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Henna Hair Color Definition

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What is Henna hair dye?
I need an explanation on what it does. I googled it but I do not understand and I looked at images and all of the pictures are people with red hair... What is it? Thanks

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If it helps, I have black hair and I want a chesnut brown color... A bit darker will be fine too if I can't get that color... Can someone explain how I use it. I do not want to bleach my hair

10 months ago
My hair is DYED black if that helps... I naturally have brown hair

10 months ago
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There is no such thing as "hair dye".

We see hair colour by light shining THROUGH the hair, and the highlights by the light reflecting OFF the surface of the hair.

Henna is made from the leaves (sometimes roots) of the henna plant. The dry leaves are crushed into a powder. When water is added, it releases an orange-reddish colour. When applied to anything, this liquid will leave a stain on most things. So if applying to skin, there will be a stain that remains until the skin comes off. When applied to hair, a stain will be added to whatever colour the hair has, and will remain until it is cut off. Some fading will occur, but the stain is permanent. This is not a dye in the strict sense of the word, but a stain.

Remember that this stain only ADDS reddish tones to whatever you have in your hair. If you have black, you will then have reddish black; the black in the hair will always be there, no matter what you put on top of the hair. It will often tend to give the hair a reddish shine. If you apply it a number of times, you will get a build up of this red which may make the hair quite auburn. However, it will often leave a coating on the hair, which makes the hair feel coarse and false -- much like doll hair. The colour can then appear to be quite a dull red, without much shine. Henna is never applied to very light or white hair since the true colour of henna is more of an orange/red colour. There are many varieties of "henna" being sold, with various chemicals mixed in, but are not true henna.

If you want to have a lighter shade than black, you will have to remove some colour pigments from your hair, and by definition that is bleaching. Whether you use natural sunlight, or chemicals like a strong acid (lemon) or hydrogen peroxide, the effect is the same -- it is "bleaching" the hair to remove some colour particles. But when you remove some colour, you will tend to show a lot of your own natural red showing through, and you may not want that. You will then have to bleach it enough to remove the red, then add back the brown (without red) to give you the final shade.

Is there an easier way to get the chestnut you want? No. There are only two ways to change your hair colour: by adding colour (making it darker or deeper) or by removing colour to make it lighter. Sorry! Any lighter permanent hair colour you use will bleach your hair first and add colour in one application; without bleaching, your black will always show as black.

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