Went to Sydney this weekend and picked up 10 more packs of Nupur, which should last me another 10 weeks. Applied my henna around 6:30pm on Sunday and left it on overnight. I've decided overnight saves me the henna weight headache I get from the heaviness on my head. Put down a crappy towel, and unfortunately, it was necessary as by morning, there was a reasonable stain from the leak at my nape. Did the sink swish at 6:30am, did a short deep treatment with henna wax and rinsed, putting my hair in...

I was home sick yesterday and decided to put another henna treatment in my hair. It's been quite a while, possibly 3 months. I actually forgot why I stopped my henna frequency. I used to do henna glosses every 2 weeks or so. I think the conditioner in the gloss actually diluted the effectiveness of the henna because......

My curl definition is OFF THE CHAIN from my 6 hour henna application! I swished in the sink then did a co-wash and my curls started ACTUALLY BEHAVING! I feel like...

A community for natural black hair women :grin:

I suffered a henna setback and I lost quite a bit of density in my already fine hair. I currently DC on wet or dry hair (my preference) with Emergencia and/or Silicon Mix. I will either DC overnight or use my heat cap. I use Mixed Silk by Silk Elements Gentle Cleansing Shampoo and Neutrogena Shampoo. I blow dry and flat iron on low heat. Finish with Argan and Avocado oils. I PS most of the time. I wear a bun, flat twists or a faux bob. My hair looks and feels a lot healthier now after doing...

In a previous post I did a 2 step heann process where I applied the red for an hour rinsed, let it dry and then applied the med. brown for two hours. Obviously that was a long drawn out process. My grays were covered well with the red and the results were ok.

This time I tried Morroco Method's 2nd suggestion of mixing the red henna and brown henna. Quite a few other things changed this time around.

I boiled 2 tea bags in 4 cups of water and let it cool.

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