Wine Red Henna Hair & Beard Dye/Color - 2 Pack - The Henna Guys

I am a performer, I am 44 years old, and have salt and pepper hair. A few years back, I noticed that most hair dies, even though they state that they cover gray hair, would not cover gray hair completely.I started to do a lot of research on the health benefits of switching to Henna. Most, Henna products have salt in them, which, if you have processed your hair prior, can cause your hair to break off. The Henna guys does not have the salt in their henna! I have a very dear friend that turned me onto this particular company. They have a lot of integrity, and the colors are so beautiful.I had been bleaching my own hair and dying at different colors. Mainly Pravana, and also semi permanent vegan dyes. I am a Tour Guide in New Orleans, and it gets quite hot here and tend to sweat a lot during the summer time, especially. One day I noticed, as I took witch hazel and wipe my chest, the cotton pad was black. I started to do research on the effects of chemical dyes, and how it is absorbed into your body, what I found is there are some cancer causing affects. Your skin is one of the biggest organs, I wanted to improve my mental health as well, as I am perimenopausal and figure that the absorption of these chemicals is probably affecting things that I don’t realize.Henna dye, darkens overtime, so I was quite worried to commit to this. I have long straight hair that almost touches my lower back for the first application, I used hibiscus tea that I brewed, put the deep red powder in a glass bowl. You do not want to use any kind of metal bowl slowly mixed the hibiscus tea in and stirred the Henna, so that there were no clumps and a cookie dough kind of texture. I also used Bravani powder. Adding in a quarter of the packet, this is something that you can add to the Henna that helps with strengthening the hair, etc. You can go on the henna guys.com and see the options that they have. I also used a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, then I let the Henna sit for eight hours, and set an alarm on my phone. I used three packets which was way too much, but wanted to make sure I had enough.After eight hours I mixed it again. Then I took a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and mixed it in, as the reviews stated it would help with gray coverage. I also made sure that I had a sulfate free shampoo and conditioner. I used a regular hair, dyeing, brush, gloves, and had a plastic cap nearby, the easiest way to do this with long hair, you section your hair off and four different sections and clipped the ones back that you were not using. You can use your hands, but I found it much easier to use a dye brush.I don’t know what people are so fussy about, I was reading reviews, and they said that it was super messy, however, I didn’t have any issues. Keep in mind I’ve been dying my hair for many many years. I did put a cape on over my clothes and made sure I wasn’t wearing anything that I would care about getting Henna on.If you get henna on your hands or body, it’s actually not as bad to get it off like people say. Use lemon juice and baking soda. Mix it into a paste and let it sit on your skin where you accidentally died, and after a couple minutes, just scrub it off with a washcloth, off and no problemDepending on the length of your hair, will determine how long you need to wait until you apply it. Once you apply the henna, you have to let it sit on your head for three hours and cover it. It is a clay, so your hair will feel heavy. Honestly, I just twisted my hair up into four buns and put a cap on basically just did some house work after three hours, I went into the shower to rinse it off. It is extremely important that when you rinse it off it is cold water. Also, it’s a good idea to rinse off the top of the cap before you pull it off. If you have long hair, you’re definitely one gonna wanna lean your head back and keep it back, the first time I did this I didn’t do this, and the water that dripped down my face had had a die coming down, so I did actually need to scrub my face after this happened. I would highly suggest a mirror on the side of your shower you can also start with warm water at first to acclimate your body, and then rinse it out if your hair. I would definitely suggest putting a leave in conditioner that is super hydrating that sulfate free, a.k.a. maybe a coconut or jojoba hair mask. Put it in your hair and leave it on as long as you can after the first application, then go in and rinse it off with cold water.A lot of people don’t realize that if you have been processing your hair for sometime, it takes your hair a while to adjust. Literally, the henna will coat your hair, follicle and help heal your hair, but it takes time. My hair felt dry and brittle the first time, the second time was better, and the third time, I finally feel like my hair has adjusted and it’s soft and silky.Honestly, after I first did my hair, it was very soft due to the oils I put in my hair. Just know if you do decide to take a warm shower, to actually seal the henna dye into your hair, you do need to use cold water the more you wash your hair with warm water, the quicker it will rinse out.The gray coverage is amazing and the health benefits are also equally as awesome. I should’ve been doing this years ago. There are many tutorials on YouTube specifically for this brand, the Henna guys. Are used a lot of those tutorials to approach this. Now, when I am outside and sweating, I know, at least if the henna goes into my skin, it will not cause my body harm. Also, the more I use this, the healthier and stronger my hair feels. to prevent darkening at my ends, I actually applied two times all over my hair, then the third time I only applied it to my roots, this way, I can keep the rest of my hair a little bit lighterThere are several lightning techniques. If you have been dying your hair with Henna for a very long time, you can find a lot of those resources on YouTube. This may sound like a very long process, but I’m telling you, it is well well worth it.Wanted to share my experience, hope this was helpful, honestly this color is so beautiful and I get so many compliments, I would suggest it to anyone!

