GENERAL GUIDE TO COLOUR GREY HAIR

Mixing henna for coppery red hair:

		Mix henna with warm lemon juice or black tea, and allow paste to sit for about 7-8 hours.
		Apply the henna paste evenly to your hair by sections. Using a hair dye brush will ensure an even application.
		Wrap hair with cling wrap. Allow it to sit for about 2 hours or until the paste dries. The longer you leave the henna in, the more dye will penetrate your hair.
		Rinse hair.
		Hair color will settle over the next 2 days.

Mixing henna-indigo for mid brown to dark brown hair:

		Prepare henna paste as above.
		In a separate bowl mix indigo powder with water and allow to sit for 10-15 minutes. Adding egg white will help the indigo to cling better to your hair
		Then mix the indigo and henna paste together. The more indigo you add, you will get a darker shade of brown.
		Apply the paste to your hair in sections. Using a hair dye brush will ensure an even application.
		Wrap your hair with cling wrap and allow it to sit for about 2 hours.
		Rinse hair.
		Hair color settles over the next 2 days.

Mixing henna-indigo for black hair:

		Follow the instructions on how to henna your hair. Rinse and wash your hair and then indigo your hair.
		Mix the indigo powder with water and allow to sit for 10-15 minutes. Add salt (1 tsp per 100 grams of indigo powder) to darken the indigo and help it cling better to the hair strand.
		Apply the indigo paste to your hair in sections. Using a hair dye brush will ensure an even application.
		Wrap your hair with cling wrap, allowing it to sit for 1-2 hours.
		Rinse hair.
		Over the next 2 days, your hair color will settle.

Senna

Test Senna on some hair harvested from your hairbrush before use. Everyone's hair is slightly different, and results vary. Senna is an excellent natural conditioner and adds luster & shine to dull hair. Combine Senna with Henna powder, to tone down the brightness of red in Henna . Applying senna to grey hair dyes hair a mild golden yellow colour. It will not colour grey hair blonde, but will give golden highlights. The henna-senna ratio can be varied to get different shades of red.

Nature Shop's Organic Henna, Indigo & Senna powder has no additives, metallic salts, PPD, or ammonia.

General guide for quantities

The amount of powder used depends on the length and thickness of your hair. This guide is a general measurement based on medium thickness of hair. Adjust as needed.

		Very short: 75gms.
		Shoulder length: 100 grams.
		Below Shoulder length: 200 grams.
		Waist length: 500gms

You may need to do a full application only every 6-8 weeks. In between full application, you may just need to touch up the roots.

Additional highlights or tones

		For redder tones, add red wine or beetroot juice.
		For browner tones add amla powder (amla will tone down the red dye and give volume to hair).

Accessories for dyeing hair

Using Nature Shop’s hair dye applicator brush will enable the uniform application of hair dye from the hair roots, better than using gloves.

Step by Step Directions on using Henna and/or Indigo for various colour tones

The following Web page provides a easy to follow directions on using Henna and/or Indigo - Click here