{"id":4353,"date":"2017-08-24T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:04:59","slug":"how-to-use-hair-henna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=4353","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Hair Henna"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is henna, and why would you use it on your hair? Excellent questions. Henna is plant-based powder that has been used for hundreds of years as a natural hair conditioner. It is reported to strengthen hair, increase growth and shine, and diminish dandruff.<\/p>\n

Straight henna has a reddish color, although you can buy it mixed with indigo for brown to black, or with marigold for blonde hair. It will never lighten your hair, since it isn’t a chemical dye, but it can add darker\/reddish highlights, or if you have light hair, can turn it quite red, depending on the shade you buy.<\/p>\n

I don’t usually spend much time on my hair because I’m far too lazy, but a while ago I saw a friend with a head of the most gorgeous shiny hair, and I found out that she had recently done a henna treatment on it. Naturally, I had to try it too, because what could be more fun than mixing green goop into your hair? I tried brown henna first, then recently I decided to see what happened if I used the original red henna. So here you go, the results of my experiment.<\/p>\n

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Step 1:<\/strong> Decide on a henna color to use. If you’re like me, this will involve much hesitation and slight terror of getting the wrong shade and ending up like Anne of Green Gables with her green hair. Fortunately I lucked out, so I’m still green-hair-free. The straight red I used this time is available here<\/a>, and you can find lots of other colors as well. This shade is just straight henna powder, no additives.<\/p>\n

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Step 2:<\/strong> Collect your supplies. You’ll need:<\/p>\n