Haircare

Color your hair naturally: henna

Se colorer les cheveux naturellement : le henné

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Long used to make temporary tattoos during wedding or baptism ceremonies in the Maghreb countries and sub-Saharan Africa, henna has become an essential beauty ingredient used as natural hair coloring .


Henna is the ecological and economical solution for hair in great shape!

Powder allows you to add beautiful color to your hair without damaging it. But in addition to the beautiful reflections that the hair gains, it also acquires shine and volume .

Choose your henna wisely


We tend to get confused when it comes to choosing our henna. You should know that there are two: natural henna and neutral henna.

Natural henna is used for hair coloring . Concerning the intensity of the color, everything will depend on the exposure time. It's up to you depending on the desired effect! Neutral henna is only a treatment for him, and a good one! It also comes in powder form, light green. It is also a natural anti-lice treatment .

How it works?


Be careful not to color with henna when you have previously done chemical coloring.

Before coloring with henna, your hair must be as natural as possible: the henna dye will not apply correctly to your hair and you risk not obtaining the desired color if it has a chemical coloring.

How to do your coloring? Exposure time 15 minutes


You have blonde hair and you want to have a dark blonde color with a honeyed reflection.

You need :

300 ml of water – 50 g of natural brown and rhapontic henna powder (natural vegetable coloring)

  • Put natural henna and rhapontic powder in a bowl

  • Gradually pour lukewarm water over the powder

  • Mix until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous dough

  • Apply to hair


You have red hair and want to have a tone-on-tone red color

You need:

400 ml of water – 50 g of brown vegetable coloring and Rajasthani henna

  • Put the natural brown vegetable coloring and the Rajasthani henna in a bowl

  • Gradually pour lukewarm water over the powder

  • Mix until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous dough

  • Apply to hair


You have light brown hair and want a dark brown color with mahogany highlights

It's necessary:

350 ml of water – 50 g of auburn vegetable coloring – 50 g Rajasthani henna – 10 g of natural brown and rhapontic katam powder (natural vegetable coloring)

  • Put the brown vegetable coloring, the henna powder and the katam powder in a bowl

  • Gradually pour lukewarm water over the powder

  • Mix until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous dough


You have brown hair and want to have an ebony black color

400 ml of water – 100 g of ebony black vegetable coloring

It's necessary:

  • Put the ebony black vegetable coloring in a bowl

  • Gradually pour lukewarm water over the powder

  • Mix until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous dough


Henna paste is applied to clean, dry hair. The quantities offered are suitable for medium-length hair. Divide them by two for short hair or multiply them by two for long hair.

⚠️ Once the mixture is made, it cannot be stored. Use is immediate. Do not wash your hair for 3-4 days following vegetable coloring.

Up to you ;)

And the cherry on the cake, natural henna is suitable for all hair types!
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