Henna safely covers gray hair, deepening and brightening brown hair and adding a beautiful reddish shine.
You can achieve beautiful shades of red through dark brown and black by adjusting your henna with other herbs such as chamomile, indigo, cassia or amla.
Henna will keep your hair soft and shiny!
Natural, pure cassia is a wonderful safe, chemical free natural hair dye and conditioner.
Safely brightening blonde and lifting gray hair, while conditioning and leaving deep healthy shine.
You can achieve beautiful blonde and strawberry shades with cassia and blends of henna and cassia.
What is Cassia Obovata ?
Cassia Obovata Sometimes called senna or neutral/blonde henna
(there really isn’t neutral/blonde henna, they’re talking about Cassia Obovata).
The Cassia Obovata plant, with over 400 species, is grown in Egypt and Nubia. The leaves are harvested, dried, and ground into a powder for natural hair care, coloring, and conditioning.
What it does ?
Cassia Obovata is an excellent natural conditioner that may thicken and add shine and golden hues to your BLONDE or GRAY hair.
Brightens and adds golden hues to blonde or gray hair
Adds richness, shine, and texture
Will not color dark hair, but will condtion it
Use as often as you like for healthy hair and scalp
As a dye: Go gold - Brighten up blond or gray hair naturally!
Things You'll Need :
Natural Cassia Powder
Orange or Lemon juice or Water
Mixing Bowl and Spoon
Old Towls or Rags
Paper Towels
Saran Wrap or Plastic shower Cap
Procedure :
Mix Cassia powder with orange or lemon juice or water until it’s the consistency of yogurt.
Cover and let the paste sit for 12 hours.
Apply the cassia paste to dry or damp hair in sections, completely coating all the hair down to the roots.
Wrap your hair in a shower cap or plastic wrap and allow to soak in for 3 hours.
Rinse and shampoo to remove any residue.
Repeat: Monthly for healthy, thick and shiny golden locks.
As a Dye: Go Strawberry blonde with your blonde or gray hair naturally!
Things You'll Need :
Natural Henna Powder
Natural Cassia Powder
Orange or Lemon juice or Water
Mixing Bowl and Spoon
Old Towls or Rags
Paper Towels
Saran Wrap or Plastic shower Cap
Procedure :
Mix Using 80% Cassia powder with 20% henna powder.
Mix with orange or lemon juice or water until it’s the consistency of yogurt.
Cover and let the paste sit for 12 hours.
Apply the cassia paste to dry or damp hair in sections, completely coating all the hair down to the roots.
Wrap your hair in a shower cap or plastic wrap and allow to soak in for 3 hours.
Rinse and shampoo to remove any residue.
Repeat: Monthly for healthy, thick and shiny strawberry blonde locks.
Tips :
For deeper strawberry red tones you can add more henna to the cassia/henna blend, try a 50/50 mix for a copper red.
As a conditioner: For shiny, thick, healthy hair, naturally
Mix Cassia powder with warm water until it’s the consistency of yogurt.
Apply the cassia paste to dry or damp hair in sections, completely coating all the hair down to the roots.
Wrap your hair in a shower cap or plastic wrap and allow to soak in for 1 hour.
Rinse and shampoo to remove any residue
Repeat: Monthly for healthy, thick and shiny locks
General Tips :
How to Store ?
store cassia obovata paste in the freezer
How Much do I need ?
Short Hair 100 Grams
Shoulder Length Hair 200-300 Grams
Long Hair 400-500 Grams
Disclaimer :
We recommend you perform a strand test before using any of these recipes or products on your hair to be sure you like the color and result.
Test the product on a small section of your hair or on hair harvested from your hair brush.
When using natural products please keep in mind that every product will react and color your hair uniquely. The result will be different and unique on everyone depending on hair type and condition. There are many ingredients and recipes to try, have fun experimenting!
What it looks like ?
Cassia Obovata powder is a medium olive green powder from the ground leaves of the plant and smells like fresh grass.
History and Use
Cassia has been used for centuries as a beauty and health regimen and has been used as an antifungal, antibacterial and laxative as well as treatment of mites, eczema and psoriasis.
Cassia contains chrysophanic acid (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone), tannins and anthraqinone which is yellow. The anthraqinone is what gives the plant its ability to stain a yellow hue.
Source :
http://www.hennacaravan.com/how/cassia.html
