#hennahut

First off, the company is awesome. The henna is well priced (just about $10 for 100g, which is enough to do all of my bra length, thick, curly hair) and ships quickly. The company is located in TX and I live in PA, yet it has arrived in 3-4 business days every time, and I just do general shipping.

The henna itself is double packaged, first in a foil bag, then you open that and it’s in a plastic bag. The only thing I don’t like, is it’s not re-sealable and it is important that the powder stays as air tight as possible. So, if you don’t use all of it, you’d need to store it in a ziploc bag.

I used the burgundy and the powder is a light yellowish-greenish color. It’s important to keep in mind that the color of the powder is not an indication of the dye. It also smells horrible, even with plenty of EO in it. I’ve heard of henna smelling like anything from fresh cut grass to skunk, but this one smells like latex to me. The powder is also extremely fine so you want to handle and mix it carefully to avoid it poofing everywhere.

I mix mine in a glass bowl, adding warm tap water little by little and mixing with a metal spoon until it is a yogurt consistency (henna stains everything, so make sure your countertops and floor are covered and you use non-porous materials). Then I add 10 drops each of Tea Tree oil and Lavender EO. I always let it sit for a little while I brush out my hair, then just start applying! You can apply it to clean or dirty hair, but I find it gets my roots better when my hair is clean. When I do it while my hair is dirty, my roots always come out several shades lighter than the rest of my head. I cover my roots first, then work it down the hair shaft, coiling it all on the top of my head. Once it’s all applied, put on a shower cap. I also put on a beanie over that to hold in as much heat as possible. Then, the waiting begins. For my first treatment, I waited almost two hours, but now I only do about an hour.

After you’ve waited, the fun starts. Time to rinse! I usually lean against my tub and have my boyfriend rinse using warm water. Every few minutes, I stop, spritz my hair with ACV, comb it out, then continue. The bag says it will take 15-20mins to rinse, but this is a boldfaced lie. It has never taken me less than an hour! Henna will dry out your hair, but I find the more often that I stop and spritz with ACV, the less dry it is in the end. The water won’t be 100% clear, but once it is mostly clear, I stop. I saturate my hair with my ACV rinse and let it sit for at least 10mins before rinsing. Afterwards, towel dry with a towel I don’t care about and add some grapeseed oil. AGAIN, make sure your floors are covered and you stay as contained in the tub as possible!! Even the water coming offf your hair will stain, especially when it is saturated with the dye. For the next few days, just baby your hair, and make sure you don’t wash it again for 48 hours. It can take up to 4 days for the henna to finish oxidizing, so the color it is initially won’t be the color it ends up being. It will darken and mellow out a bit.

I did my strand test with the henna I got tonight! I got HennaHut’s burgundy. This was maybe an hour or two after I washed it out and it had dried naturally. I’ll post again tomorrow with the 12 hour pic to see how the color is developing. It's a bit darker than it looks in the picture. I really like it so far! If it get another shade or two darker/richer it’ll be perfect.