Originally Posted by
spidermom
I'm a henna hater (on me and a few other people as well). The box said 100% henna, so that wasn't the problem. I mixed with warm water and applied to my hair for 2 hours (to the best of my memory; this was at least 10 years ago). Then I swam in the river until it was rinsed out. The color started out bozo orange, then faded to sort of a dull brick color. It was hideous! To make matters worse, my hair felt so dry and brittle for quite a long time. Conditioning treatments eventually returned my hair to a normal texture. I merely grew the color out and trimmed. Since I just did the one application, the color faded enough that before I cut it all off, you could barely tell where my natural color ended and the henna began. I don't think I'd ever henna again unless a goose that laid golden eggs came along with it.
PS - I don't think it had any conditioning benefit for my hair at all.
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