Colour your hair your favourite shade with henna

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Clik here to view.Colour your hair with the goodness of henna. Unlike synthetic colours, henna does not contain any harmful chemicals and can give you the desired hair colour you want. It contains compounds that stain the hair a dark red or brown colour and this makes it a wonderful natural hair dye. All you need to know is the correct ingredient to add in the mixture. We give you tips on how to get the right shade.

Black

For black hair that has gone grey, use henna in combination with sesame (gingelly or til) oil and curry leaves. Boil some sesame oil, add a few curry leaves and keep this liquid in a tightly closed container. Anytime you want to colour your hair, add some henna into this extract and boil for a few minutes. Cool the mixture and apply it on your hair, wait for three to four hours and then wash your hair using shikakai.

Some people also use castor oil with henna instead of sesame oil and leave out the curry leaves. Just boil henna with castor oil in an iron pan and set aside until the oil turns black in colour. Then apply it to your hair and leave it on for three to four hours and wash with shikakai.

Burgundy

If you are looking for a burgundy shade, cut and grind a beetroot and mix this juice into henna to make a paste. Apply this on your hair and leave it on for at least an hour. Wash your hair after this and your hair is coloured in a natural way. 

Brown or red

Henna alone gives a copper-red colour and indigo (neel) gives a blue colour; by combining henna with indigo in different proportions, you can get varying shades of brown. If you want a reddish tinge, keep henna levels high and if you like browner shade, include more of indigo.

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