If you are assiduous to dye your hair, surely you have noticed the consequences of use chemicals constantly in the hair. Dryness, weakness and breakage and sometimes allergies on the scalp. Obviously, not everyone is affected, but there are many people who feel bad and who would like to switch to a more respectful method for their hair and scalp.
La henna is a natural plant that helps to dye the hair, and that it is respectful with it, in addition to providing multiple benefits. However, the peculiarities of henna mean that it is not applied in exactly the same way as a normal dye. Discover the benefits and how to use this henna to use a healthier alternative for your hair.
Why use henna?
My hair is fine, and gray is lurking more and more, so there comes a time when you have to consider whether to use color or not. Highlights and dye, however, spoil it, and it dries up and breaks. Hence I looked for healthier alternatives for hair, reaching henna and the other plants that are used to color hair and cover gray hair. What I have read on the subject is quite satisfactory, so I will try shortly. It is an alternative that takes care of the hair and helps to put gray hair aside, although the coloring is not as obvious as that of dyes, nor as fast, but good results can be achieved with several applications.
Due to these advantages, using henna to dye your hair It is a very valid option for those who have a scalp that meets the above characteristics.
But if you still have doubts about how to dye your hair using henna, keep reading as we will clarify it for you. what exactly is this plant and how is it used to color your hair.
What is henna?
Henna is a plant that grows in Asia or Africa, called Lawsonia inermis. It is dried and crushed to obtain a powder with which it is mixed. It must be said that pure henna only dyes the hair reddish, but that there are other plants that help to have other tonalities. Indigo or indigofera tinctoria, cassia obovata, amla, rhubarb and walnut shell are the most common. Indigo is black, and cassia helps to bring out blonde highlights on hair with a light base. Mixes can be made between them to achieve the desired color, and we must always take into account which is our base color, because depending on it we will have one tone or another.
Henna benefits
Using henna helps the hair is thickerWell, add minerals. Little by little it will cover the gray hair, and the Amla even helps them not to come out, or so I have read, so I will have to try it. The hair is also shinier and grows faster, although this sensation may be due to the fact that it does not break as much as before. Also, there is not as much frizz and the hairstyles are usually kept a little longer.
You also have to take into account that it has some disadvantages, such as that the smell is not pleasant at all, unless you like herbs and spices. Pouring it out is somewhat more cumbersome than the dye, and it doesn't act as fast. That is, in the first application, depending on the ingredients and how we do it, we may notice little change.
How to apply henna
To apply this product you must use pure henna, although the one that is usually found in herbal shops is Rhada Syam, which are quite good preparations. Henna and Cassia are due prepare with an acid such as amla, or using water with lemon to make the mixture, so that the pigment of the leaf is released. It should be left to marinate for 8-12 hours for the mixture to be more effective. Finally, you have to add it like the dyes, covering it with a plastic cap and letting it rest for about four hours. It is removed with water and washed with shampoo. It is important not to wet the hair again after 48 hours, so that the color sets better.