A 500g sample of henna just arrived from India. I intend trying it as a temporary hair tint in shampoo. There's also another natural product I'd like to try, hibiscus flowers (deep purple-red) used commonly in the drink called 'Jamaica' here.
I realise this probably isn't going to work but I learn from failures as well as successes.
Has anyone tried these ingredients for hair tinting and could give advice, eg about pH to use, etc?
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if you want it for color don’t use it in shampoo .
make a paste with hot water and little lemon juice and it will give a deep orange to red tint
mix it with indigo powder and it will give brown to black shade .
i have used it since the time I was a teenager and wanted to experiment with hair colours
I gave it to my wife to try and her hair took on a pale green tint.
So much for the expected red/brown colour.
There was another issue. My wife said it made her hair too dry.
Did you mean leaving henna soaked in boiling water overnight, is room temperature water fine?
Maybe a semi leave-on / rinse-off conditioner will work better than a shampoo (and can be left on longer than shampoo without drying hair too much)?
Please don't, I still believe that there's a niche market for natural, gray hair retouch formulations for those who don't need exact shade matching.
It sounds like the original poster has abandoned the experiment, but for others who have an interest I will add some information on this topic.