Henna For Gray Hair

Madeaj, Thanks for the response. I will look at the Smooth Gelled Henna site.

@ Choctaw THANKSS! - are you suggesting amla and brahmi in oil or powder form and what's the recipe (mixture) of henna, indigo, amla and brahmi?

CurlyMee wrote:@ Choctaw THANKSS! - are you suggesting amla and brahmi in oil or powder form and what's the recipe (mixture) of henna, indigo, amla and brahmi?

I don't use the amla oil for ayurvedic conditioning because I don't know the concentration of amla in the oil. I have one bottle of Dabur amla oil and it contains mineral and canola oils. I use it as pre-poo for conditioner wash or oil rinse.

I did a mix with 3.5 oz amla powder, 3 oz brahmi powder and about 2 oz jamilla henna powder overnight. My gray hairs came out dark copper. My gray hairs used to be golden blonde because I did a cassia treatment without amla. The cassia dye released and colored my gray/white hairs.

Recipe/ratios: to darken dye release
You can use 50/50 amounts of amla and brahmi powder to cassia/henna powder; or
You can use 75/25 amount of amla and brahmi powder to cassia/henna powder; or
You can use ONLY amla and brahmi powders and get conditioning, beautiful shine.

IMO its better to use 75/25 ratio of amla to cassia/henna because you don't know how strong the dye release will be. You can do strand tests but that requires more work: freeze the henna, strand test, wait for oxidation. Or you can do several strand tests at once and record formulas, etc. Henna4hair has the details of mixing colors, tests, etc.

I just want to condition my hair, increase retention and get a better twist out/braid out. I have no problems with eventual henna saturation, I just don't want to look like Ronald McDonald.

NOTE: Over time the amla and brahmi will darken your hair; these herbs are used to produce dark hair, treat pre-mature gray hairs, encourage growth.

I have not used indigo because one messy application is enough for me

Thank you so much. I needed that information here in the ATL. Now I'll be

able to make a trip to the store for my henna, instead of trying to order it.

I henna on a biwkly basis & wanted to know what can I do not to have the coppery look on my grey hair I love what it does to my hair but it makes my grey coppery Any suggestions ladies Can I add something to it to make it black or another color What shall I do

Sebastain13 wrote:I henna on a biwkly basis & wanted to know what can I do not to have the coppery look on my grey hair I love what it does to my hair but it makes my grey coppery Any suggestions ladies Can I add something to it to make it black or another color What shall I do

To get the coppery color to tone done or change to black do an application of Indigo henna. Or you can also had Indigo to your first mix.