Henna - the popular natural dye received from leaves of tropical tree and giving to hair beautiful and saturated color. Its useful properties used in Ancient Egypt. Today use this natural paint both for coloring, and for treatment of hair. How it is possible to dye henna dark hair?
- - henna;
- - gloves;
- - old towel;
- - brush;
- - cream;
- - film;
- - essential oil.
- First of all estimate the hair and solve whether you can use henna. If your hair have been recently painted by chemical dye or twisted by chemistry, then it is impossible to use henna since the most unexpected shade as a result can turn out. Cases when hair after coloring by henna become green are frequent and this color remains very for a long time. Henna cannot also use if you have a lot of gray hair.
- Prepare all necessary for coloring of hair. Keep in mind that henna has to be gray-green and if it has gained brown color, then it was stored, most likely, in improper conditions - it has lost the painting properties. Long hair will require 200 g of henna, and for short – 50 g.
- Prepare the painting mix. Dissolve henna with the hot, but not boiling water, carefully mix to uniform state. Add to mix of 5-6 drops of essential oil which will help paint to be distributed more evenly and will give to the painted dark hair deeper color.
- Wash out and dry up hair. Apply the prepared cream that skin was not painted along edge of hair. Cover shoulders with towel so that not to soil clothes. Consider that it is almost impossible to wash henna.
- You apply paint on hair. It is necessary to begin with nape and from roots. It is desirable to apply henna it still warm so far. Then cover the head with film, and from above turn towel. That dark hair were well painted, it is necessary to hold henna not less than 30-40 minutes. Brunettes can increase the procedure from 1.5-2 to 8 hours.
- Wash away henna warm water until water is not clear. It is not necessary to use shampoo. Color of henna is usually shown after coloring after a while. The sun or sunbed help with this process.