Show Me Your Hennaed Hair!

**Hypnotica** · March 16th, 2016, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by morrigan*

Hypnotica your color is amazing, what was your starting color and what recipe do you use ?

I'm somewhere between blond and brunette.

Recepie? Henna + hot water. Let sit until it looks orange (like ten minutes?). Apply to the general root area. Wait 2 hours. Wash hair.

morrigan* · March 16th, 2016, 11:22 AM

Thanks your color looks really lovely!

**browneyedsusan** · March 16th, 2016, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Hypnotica

So this was APL hair:

And this is now at about calf:

Seems to me the colour has stayed pretty much the same.

Yay!
I want to grow up to be Hypnotica!

**Goldfish1902** · March 16th, 2016, 12:56 PM

Hi everyone. My lurking days are over. Love all the beautiful reds here, warms the heart! Like infusing hair with sunshine. I tried Lush henna a few years back and was most disappointed with the results (Don't leave me, Lush. I LOVE you. Forgive me). It barely took and was patchy. The last time I actually got a good colour from henna was about 1999 or thereabouts... but I could not find that sort of pure henna in the store again and it was lost to me. Even the upmarket health food places sell an adulterated product here. I would love to get that colour again. In the 1980s my mum always hennaed her hair with stuff my aunt brought from Saudi Arabia; I was warned it would turn my then dark blonde hair bright orange, but i loved watching her apply it. After the Lush damp squib experience I started researching and I wanted yemeni henna; searched the internet and of course it can't be found and tragically it doesn't look like things will be settling down any time soon. I read more than seems healthy about henna deciding what and whether... including hundreds of your posts, and tonight is the night. I went with Hennacat's premium organic rajasthani powder. I did a strand test and it is rich and intense, but of course will take a few days to settle down...

I've been a bit self conscious about my hair as I had some hair loss as a result of health things but that is growing back in now... I also have a fringe (bangs, American people :-) growing out, although the fringe was actually quite excellent and looking at the photos I would consider cutting it again. For now it will not be cut at all. Ordinarily I don't cut my hair but somehow I seem to get the urge and chop it all off around every seven years. The last cut was about two years ago, but since then the health stuff and thinning I mentioned meant I have trimmed and messed with it more than usual.

I wouldn't usually bother with posting photos of hair but your forum is so informative and useful with such a lovely sense of community that I thought why not! Great inspiration. Now I need to figure out how to get photos up. Thanks for this great resource and to everyone posting for their input x

**Hypnotica** · March 17th, 2016, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Goldfish1902

Hi everyone. My lurking days are over. Love all the beautiful reds here, warms the heart! Like infusing hair with sunshine. I tried Lush henna a few years back and was most disappointed with the results (Don't leave me, Lush. I LOVE you. Forgive me). It barely took and was patchy. The last time I actually got a good colour from henna was about 1999 or thereabouts... but I could not find that sort of pure henna in the store again and it was lost to me. Even the upmarket health food places sell an adulterated product here. I would love to get that colour again. In the 1980s my mum always hennaed her hair with stuff my aunt brought from Saudi Arabia; I was warned it would turn my then dark blonde hair bright orange, but i loved watching her apply it. After the Lush damp squib experience I started researching and I wanted yemeni henna; searched the internet and of course it can't be found and tragically it doesn't look like things will be settling down any time soon. I read more than seems healthy about henna deciding what and whether... including hundreds of your posts, and tonight is the night. I went with Hennacat's premium organic rajasthani powder. I did a strand test and it is rich and intense, but of course will take a few days to settle down...

I've been a bit self conscious about my hair as I had some hair loss as a result of health things but that is growing back in now... I also have a fringe (bangs, American people :-) growing out, although the fringe was actually quite excellent and looking at the photos I would consider cutting it again. For now it will not be cut at all. Ordinarily I don't cut my hair but somehow I seem to get the urge and chop it all off around every seven years. The last cut was about two years ago, but since then the health stuff and thinning I mentioned meant I have trimmed and messed with it more than usual.

I wouldn't usually bother with posting photos of hair but your forum is so informative and useful with such a lovely sense of community that I thought why not! Great inspiration. Now I need to figure out how to get photos up. Thanks for this great resource and to everyone posting for their input x

Nightblooming on Etsy still sell Yemeni Henna if you are still interested!

**Nimia** · March 17th, 2016, 04:02 PM

I had some highlights put into my henna'd hair today, and she blew it dry -- a rare thing for me, so I had to take a picture. Plus the sun finally came out.

morrigan* · March 17th, 2016, 04:07 PM

Nimia your hair is gorgeous.

**parkmikii** · March 17th, 2016, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Nimia

I had some highlights put into my henna'd hair today, and she blew it dry -- a rare thing for me, so I had to take a picture. Plus the sun finally came out.

Stunning