The henna/cassia thread

[Liz_H]

This was the first time I applied to wet hair, which also made it easier to apply.

When we spend holidays with my grandmother, usually all the aunties and cousins and everybody are applying henna at once.

What a nice family time!

[shelomit]

What a nice family time!

It's a traditional holiday thing--we're North African. And for some holidays like Purim, it's typical to color your hands and feet as well, so that means mixing up even more henna paste!

[alewyn]

Hi henna/cassia users! My natural hair color is around a level 6, I think (honestly not sure) and I'm contemplating switching to a henna/cassia mix on my roots to get a lighter color near my face than the deep auburn full strength henna I'm working with now (which I love, but is a somewhat intense contrast with my skin tone). Below is a pic of my virgin hair in full sunlight. I'm curious if anyone has hair close to this color that they have henna/cassiaed and would care to share pics of.



Here's one in overcast lighting.

And for reference, this is what it looks like with henna (I've only done one full-head application, the rest has been roots-only):



Overcast lighting w/ henna pic here.

My ultimate goal is to kind of let my natural level 6 shine through a bit more. I'm keeping the auburn lengths for sure, though--if I do switch my mix up, I'll do a gradual transition. Any and all thoughts or pics welcome!

[Cyclamen]

Alewyn, I don't have pictures handy right now, but when I was using 50:50 mix it came out more coppery looking, less red