subject: Natural Hair Color [print this page] This is natural henna hair color easy to prepare, easy to apply and easy to remove. This is also temporary to change easily and make your hair silk and shine and take care of your hair.
For henna powder to release the color you will have to make a paste of the henna powder with water or lemon juice. There are a number of things that can be added to the henna powder to make a paste that will stain your skin or hair the color you desire. Most people follow a trial and error method and finally come up with a recipe that suits their needs. Given below is a basic henna paste recipe, you can try it out and add to it to suit your needs. To make henna paste or mehendi
1 cup boiling water or buttermilk or lemon juice
2 tablespoons black tea or coffee
3 tablespoons of sifted henna powder (make sure you sift the powder before making a paste)
Boil the water or simply take buttermilk and add the tea or coffee powder and make a decoction. Let this decoction soak for a few hours. Strain the decoction to remove any particles of tea or coffee. Place the henna powder into a plastic or glass bowl. Now slowly add the tea/coffee decoction a little at a time and stir the mixture. Use the spoon to shake the powder and water together. Make a smooth paste of the henna powder. Allow the paste to stand for 6 to 12 hours. The longer you allow the paste to stand the smoother the mixture will become. Now apply this paste on your hair and wait till the henna is dry, but do not crack.
When henna becomes dry, just wash your hair with simple water and do not use shampoo. This will remove your natural color if you just use to wash your hair first time after coloring your hair. By henna you can get natural color for hair and your hair becomes smooth and silky and you will get shiny hair.
This is the natural hair color which will color your hair without any side effect like hair fall or dry hair, but this will care your hair and make your hair silky. And this is also not permanent hair color, but this is temporary so that you can color your hair when you wish to change the color and you will look stylish forever.
