New to Henna

As I sit and watch teen mom, I found myself checking out the forums for hennaing hair because I just did mine for the first time. BUT I just realized that I forgot an important step in the henna process, adding conditioner to the recipe! Now I'm freaking out because I don't wanna be stuck with a head full of hay when I rinse it out in a few hours. Can someone tell me what not adding conditioner to a recipe will potentially do to your hair and what I can do to prevent this?

Thanks,
Shaniqua

hey,

I personally haven't mixed henna with conditioner and I hear most naturals do it when they are doing a gloss. i think curlynikki posted her recipe for it somewhere. I use green tea for dye release and then mix the henna with organic honey and that's it. i think you'll be fine. Just be sure to DC after.

woo! okay that makes me feel alot better, I was nervous about hennaing in the first place so I think I just panicked lol. Thanks again Curly!

no problem! hope you liked your results!

I hennaed plenty of times while just mixing it with green or hibiscus tea. Sometimes I add a little honey after the dye release just like Curly Film Chick does. I just did a hefty DC afterwards and again in a few days and I was fine.

I've done it the gloss way too and I loved it it because it shaved a little time off my henna treatments since I don't feel the need to do an additional DC after doing a henna gloss. To me that's the main advantage.

I have never mixed conditioner with my henna I just use green tea I havent henna in a while so I will be doing a treatment soon

Hello Ladies! What is the difference between a plain henna and a henna gloss? I'm confused

a henna gloss I believe is 50/50 of henna and a conditioner (without silicone or protein, recommended) while a "regular" henna treatment doesn't have conditioner. Some use the gloss because henna can be drying and its moisturizing. CN wrote a post about it as well as her recipe somewhere on the blog. Hope that helps!

@Curly Film Chik it was very informative! Thank you