'm co-washing but would really like to use the clay wash every few washes for volume... Any thoughts?

[lapushka]

Even bleach can't get henna out, so I would not worry about whether your shampoo contains sulfates or not. Just do what you need to do for your scalp. Whether that is + sulfates or - sulfates. Either is OK!

[Joules]

I've heard somewhere (I think it says something to this effect on the Henna Sooq website) that using Rhassoul clay right after henna will take fresh henna out, or at least diminish the dye uptake (I very much doubt it would pull the colour out completely). Has anyone noticed this? I LOVE using Rhassoul as a shampoo, but since I henna my roots roughly once a week it wouldn't be practical to then immediately make the colour more drab, so I've been holding off on using the clay. Currently I'm co-washing but would really like to use the clay wash every few washes for volume... Any thoughts?

I'm personally against clay washes (I'm against anything that's not developed by professionals in a lab and tested to be safe long-term), so Idk. I guess if the Henna Sooq website says that clay can take out fresh henna then maybe waiting a couple of weeks after hennaing before washing with clay would be an ok solution?

[Nox_Inber]

I haven't tried clay washes before but I wash with sulfate shampoo every day to every other day. I think it might fade out my henndigo a teeny tiny bit faster but the color is still pretty dang black.

You could always try the clay wash to see what happens! If you think it's stripping the color then you can decide from there if it's worth it. It might end up being a non issue :D

[shelomit]

I have no experience with clay washes, but unless your hair is already prone to be super-dry, I wouldn't worry about it. If there's anything you can do to hennaed hair to make it fade faster or otherwise go on the fritz, I've never discovered it. My hair has been hennaed basically my whole life, during which I've used every drugstore brand and/or random on-sale product under the sun. I've done silicone- and sulfate-free, and super duper silicone- and sulfate-heavy. Neither will affect the henna color.

I usually do an initial rough rinse to get some of the henna paste out of my hair, then detangle with conditioner, rinse again, and immediately do some sort of moisture treatment on the same day I put the henna in. Rinsing that out at the end of the day gets most of the remaining leaf-guck. My hair usually feels a little "straw-y" the day after no matter how well I rinse or condition, but is back to feeling normal on day two. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[FrayedFire]

You could also get a henna shampoo/conditioner. Something to keep the red tones brighter and combat fading.

[Nightshade]

You could also get a henna shampoo/conditioner. Something to keep the red tones brighter and combat fading.

Most "henna" shampoos and conditioners are total scams. Henna's dye molecule breaks down over the course of a few days and it wouldn't survive in a dye-able state in a shampoo bottle or conditioner for long. A lot of products claiming to keep red with a henna shampoo or conditioner actually have artificial dyes in them, or have henna in them, but it's inert for the purposes of color (and conditioning because the lawsone doesn't condition if it doesn't bind to your hair, which it doesn't when it's lost it's capacity to dye).

[ellajackson]

I highly recommend Henna Hair Color to everyone who needs hair coloring, regular hair color contains toxic chemicals that are not good for hairs & in some cases it may cause severe skin reactions. Generally you can use organic shampoo and condition for your henna hair. You can find organic hair care products on Henna Spam-porium

[LeyanaWhite]

Whether I’m using henna or not I always like to use a mostly natural, sulfate/paraben/silicone free shampoo & conditioner. I enjoyed the Maui Moisture line but found that it was just a bit too heavy for my hair. I like the Love+Beauty+Planet line a lot too and always add rose hip & peppermint essential oils to the bottles. That’s what I’ve been using up until recently. I just started using the Calia Natural brand and OMG I’m in love after literally one use!! I can’t wait to try it after my next Henna session!

[Isilme]

Personally I prefer to use a very light conditioner since most of the heavy ones tend to stick to my hair and form a grey buildup until the next wash. I've even experimented with using only flaxseed soap to wash my hair without any conditioner at all. It works fairly well for a couple of washes, then I need regular shampoo and conditioner again.

[FrayedFire]

Most "henna" shampoos and conditioners are total scams. Henna's dye molecule breaks down over the course of a few days and it wouldn't survive in a dye-able state in a shampoo bottle or conditioner for long. A lot of products claiming to keep red with a henna shampoo or conditioner actually have artificial dyes in them, or have henna in them, but it's inert for the purposes of color (and conditioning because the lawsone doesn't condition if it doesn't bind to your hair, which it doesn't when it's lost it's capacity to dye).

Oh whoops. I thought the solid shampoo bars with actual henna in them? I have one, I never used it cause I didn't like how the CV bar I tried made my hair feel.

[Bellalla]

Right now my hair is pretty fried from red dye with 30 developer for years, which I always did full head application because of the red fade.

I'm hoping that switching to henna, and perhaps chopping off the damaged ends will lessen my dependency on cones. As it is, I have to condition with heavy coney conditioner AND soak my length with a heavy coney "oil" that has a label that says "Moroccan Oil" but is really just silicones.

My hair has always been very dry, even when not coloured, so I've always been more drawn to heavy coney conditioners.

Is there any chance that the conditioning affect of henna/cassia might offset that?