Benefits of Using Henna: My Second Application
This past Saturday, I applied my second application of henna on my hair. I can’t express how much I have fallen in love with dying my hair with henna. The entire process is like a meditation, painting yourself with this soothing green goo with a fantastic scent. Relaxing for 4 hours while it sets in your hair and then rinsing it out and letting it dry naturally. It’s like a personal spa session.
The last time I did this was June 30th, so it lasted about 3 and a half months. When I used to dye my hair blonde, it would cost me well over $100 each time. The henna I purchase costs $37, and I have excess to do touch-ups which could last me even longer.
At first my hair looked almost black, but it takes 2 or 3 days for the color to really set in. Today my color can be described as a dark chocolate with strawberry highlights. I feel silly saying that I go into the bathroom at work to admire it under the soft lightning.
The henna takes a few days to really shine, but it’s so ridiculously shiny and soft right now, I almost can’t stop playing with it. It’s the perfect color, the perfect texture, and is so amazingly healthy compared to a few years ago. When I was a blonde, my hair was so dry from all the bleach and could hardly grow from the ends breaking off. Now my hair is the way it should be.
It will eventually lighten up and become more strawberry brown, the tips that were still blonde will become more red, but it will still be healthy and beautiful. And I can just do another spa treatment in a few months.
My mixture consists of 1/2 henna and 1/2 indigo mixed with half lemon juice and half apple cider vinegar till they are the consistency of yogurt. I may switch to just vinegar as lemon juice always makes my hair feel course the first day or so.
I highly recommend just trying cassia if you don’t want color, your hair will love you for it.
Best part about it, it’s all natural.
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