Re: henna haircolour

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on May 07, 2000 at 01:34:22:

In Reply to: Re: henna haircolour posted by parker on May 07, 2000 at 00:09:34:

Stylists and hairdressers are advised in cosmetology school that henna
will react horribly with synthetic dyes, bleaches, and permanents....
which it certainly does. Big problems! So, not understanding them very
well, they avoid them. Also, remember, many cosmetology schools are
funded by cosmetics companies, who have an investment in selling their
own synthetic dyes.

I have seen MANY different henna tones from Morocco, Egypt, Pakistan,
Iran, and India. Any plant that grows in such a big geographic zone
is bound to have a lot of botannic variations, and thus variations in
dye characteristics.

I just do my hair with leftover henna paste, accumulated in the
freezer, after hennaeing clients's skin and mixing henna for teaching
same. It's 100% natural henna powder,from the site below, mixed with
lemon juice. That's all.

The old ethnic recipes for relatively brown henna use walnut hull
powder with the henna .... but that has some allergic potential. I'm
no expert on henna's use in hair .... I've seen a few dozen old
recipes, and I've hennaed my hair for a very long time, I have a fair
grasp of the chemistry involved in the binding of hennotannic acid
with collagens and keratins, but that's about it. I can tell you what
I know ... but I can't tell you more than that.

• plain bulk henna powder from Castle Art

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