ok, so i've been thinking about it for a while, and i decided i'm gonna color my hair with henna. i found some henna paste already made up, specifically for hair, and it's not TOO expensive. so here's my question, to those of you who have done this henna with dreads thing before... how does it work putting it in with dreads? i'm assuming you have to really coat each dread, and make sure it gets all over the place, right? i'm thinking i might need two jars of it, because of the dreads, but i'm hoping not. do you work it INTO the dread or just kind of goop it on top? then i'm assuming you would wash with shampoo afterwards, huh? otherwise you'd end up with henna pigment in their for a LONG time! if anyone's got any tips or tricks, i would be mucho apreciative!
I found this... http://hennatribe.com/viewtopic.php?t=2914 http://www.naani.com/Articles/articles/3625/1/Henna-Hair-Color/Page1.html
When I dyed my hair with henna, I used the powdered stuff, so unfortunately I can't help you with the paste. Is it a thick consistency? And I'm curious if you're using the regular red henna or a different color? The stuff I mixed up on the stovetop was of a very gritty texture and pretty liduidy. I just put some oil-based moisturizer along my hairline and then applied the henna all over the outside of my dreads, and I squeezed and gave each dread a sort of massage to to work the henna into the middle. Piled all my hair on top of my head for a few hours then spent a long time rinsing it out because all the plant matter likes to stick in the dreads much like the fuzz does. It took a week or so for all the plant matter to come out of my hair and it all landed on my shoulders like brown dandruff. I didn't shampoo when I rinsed out the henna, just used warm water. The dye faded over several weeks (I wash 1-2 times per week)and was no longer noticeable about a month later.
I have dyed my hair with henna, and I've dyed my hair with henna followed by indigo to make it blue-black. Premade henna pastes for hair are not henna, or if they are they have a crap-ton of other ingredients you don't want in your hair and you'd might as well use normal store bought hair dye. Henna is very good for your hair, but it smells rather wretched so I recommend you mix some nice scent like jasmine oil with it. You can mix it with lemon juice or something as the acid so it doesnt overly condition your hair; when i didn't have dreads I used yogurt left in a warm place. www.hennaforhair.com check it out, it's the most informative site on the web for this.
yeah, i figured it might be that way. :sigh: i will just have to wait until i can order some henna powder off the net and in the meantime i will just deal with the wierd brown hair i've got, lol! does it really only last a few weeks? i only wash once a week, so i thought that would help it stay in longer.
it doesnt really fade out like a temporary dye would, but to keep a bright color its recommended to do it every few weeks. but its not that hard to do. i mix it with lime juice, but sometimes i mix it with coffee and water. anything that is acidic is good...i would recommend rinsing out with baking soda, so that you neutralize the acid....but i just squeeze it into my hair like a sponge, saran wrap it, and put a beanie over to generate some heat and leave it on for a few hours. my instructor at cosmetology school says she does the same thing and just goes to sleep and rinses it out the next day.
yeah, I'll have to try jasmine or another scent. I'm not fond of my hair smelling like hay for a week!
