How often do you henna your roots?

**Pierre** · January 7th, 2014, 06:36 AM

I do it once a month or two. I start to get the itch (sometimes literally) to henna after about a month, but have to wait for an evening when I'm alert and a following morning when I have time to rinse it out. I did two applications in a row without doing my toes; next time I'll henna my toes too.

**walterSCAN** · January 7th, 2014, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by Pierre

I do it once a month or two. I start to get the itch (sometimes literally) to henna after about a month, but have to wait for an evening when I'm alert and a following morning when I have time to rinse it out. I did two applications in a row without doing my toes; next time I'll henna my toes too.

Do you do your toes for the color, or some other reason? That sounds kinda fun! How long do you leave it on them?

**Aingeal** · January 8th, 2014, 06:41 AM

Sounds like I'm about average. Its been about six weeks and I have about an inch of roots. The demarcation line is starting to get evident, so maybe this weekend ill touch up.

**Anje** · January 8th, 2014, 10:04 AM

I know I do it less than average, every 3-4 months maybe. My hair's a medium brownish auburn, so it takes a LOT of growth before roots are actually noticeable in anything but bright sunlight.

**swearnsue** · January 8th, 2014, 10:41 AM

My silver roots really stand out from the dark henna so I SHOULD do a root touch up every month but you know how it is, things come up and I get busy, then I get too tired etc. so it ends up being about every 5 to 6 weeks.

**AmyBeth** · January 8th, 2014, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by walterSCAN

Do you do your toes for the color, or some other reason? That sounds kinda fun! How long do you leave it on them?

I have catastrophically fragile finernails- I mean when I accidentally BRUSHED my thumbnail against my husband's shoulder when going in for a hug, the nail shattered and crumbled down to the flesh. That has been typical for the last 10 years, and I tried every product on the market. I realized how good henna was for my hair and figured I tried everything else, why not try henna? I started using it on my nails about a month ago, and the difference is startling! I can now grow a thin free edge before they start breaking for the first time in years. Seriously, no matter how short my nails were (and I kept them trimmed so short is was painful!) the edges would just crumble away down into the flesh. I'll probably never have long nails, but at least they don't hurt and bleed anymore. They still break off pretty soon after reaching the free edge, but I'll take that over where I was. The color doesn't chip, and I cover it with a thin coat of a nail protein product from Spa Ritual (vegan), to make it look more like a standard polish. Also, if I don't protect the henna, it starts to fade, especially on the free edge. I mix the henna into a paste, let it release for 12 hours and then brush it on. I keep it moist with an eye dropper of water for about an hour and rinse it off. I do a regrowth once a week if I have time, sometimes I have to go longer, but henna on my nails is here to stay!

**walterSCAN** · January 8th, 2014, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by AmyBeth

I have catastrophically fragile finernails- I mean when I accidentally BRUSHED my thumbnail against my husband's shoulder when going in for a hug, the nail shattered and crumbled down to the flesh. That has been typical for the last 10 years, and I tried every product on the market. I realized how good henna was for my hair and figured I tried everything else, why not try henna? I started using it on my nails about a month ago, and the difference is startling! I can now grow a thin free edge before they start breaking for the first time in years. Seriously, no matter how short my nails were (and I kept them trimmed so short is was painful!) the edges would just crumble away down into the flesh. I'll probably never have long nails, but at least they don't hurt and bleed anymore. They still break off pretty soon after reaching the free edge, but I'll take that over where I was. The color doesn't chip, and I cover it with a thin coat of a nail protein product from Spa Ritual (vegan), to make it look more like a standard polish. Also, if I don't protect the henna, it starts to fade, especially on the free edge. I mix the henna into a paste, let it release for 12 hours and then brush it on. I keep it moist with an eye dropper of water for about an hour and rinse it off. I do a regrowth once a week if I have time, sometimes I have to go longer, but henna on my nails is here to stay!

Fascinating! Thank you for explaining that, it makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. I had actually wondered if doing your toes had to do with the anti-fungal aspect of henna, but this is an interesting different perspective.

**tbonita** · January 8th, 2014, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by mamaherrera

This is so me, and trust me, I can find a mm of white roots within three days of just doing henna if I use the mirror.

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**mamaherrera** · January 8th, 2014, 10:26 PM

Thanks, I'm emptying it right now--now you can fill it with lots of PMS for me!! :-)

**Autumnberry** · January 9th, 2014, 11:06 AM

I henna my roots every 3 months, and the roots are only visible in the brightest sunlight. I have a few greys, but they are barely noticeable with me wearing my hair down 100% of the time when I go out. (Updos would show too much grey after a month or so.) This time I waited almost 6 months--which sounds shocking--but it really didn't look bad worn down. I don't want to lose my waves, so the root-only method is better.