I want Blue-Black Hair!.. naturally
I am on the quest to dye my hair blue-black. I want to go the natural route but I am scared of henna type dyes because of my long thick hair! I have seen and heard stories of women who have had to wash their hair hour and hours, sometimes days on end having still found henna in their hair. And these women had a lot less hair then me.
After researching I have found that for the best results you should henna your hair first then add the indigo in a separate treatment. There are so many factors to consider when using indigo like pH balance, your hair’s porosity,fade resistance, the stain factor.. etc. My mind is whizzing just thinking about it!
However, I think I have found a product that will make my fears subside from mehandi.com.
These kits are sifted very finely in order to be easily rinsed out of our kinks, curls, coils, and waves.
I will be using the Black kit which includes:
Ancient Sunrise® Henna for African Hair Kit: Black contains 100g Ancient Sunrise® laboratory certified henna for African hair, 100g indigo, 2 nitrile gloves, a piping bag and instructions. Dye your hair first with henna, wash that out, and then dye over that with indigo to make your hair BLACK as a black cat. This is what Gwyn used in the photograph above. One bundle will dye hair about 3″ long when pulled out straight. Order more bundles for longer hair to stock up. For only $15
I’m very excited that I will possibly me getting the color I want, naturally, and with less clumps of henna and indigo in my hair.
Due to the thickness and length of my hair I will be purchasing 3 kits.
I will definitely keep you posted on the process and outcome.
Please leave me comments on tips for getting the best results with henna and/or indigo.
Category: Product Reviews
My hair is blue black. I’ve tried all kinds of blue black hair dyes some being every expensive. I’ve gotten the best and longest result from using Garnier 100% color in Blue Black. It lasts longer than any one that I’ve tried. It hasn’t been damaging to my natural hair and it’s easy to use. The only complaint I have is that (as with any hair dye) after a few months in direct sunlight, it will lighten the color of your natural hair. My natural hair is black, it made it a reddish color, but it was cute for summer. I seriously just paid $18.00 to have it shipped to me because I love it so much.
I use Mehandi and I love it!!! The henna is grounded really fine and it’s easy to wash out! I’ve done the indigo henna 4 times since last year and it really works…your hair will be very, very black for a long time!!! The ONLY this is if you know you want black hair for a really long time…you’re good, but if you want a color or highlights….your hair will NOT lift…even with bleach! the last time I did an indigo henna was in March 2010 and when my stylist tried to color my hair…only the new growth lifted…the rest remained very very back! (lol)I had to resort to a patch of color
But overall I LOVE Mehandi’s Indigo…you will not be disappointed! Make sure you get the directions off the website…I use freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 egg, olive oil and macadamia nut oil for my mixture!
http://koilsbynature.com/beauty-products/hairtalk/henna-for-african-american-hair/