Color Your Hair at Home Naturally with Henna & Other Herbs: A Quickstart Guide
Color your hair at home with henna and other herbs, safely, effectively and naturally with this quick start guide.
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How to Lighten Too-Dark Henna to Natural Ginger Copper
After ‘natural’ lightening methods failed to put a dent in my henna, I used Sun-In to get my too-dark burgundy henna to a bright, natural ginger-copper. It was simple and, with the addition of proper precautions, didn’t damage my hair at all.
Strand Testing Part 1: Creating Test Locks
You’ve heard it over and over–henna is permanent so make sure you strand test! This series of articles breaks down this often-glossed over topic in to easy steps. We’ll start with a rather critical set, getting hair upon which to test! Why Strand Test? Being that henna and herbal hair colors work with your own …
Foolproof Braided Henna Root Touchup Application
Henna darkens with each application, so if you have a color you love, you’ll want to change to just touching up your roots. Getting the mud where you want it, and not missing sections, is the most challenging part of root touchup. This method is especially nice if you have to go it alone and …
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Crock Pot / Instant Pot Henna for Perfect Dye Release
Using a Crock Pot / Instant Pot is an easy and foolproof way to dye release your henna or other herbal hair colors! I've been recommending this method to my customers for a few months now, and I'm happy to share it with everyone! IMPORTANT!: Read all of these instructions--some people have been overcooking their …
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6 Types of Henna Controlled Testing on Human Hair
Which henna is reddest/most orange/most [ whatever ]? You may read claims that (for example) Moroccan henna stains more brown, while Rajasthani is more ruby red, and Jamila more copper. And while that may be true to some extent, the problem with this sort of generalization is that there are a lot of variations in …
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FAQ: How to Transition from Chemical Dyes to Herbal Dyes
One of the reasons that people are hesitant to switch from chemical dyes is that they are familiar and in common use–the devil you know. Dispelling some of the uncertainty about the transition changes jumping into herbal dyes from something full of trepidation to something exciting. Can I henna and other herbal dyes …
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Fire Genasi Herbal Hair Color for Natural-Looking Ginger Hair
Become a Natural-Looking Redhead without Chemicals Natural red hair fades with age, sometimes becoming more blonde or brown, but Fire Genasi Herbal Hair Color convincingly restores natural redheads and gives natural-looking ginger hair to others without chemicals! I have wanted red hair ever since the instant I knew people could have red hair—that desire led …
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How to Henna Eyebrows (or other facial hair)
One of the things my customers love about henna (particularly Fire Genasi) is the natural ginger color it gives their hair. Hennaing your eyebrows is an easy way to complete the transition to red, and for natural redheads, who may have either very light copper eyebrows, or blondish-white eyebrows that can appear nearly invisible, a …
Herbal Hair Colors vs. Hair Dye: Cost Analysis
One of the things I hear often is “I’d love to try henna, but it’s so expensive!” In this article I break down a cost analysis of herbal hair colors vs conventional hair dye, both over-the-counter boxed and done professional at a salon. There are a lot of things in this comparison that simply are not …
