What to do before applying henna on hair

After so many years of doing henna and natural herbs for hair, and getting all sorts of questions, I really felt we could use a good post on common mistakes and errors, when it comes to henna for hair (and herbs).

We’ve included some amazing tips that everyone should know.

This list will never be complete, and we’ll need all of you to help add to it. Henna and natural hair care is all about being open, having a good vibe, being natural, and accepting each and every recipe as special, and unique to every person.

• Henna is a plant, not a chemical, or ink.

  Henna is a natural plant, and it grows in very hot climates. As a natural plant it makes only one color: orange-reddish tones.

  How to apply henna on hair

• Should we apply oil before applying henna on hair
• Should henna be applied on oily hair or dry hair
• Can we add coconut oil in henna for hair
• Can we add oil in henna for hair

Plants don’t give us more then one color. Typically blueberries stain blue, just as henna stains red. Commercial boxes of henna will tell us they are henna “colors”, but in fact they are pre-mixed boxed of henna that contain other herbs, and ingredients (sometimes even chemicals, additives, or metallic salts).

It’s also not an ink. Henna powder is mixed into

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