I'd done henna a few times before so I knew what I was in for, process-wise... ish.But let me back up and say I love the color... either/both colors! The image on the left is after step 1; the image on the right is after step 2. I think they say you don't have to do it in two steps, but I as this was a new to me product I wanted to follow their best results instructions so I could judge it fairly. I'll definitely be using this product again.I choose henna and indigo because I just don't want chemicals. Also, henna is supposedly good for your hair. My hair (as you can see) is pretty wild (frizzy mostly), so anything that is good for it is something I'm interested in.I was ready to start yesterday morning but then read in the instructions that the henna needs to sit for 8-10 hours after being mixed. Alrighty then... so I mixed it up (with coffee rather than water as suggested) and waited 8 hours.Applying it can be messy. Try to get the perfect consistency so it's not too runny (will drip everywhere) and not to dry (will crumble off your head and make a mess). I did add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (as suggested) because I used the entire package for my hair. Next time I may only need to do roots so will use less vinegar.They do supply one shower cap which is handy. I don't like reusing caps after they have had dye on them so I think they should spring for putting two caps into each package since they're recommending a two-step process. Luckily I had my own for step two.Since you're supposed to do this on dry hair, I did wait and do step two the next day rather than the same day (they say either is fine).My hair feels soft and the coverage was good (I have EXTREMELY resistant gray hair). I'll come back and update this review if I find the color fades or washes out too quickly. But since I was previously using those coloring conditioners, I feel like the henna/indigo will definitely outlast those. I'm keeping the coloring conditioners for my eyebrows. Just don't feel like waiting 6 hours with stuff caked on my eyebrows (each step is 3 hours).

Pigmenta super bien y deja el cabello suave

Je colore mes cheveux avec du henné depuis 10 ans et personnellement j'adore ce henné et je suis heureuse l'avoir trouver. Alors oui la couleur va dégorger aux premiers lavages mais je n'ai pas de problème avec ça car enfaîte je mélange ce henné à du henné normal du rajastan. Au début c'était pour finir le henné qu'il me restait puis j'ai remarquer que la couleur est tout aussi magnifique et ne change presque pas mais surtout mes cheveux ne dégorgent pas la couleur après. Alors cela marche pour moi et ça change de la couleur henné classique que j'ai eu pendent des années. Je recommande vivement. (Marche bien sur mes quelques cheveux blancs mais biensur comme c'est du henné et pas une couleur chimique ça ne couvre pas les cheveux blancs en une utilisation. Mais ceci est pour n'importe quel henné.)

I wear a goatee and it had a lot of grey in it, but my natural hair colour is very dark brown. I was tempted by Just for Men but put off by the horror stories about blistering skin and so forth, so I decided to give this stuff a go. I followed the advice given in another review and mixed one teaspoon of the henna and three teaspoons of the dark brown mix, and used coffee to make it into a sludge which I left on my beard for about 2 hours. The result was quite pleasing; although the grey wasn't gone it was tinted dark brown which looked quite natural. A couple of days later I repeated the process adding a dash of apple cider vinegar (as per the included instructions) which deepened the tint a bit further. If my grey had completely gone I think the result would have looked unnatural, as it is the grey is closer in hue to the rest of my beard but the variation in tone looks very natural, unlike products like Just for Men which give a much more uniform result. Next time I think I'll use a slightly higher proportion of the dark brown in the mix as my natrual colour is very dark, and I think just topping up every 3-4 weeks will be sufficient. My original sludge used 4 teaspoons of the powders and I ony used half of it on the two applications (if that) so I expect the contents of the packet to last for months, if not years. Great value and a great result.

I have been using Henna mixed with indigo for more than 2 months. I am happy with the colour and my hair texture.

I have been using Henna and Indigo for more than 2 months. Happy with the colour and my hair texture.