Bi-Yearly Henna Time

My Steps
1. Shampoo (clarifying)
2. Rinse
3. Apply Henna*
4. Rinse, Rinse, Rinse, and Rinse
5. Apply moisturizing Deep Conditioner**
6. Rinse and Rinse
7. Style as desired

After sitting for 3 hours

Henna in ziploc bag

I placed the henna in a bag for easier handling and application. Another perk to this technique is if you tend to have a lot of henna remaining post-henna, you can seal off the cut end and freeze the henna in the bag. Be cautious if you purchase the kind of bags that make it hard to tell if the bag is completely sealed.


• I let the henna sit on my hair for only about 2.5 hours. My goal was not color deposit so I wasn't concerned with letting it sit for an extended amount of time. 
• When it was time to rinse, I let the water run through my hair for about 2mins to help loosen up the henna from my hair and then I proceeded with a normal rinsing technique.
• I deep conditioned for about 1.5-2 hours and then rinsed thoroughly.


*My henna mixture used is very simple. 1pkg of Jamila henna and 2c of organic aloe vera juice
**Deep conditioning mixture is AHOSR and Castor oil

[Disclaimer]

Please keep in mind that after researching and taking into account what works for me, the process above is what I have found to work best for my hair.

Post henna

I stated that I was nervous about doing a henna treatment on top of blue-black dye but it turns out that I had nothing to worry about. The only thing is I lost my dark color and I am back to brown and my gray's are copper. Do I care? No not really, because color doesn't scare me.

Here's how my hair looked in the sun after the henna:

I did a simple henna mix with using only a strong black tea.

1 box Jamila Henna

2 Cups of black tea (2 reg size tea bags used in 1 quart of water)

I used Giovanni TTT was the condish to rinse out the henna and Giovanni SAS for my deep treatment.

**UPDATE**

Mini tutorial of my henna process:

Today I Henna!

Last night I mixed my henna with only a strong black tea. I wanted to keep the mix simple. I let it sit overnight and I plan to apply when I get home from work. I think I will only leave it on for about 3 hours. BTW, I am videoing this process :)

So I am nervous about henna this time because a few months ago I dyed my hair blue-black. I am not sure how this will turn out so stay tuned....

Trying Henna for the First Time

This is my first time trying Henna. I am nervous and excited all at the same time. Here's my step by step process.

First:

I read recipe after recipe trying to determine how I wanted to mix my henna. After reading about the drying effects of lemon and ACV I didn't want to go that route. I also read a few blogs and posts about unfavorable results (but not too many) when mixed with oil-since I read that more than once I didn't want to do that either. The only thing I read about that didn't come with complaints was mixing with yogurt.

My Mix:

1 package of Jamila Henna

1 1/4 Cup of yogurt

A few shakes of Cinnamon (I couldn't take the smell).

I let that sit on the counter overnight.

Second:

I washed my hair using a clarifying shampoo, detangled in the shower using conditioner, and then towel dried my hair.

Third:

While wearing gloves, I applied Henna to damp hair.

Fourth:
Let the Henna sit on my hair for 3 hours.

Fifth:
Rinsed under plain water until the color of the water was just lightly tinted, then with Suave Tropical Coconut conditioner until the water from my hair was coming out clear. I didn't use gloves with this step fortunately I did not have any staining on my skin or hands.

Sixth:

Applied deep conditioner and sat under the dryer for 30min.

1/2 Jar of LeKair Cholesterol

5 drops of rosemary oil

5 drops of peppermint oil

1/4 cup of Olive Oil

1 tbs of Honey

Seventh:

Rinsed again, this time with cold water.

Now I am noticing the softness and the color. I was surprised to see so much color since I only left it on for 3 hours. However, I did have in some commercial color that I did a few months ago.

Last step:

Styled my hair!

This was truly an all day process.

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