RAINBOW RESEARCH Dark Brown Henna - 4 oz.

My hair is naturally dark brown. Since I started having gray hairs in roots five years ago, this is them product I settled in with. I have a bad allergy, so my skin cannot handle the regular hair dye.Even with all natural henna, you still need to use the same precautions just like other chemical dyes. Try a bit on your skin so you don’t have reactions. Make sure you wear gloves. I leave the henna on longer than a few hours. After a few years of hits and misses, I leave it on for 6-8 hours(over night).You will be tempted to put so many ingredients, but the less you add other stuff, the better the result was.No yogurt, honey, oil, apple cider vinegar for me, but warm water or hot coffee.It leaves the hair shiny for a few days and covers all the grays in my hair.It sure smells pretty strong for a few days, I like it better than other chemical dye smells.I repeat the process every 5-6 weeks.

This brand and color is exactly the same as my natural color, it's amazing! No hard dye lines. I only have a little bit of white hair, so the other chemical salon color roots products were overkill, bland, and severely damaging to my hair and scalp. Inversely, Henna is wonderful because it works with your real hair color, adding color and diversity to your strands, based on their own natural color, giving an overall natural healthy shiny look. As the hair grows out, there is no noticeable hard line, and it blends so nicely. This henna looks very natural and lasts way longer than chemicals for doing roots. With this, I can go 4-5 weeks without coloring and look fine. With chemicals, I had to redo roots every 2 weeks because the dramatic hard line looked awful. Henna fades a bit, which is good for the natural look. With henna powders, I add a few things. I use 1 spoon of instant coffee mixed in with the hot water and henna powder. I add cinnamon for smell and a spoon of fresh squeezed lime juice for potency and action. I let this brand mix sit for one hour sealed, then put it on my roots for one hour, then I leave it in my hair for 3-4 hours. Rinse out, no shampoo, using a tiny bit of conditioner at the ends to detangle and comb. Do not wash or rinse for two days and sleep with a black towel on your pillow. (A bit itchy and dusty, but worth the longer last!) Then resume shampoo and conditioner about twice a week. Henna hair products can be a bit dirty and crumbly, so there can be extra clean up needs during the process and for those first few days. This two pack lasts me 4-5 months; I do a half jar for roots once a month.

I was pretty nervous to finally bite the bullet. But I want my hair to grow out healthy and long so that means no more bleaching. But I still wanted a stand out color, So I decided on henna red! So my hair could be healthy and strong and also beautiful red🥹 Mixed with hot water in a glass bowl and saran wrapped it and left it for 3 hours just to be safe, Then Put vaseline all around forehead and neck and anywhere I did not want to be stained by henna, Then applied it to my head and saran wrapped my head, and slept with it on for about 6 hours. Took a shower and ONLY Used conditioner (Rice water conditioner bar: I highly recommend) to wash it out so my hair wouldn't feel super dry after. And It turned out Perfect!!! My hair already had bleached highlights so I got the perfect Fire copper color I wanted, Although as my roots grow out I do not know how I will upkeep the same color yet.❤️ Also its been about 3 weeks since I did it, My hair feels thicker and wayyy softer and healthier still. My hair was starting to feel like straw before. I recommend a good trim before to kind of “seal” in the ends. I will be using this product for the foreseeable future.

[I ordered Rainbow Research dark brown henna but was sent the wrong colour. I returned and ended up buying it elsewhere.]In looking for a natural, non-toxic hair dye, I came across henna. After using neutral henna (Cassia obovata) twice which conditions the hair while giving a lovely shine, I was ready to try something with a little colour. Henna (Lawsonia inermis) is a permanent dye that improves your hair. Henna binds the keratin in your hair and cannot be removed so it is a commitment. It 'only' dyes red. In order to get brown, Indigo (Ingiofereae) is used. For best results, a long, full day, two-step process is used for dark brown. You do the henna, rinse out then do indigo. The Rainbow Research henna is a one-step process with the henna and indigo powders mixed together. Mixing with boiling water causes an instant dye release so there is no long dye release period as there is when using just henna. Henna treatments are done full head until you get the desired colour then roots only if you don't want further darkening.Application 1: I mixed one jar of the Rainbow Research henna with boiling strong coffee and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to form a mud thick enough to not to drip, thin enough to spread. I applied the mud, covered with a disposable shower cap and let sit for 4 hours. I have to tell you, the coffee may have added colour but stunk! Washing out wasn't too bad except for the indigo. There were flecks of indigo everywhere and more came out the second wash. The colour was good, more of a dark yellow on my greys than red. The indigo continued to bleed, coming off on my hands until the third wash.Application 2 (10 days later): I mixed one jar of the Rainbow Research henna with boiling water and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to form the mud. I applied the mud, covered with a disposable shower cap and a self-warming cap then let sit for 5 hours. Rinsing out was smoother than the first application. The colour was deeper with lots of shine. My greys are more of a mid to deep auburn. The indigo again bled.I really like the end result of the two applications. My hair is shiny, healthy looking and feels stronger. It is a bit thicker, less frizz and my curl pattern (2b/2c) loosed. The colour is a deep brown with reddish, golden, copper highlights where the greys were.This is a nice, all natural henna blend that is easy to use in a one-step, time saving process. There is no PPD or metallic salts that can be problematic. It is sifted but little pieces of stem become apparent when washing out. The main downside is the indigo bleeding which ultimately means it isn't staying on the hair so after a couple of washes, your hair lightens a little especially the greys.I would recommend this henna blend. Be aware that henna is a natural dye, so more than one application is necessary. Henna is permanent as is indigo although indigo when in a blend doesn't stick to the greys hairs as well as it would in a two-step process. Also be aware that henna may loosen your curl pattern and each application will loosen further. I highly recommend reading up on henna on hennaforhair.com.