2 Packs Of Auburn Hair & Beard Color/Dye 100 Grams - Natural Hair Color, Plant-based Hair Dye -

Up front, let me say that I have been treating my hair with henna for over 40 (yes, fourty) years now. My hair is naturally medium brown, but according to hair dressers, it has a high content of copper pigments in it. I guess that this may help bring out the reds in a henna treated hair. Over time, my hair has naturally darkened to a deeper brown tone, go figure! So now I am using the Auburn mix of this henna. You can see on the pic what the result is: I took the product pouch with the girl's head on it, held a big strand of my own hair to the left half of the pouch and took the picture. It is so close to the color of the girl's hair that you might probably not even notice that it is not her hair but mine, that's how good it colors. The application is simple if you want it to be: Just boil some water, take a whisk and pour and stir water into the powder (in a glass bowl of appropriate size), then stir and check your preparation, until you get a smooth, medium thick pudding. Put a lid or cling wrap on it and let it cool down (1 hour?). Then wear as little as possible, to avoid spoiling nice clothes with henna, or put a barber's cape on. If you are not sure of your aiming skills, put a big square of paper or something you don't mind to ruin on the floor. Stick your hands into some nice latex gloves (I never use the bulky ones that come in the pouch), have a comb with a "tail" to part your hair. I start horizontally over one ear for my first partition. Dip three fingers into the henna pudding, scoop some up and smear it into the partition, nice and even. Mush it into the scalp. Slide the comb about 1/4" higher through the hair again to create the next division. Lift that strand up, and smush again a dollop of henna onto the new partition line. You can spread it with your fingers left and right, about an inch away from the partition. Repeat until you reach the opposite ear. Then, start from the crown of your head and do the same down the back of your head to the nape. No need to see it, just feel it. It is not precision work, no rocket science here! If your hair is long like mine, after that, you take the length of your hair in slim strands and you just mud them up with the remaining henna until all is mudded up. I then put a plastic shopping bag over the henna mud tower head, and tie it together with the bag handles, just on my forehead. Very shabby chic! Now you can sit down and read something, or play a game, or whatever, for about two to three hours. Just relax and let the henna act. After that, jump into the shower and first just rinse all out, moving the hair to loosen it with your fingers. When all the grit has been flushed, shampoo with an organic shampoo. No perfumes, no unnecessary chemicals, just no poo shampoo. Repeat a second round if necessary. Have a red or brown towel for your hair to dry on. That way, it won't matter if it takes some staining with the henna water run-off. I let my hair dry slowly, no heat treatment with blowers or other contraptions. Once it is dry, it will be silky smooth, and shiny as a new penny! Wow! I have not used a creme rinse in just about 30 years, either. My hair is so healthy that hair dressers stand in admiration, literally! Well, that's about it. Try it, you'll never look back if you love Mother Nature. Good luck and have fun with the henna mud! If you liked my review, thanks for letting me know!

My daughter (natural dirty blode) really wanted darker hair and the chemical dyes seemed to fade so fast it really wasn't worth damaging her hair when the color would only be vibrant 2 weeks tops. I had heard of henna for hair but had never tried it before. I am so glad that I did!! Her hair had not been chemically dyed in about 2 months but I still wanted to do a strand test just to be sure that it would not turn black or green as I had read could happen. I purchased the Auburn color. The first test I did I just mixed with coffee. I let it sit for about 3 hours to release the dye before putting on the strand. She rinsed it out after 3 hours as recommended on the included instructions. It turned out to be pretty light and orange. At this point I was pretty disappointed and didn't think that I was going to put it on the rest of her hair. However, they do say that the color will continue to develop over the next 48-72 hours. I checked the test strand again after 3 days and it was much darker and really a nice color. The roots of her hair were still a little orangish though. I did some research and found that cloves and sage can both be added to help make the color a little darker and not as orange. So we decided to go ahead and do her entire head. She has hair that goes below her bra line and we used 2 entire packages of henna to cover all her hair. I brewed some coffee then added sage leaves and whole cloves. I let that sit and steep for about an hour then strained it all out. Once I mixed in all the henna powder I let it sit for 30 minutes and then checked it. I had read that you can test if the dye is ready by putting a small amount on the palm of your hand and leaving it for 1 minute. If after one minute you rinse and there is a pumpkin orange stain left on your skin the dye is ready. It took a long time to get it applied to all her hair but honestly was not as messy as I was expecting. I used gloves and a dye brush and divided her hair into lots of small sections. I covered her head with a shower cap and every half hour used the blow dryer to warm everything up again. She rinsed it all out after 4 hours and used an entire bottle of conditioner to help get all the mud out. The color was really pretty and much deeper than the original test strand that I had done. So then we waited the 3 days to see the final color. It is so gorgeous!!! Her hair looks more brown inside but outside in the sun you can see so much of the red tint. She really loves this color and her hair is so soft and silky. She has had a lot of other girls at school tell her how much they love the color and want to know where she had it done. Little did they know her mom just did it at home with no real experience and at such a great price! LOVE IT!!!

