Hey Nikki,
My first henna experience turned out FABULOUS!
The color is beautiful, it seems stronger, and it’s already starting to shine! I followed your routine to the letter, using Punjabi Prime henna from Catherine. I did mix the PP with green tea the night before and froze it. When I got up the next morning, I took it out of the freezer to thaw while I was at work (10 hrs.). Got home from work, washed and conditioned my hair with bioINFUSION Olive Oil conditioning shampoo and bioINFUSION Professional The Detangling Conditioner (all natural from Walgreens), detangled and sectioned while in shower. Added honey to PP mixture until consistency of yogurt; applied to hair. Put on two plastic caps and satin scarf; went to sleep. Rinsed out the next morning (13 hours later) in tub and then put head under tub faucet for pressure. Almost all PP was rinsed out but got in the shower to condition with bioINFUSION and rinse again (mabybe twice). Mixed honey and EVOO with my Elasta QP deep conditioner; put on plastic cap and satin scarf; sat under dryer for an hour; rinsed out DT after about 3 or 4 hours. Applied SheaMoisture to hair, sealed ends with EVOO, did the T ‘n C and rolled the ends of my hair. Got up this morning and took down my twists. YOU SHOULD SEE MY HAIR. Absolutely gorgeous! When I got to work, one of my co-workers said, you gonna make me grow some hair or glue some in. I was cracking up. Anyway, that’s my update. I’m gonna henna again this weekend. I can’t wait to see how it turns out the second time around!
Serita 🙂
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Thank you so much for your compliments Jai, Anonymous, and Maria. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pre-henna pictures but I can tell you that, before henna, my hair was an afro from the roots to the middle of my hair, and from the middle to the ends were straight. The roots were very coarse and hard to comb through. As for shine, my hair didn’t have any, even after applying shine serums and the like. After my first henna my hair was noticeably stronger and shinier. I applied my second henna last Friday and kept it on for 26 hours (pics to come). All I can say is WOW! It straightened out my afro roots, made my hair even stronger and shinier, and the color is awesome!
Anonymous, I want to see pics of your hair 🙂
Gorgeous! I would also love to see before pictures. I need to henna soon.
Your hair is soo pretty! Do you have any before shots of pre-henna?
your hair looks fabulous, I have henna in my hair now as I write this comment, hope mine is as fab as yours!
keeping fingers crossed:-)
Your hair looks gorgeous!