Natural Henna and Compound Henna Dye

vinithathomas22
Sep 26, 2014
2 min read

Natural henna stains only a rich red brown. Only henna leaves are used for dying hair; the other parts of the plant don’t dye hair any color. Manufacturers that claim that they created other colors with 100% henna are lying. Chemicals, metallic salts, and other plants have to be mixed together to create other colors.

Neutral henna does not change the color of hair. This is not henna powder; it is usually the powder of the plant Senna italica. In India, the leaves of the Senna italica are used as a dye to make the hair look glossy; it has a yellowish impact on hair rather than the reddish one produced by natural henna.

Black Henna is a para-phenylendiamine based hair dye that can cause itching, blistering, and hair loss. Para-phenylenediamine is a strong sensitizer, transdermal toxin and potential carcinogen. It should never be put straight on skin or hair, or be mixed with any other material. Synthetic black hair dye is illegal to put on skin because it is not an approved product. In the 1800's there was no synthetic hair color. Henna and indigo were utilized to color hair. Henna leaves and twigs that had no, or low, concentrations of Lawsone (the tannin created by the henna plant) were sold as neutral henna. Henna leaf buds that had high centralizations of Lawsone were sold as Red Henna or Henna. Indigo was showcased as "dark henna". In the event that you color your hair with henna in the first, and afterward color over that with indigo, your hair will be colored dark. A plant known as "wasma" was likewise blended with henna to color hair dark. In the chance that you see packaged "dark henna" in a Middle Eastern or Indian grocery, it is presumably indigo. In the event that you see a bundle of dark hair color from an American cosmetic company, it has some form of para-phenylenediamine in it.

Knowing what type of henna you are using can be really beneficial because it prepare for what color print will appear on your skin and it will also make sure that your skin wont react badly with the henna.