Coloring with henna: add strength to your hair

Beautiful, flowing, and, most importantly, healthy hair - is this the dream of every woman? But to achieve such an amazing result can sometimes be quite difficult. Especially if you resort to frequent staining of hair. However, there is an alternative - it's the color of henna.

Henna has been known to the beautiful half of humanity for many centuries. This natural, and, most importantly, useful and hair-strengthening remedy, gives simply amazing results and in its effectiveness can compete with many modern cosmetic means for coloring.

Henna is a coloring powder, which is obtained from the dried leaves of laussonia. In the eastern countries, it has been used since ancient times not only to impart an unusually beautiful color to the hair, but also to treat, strengthen and improve the natural growth process.

Unlike dyeing chemical compounds, henna is an absolutely natural product that does not contain harmful elements and substances, and can be used even by pregnant women.

Strengthening Henna Hair

Due to its special natural ingredients, henna is used not only for coloring, but also for strengthening hair. If you want to keep your hair color unchanged, then you need to use colorless henna compounds to restore your hair. They are also useful, but unlike the coloring henna, absolutely do not affect the original hair color.

Masks from colorless henna will help to give shine to shine, will accelerate their growth and are an excellent preventive maintenance in struggle against dandruff and hair loss.

The simplest recipe from colorless henna, giving strength and shine to the hair:

1) depending on the density and length of hair, take the necessary amount of henna;

2) pour henna with boiling water, based on the calculation of 300 g of water per 100 g of powder and mix well;

3) apply the composition for the entire length of the hair and leave for 30-60 minutes;

4) for best effect, you can put a polyethylene or rubber cap on your hair;

5) Rinse hair thoroughly with running, warm water and dry without using a hairdryer.

Such masks can be made with the addition of various oils. It helps to strengthen hair adding to masks from henna coconut, burdock and olive oil.

An excellent strengthening result is a mask of henna and yogurt.

2 tablespoons of colorless henna powder mixed with 100 ml of hot yogurt, mix the mixture thoroughly and allow to settle it for 15-20 minutes, after which it is applied to the hair. The mask is held for 30-40 minutes on the hair, after which it is rinsed well with water, completely removing the remaining mask, and washed with shampoo.

How to paint with henna

Coloring with henna - the process is very simple and, most importantly, safe, but nonetheless giving amazing results. It can be produced using only henna powder or making special coloring compounds, mixing henna with other ingredients.

Henna color is simple

For simple staining, henna is mixed with two egg yolks (if the hair is thick and long, to increase the volume of the composition, the proportions are increased) are well kneaded and applied to clean hair. The composition is left on the hair for about 40-50 minutes, after which the hair is washed abundantly with water.

Coloring of henna with addition of other components

1. Henna powder is poured hot water and mixed with 2 tablespoons of natural honey, 1 spoon of fresh lemon juice, 1 spoon of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of cognac. After that, warm (not yet cooled) mixture is applied to damp washed hair and left for 50-60 minutes. On the head put on a rubber cap and wrap it with a towel. After finishing the painting, the hair is thoroughly washed with water and dried.

2. The henna powder is mixed with lemon juice until a homogeneous gruel is formed and "forgotten" about it for 10 hours. After this time, yolk and kefir of room temperature are added to the composition. The composition applied to clean hair is aged for 60 to 120 minutes, after which the hair is thoroughly washed with warm water.

Empty your hair will be healthy and beautiful!