I have extremely long hair and the three pack does my hair twice using a pack and a half to cover it all. The auburn is a beautiful color but it's a little more vibrant red than the product photos show. I love how the henna makes my hair super shiny and thicker feeling. Downfalls for henna is the time it takes to apply it and leave it on but it's worth it not having chemicals damage my hair. The other downfall is every bath the water turns yellow from washing my hair, but the color does last longer than chemical dyes. I get so many compliments on my hair color with many people thinking it's my natural color. I highly recommend it although be prepared for it to be an all day thing to dye your hair. You have to let it sit for 40mins before even applying it, it's like applying a mud to your hair so it takes more time to get it all coated evenly than liquid dyes. Then you have to let it develop at least 3 hours on your hair before washing it out. I haven't tried sleeping with it on although I know some people do.

I got the auburn. I have pretty dark brown hair already, so like 1/3 of the liquid I ended up using was black coffee, and I let the mix mature for the full 10 hours, then left it in my hair the full 3 hours. DONT BE DECIEVED THE MORNING AFTER! I was super freaked out that my new “auburn” hair was bordering on violet, but it’s faded. Thank goodness. Pros: it’s healthy for your hair, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to sweat! The dye is temporary. And two days out, this has turned a very nice color, much more like I wanted. It hasn’t been bleeding onto my clothes, except when my hair is wet. I can wear white when my hair is dry and not worry about it. The color looks especially nice in the sun. Cons: It really stinks going on, and after a rinse and two considerable washings, my hair still smells funny. And when I wash it, my hair is still leaving orange drips on my pajamas and pillow and stuff. It’s been washing out of those things pretty easily, though. Hair dye in general is messy, so that’s not the fault of this brand of dye. Just don’t expect it to be any kind of magic. I’m still only a few days out, so I hope it stops bleeding soon. I did rinse it out thoroughly with cold water the first night, and shampoo it vigorously the night after. It’s not bleeding because I left dye in - it’s bleeding because it’s not all sticking. This is my first time dying my hair with any product, so that might be part of my problem. Don’t want to focus on the cons too much. After all, I’m giving it four stars - this has been a fun experiment, and it’s still a nice surprise to catch auburn hair in the mirror when I walk by.

After using henna hair color I will never, EVER use a boxed dye again. Let me say up front that I have strawberry blonde hair naturally that is on the thinner side and collar bone length. I have used chemical dyes to color my hair a deep red for a while now and because of such have experienced breakage, split ends, and the normal havoc that chemicals wreak on your follicles over time. I finally decided to bite the bullet and try henna because I just can't justify doing that anymore. What kept me away from henna was hearing several cons about it: time consuming, messy, inconsistent coloring, and once you use it, you're stuck with it. As a novice, I didn't want to screw up and not be able to do anything about it. Anyway, I found this pack of auburn henna by the Henna guys. It comes with gloves, a shower cap, and instructions on how to exactly mix and apply your henna for maximum color. Honestly, it couldn't have been easier. It's the consistency of cake batter, it smothers on like a mud and as long as you apply in sections (as with any coloring) it'll go smoothly. The gloves are a must. A tub of vaseline is also a must. You have to apply a thin layer around your hairline, on your ears, and neck to make sure you don't stain your skin because it WILL stain. For the record, I also outlined my eyebrows with a q-tip dipped in vaseline, applied henna and dyed my eyebrows and they turned out amazing! The henna smells like dirt, it's not pleasant- or unpleasant really and it has to sit for several hours to set. Preparation is key. If you aren't willing to put in the time, don't even try this because you'll end up either streaky or with dye everywhere. Otherwise, my hair came out a beautiful, deep auburn red. No unevenness whatsoever. There was slight bleeding for the first three shampoos but it has since stopped. I could not be happier with this product, the color (auburn), and my first experience using henna!