A combo of coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil...
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hey Gina!! how is Dabur Vartika oil if i use it? any1 has tried ever?
^ I love dabur vatika (neem & lemon) it doesnt make u're hair thick or anything but it really conditions it! It's really good..
I;ve been doing natural hair care for over 10 years now with herbs. So in my advice some good hair oil would help, but nothing too heavy. Castor oil can be heavy for the hair.
Olive oil, coconut oil are amongst the most popular hair oils. You can find herbal blended oils with those bases and it can help after doing any washing or herbal treatments on your hair.
Shikakai powder is known to promote hair growth, so for sure I would recommend using that in your henna or cassia obovata blend, or just straight as a hair cleanser in the shower. Wash all herbs out very well. Using natural herbs can really bring the shine and bounce back to your hair as well as give it volume and thickness.
Don't worry about using henna and it being too orangey or too bright you can always tone it down with amla powder or indigo powder for more brown to black tones. I have a few recipes on my blog but I can post up my link as yet, as I got to get a few more posts :)
Khadija
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I am thinking of using Henna on my hair as well because I heard it's a very good conditioner.. however, I have jet black hair and do not want a change in the color at all. Will the henna make it look different and will it wear off after some time?
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I used to use henna in my hair as well, mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, because I was always taught what a great natural conditioner it is --but then I stopped recently because I thought I read in the Glowing Brides thread that henna gradually dries out your hair over time????
shay9164, yes henna will give you some reddish highlights in your dark hair, so if you want all the benefits of using henna with no color, then use cassia obovata. It is another herb like henna but it has no color and sometimes some people call it neutral henna (but it's not henna in reality)
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but doesnt the henna color wear out after a while?
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yeah it does. think of it as a color wash that you'd get at a salon. the henna will fade out and grow out as your hair does. it takes a bit of time though.
midnighteyes, any herbal treatment can possibly be drying. There is no doubt in that, but it's up to us to make sure we pick the right henna and herbal recipe that works for us. Everyone has a different hair texture and different scalp to begin with, so some of us on the dyer side need oiling or at least to add oil to our henna mixture directly. Some people even use yoghurt and deep conditioner right into the henna to make it smooth and moisturizing. You can use any herbs to make your hair really amazing!! Just get the right recipe for you and balance everything out as it should.
You can even use body art quality henna powder along with chemical treatments such as other dyes, perms etc...but not with henna hair dyes mixes, as the mixtures can have other chemicals in it that can conflict with other chemical treaments. Just be careful that you have body art quality henna powder for best results.
Henna does not wear out in the way you are thinking of (I think in the way you are thinking of). You mean does the henna just wear away after a few washes? If you meant that then no, henna will not wash out and fade away.
Henna is a permanent hair dye, and will stay in your hair until it grows out completely. So it lasts a long time of course depending on how fast or slow your hair grows or as you cut it.
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thanks sgc and henna.
i dont want something that would color my hair :( i guess i have to look for other conditioning treatments, lol.
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henna, where can i find cassia obovata
:)
The cassia obovata can be found mostly online. But if you are in India they have some there, and plenty of it, as it grows there.
Where are you located? Like general area? I'm in Canada and have some up here. You can PM me if you prefer.
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Thanks :)
Henna is a good conditioner if u add yoghurt, olive oil and an egg to it.. otherwise it really dries out u're hair :(
This is true about the drying out if you have scalp that is on the drier side, but if you have super oily hair, the henna won't do too much drying out. I don't have that experience with the henna being too dry myself. But add a hair oil to help.