how do you apply neutral henna to your hair?

Answer 1

It is very simple.

How to mix your cassia obovata:

-Mix powder with warm or hot water and let sit for 15 minutes. Make sure your mixture is like the consistency of pancake batter.
-Apply the cassia obovata to clean hair be sections starting from the back and moving forward.
-Wrap your hair and allow to sit for 1 hour.
-Rinse paste out.

How to store your powder: fridge or cool dark place
How to store your paste: freezer up to six months.

Hope this helps.

Khadija

Answer 2

There should instructions on the packaging but if they aren't..here you go.

1) Do not wash your hair before applying the color. The color does better when your hair has it's natural oil.

2) You can deep condition before applying the color

3) Do not scratch the day of or before the color application, it with irritate your scalp.

4) How much henna is required depends on your length and thickness of your hair. Rule of thumb is 100 grams per every foot of hair length. If your hair is short, use 50 grams of henna powder to make your paste. Know that any leftover henna paste can be frozen and saved for your next henna application.

Put the required amount of henna powder in a bowl. If color is as important to you as conditioning with henna, add to your powder a mixture of lemon juice (concentrate will do) and water at a 50/50 ratio. It is important that your water is not hot. Hot water will cook your henna and impair the positive results you desire

5)When conditioning is important but coloring is not, reduce the amount of lemon juice. The lemon juice helps the dye to release and therefore helps the paste to color the hair more effectively. Add the lemon/water liquid to your powder until you achieve the paste consistency like thick pancake mix. You don't want your paste too dry and you do not want it too thin. You want paste that you can scoop up with your gloved -- yes... always wear plastic gloves -- fingers.

When your paste is at the desired consistency, cover your bowl with a lid, or plastic wrap and foil. Place your bowl in a place that will keep your paste at a temperature around 75 to 85 degrees. A too-cool environment will retard the dye release and too hot an environment will either cook your paste or cause the dye to release and overshoot. Too little dye release or too fast dye release and demise will provide you with a paste that will condition your hair still... but you will not get optimal coloring.

Allow your paste to "sit" for 8 hours. Uncover and stir your paste well to mix back in the dye that has been released.

Some options you may wish to try later are the substitution of a tea brew for water…adding 4 to 5 drops of tea tree, lavender or rosemary essential oils to your paste…

6)Separate your hair to make application easier. Part your hair down the middle using your fingers. Then separate each of these two sections into three. Begin applying your paste to the back sections of your hair. Take your time and make sure that you have covered all of your hair with the paste from roots to ends. When you are sure that you have all of the hair covered thoroughly, cover your hair with a plastic cap. Then cover with a towel or scarf. Leave the paste on your hair for the length of time required to get both the coloring and conditioning desired. This can be anywhere between 2 and 8 hours. A harvested hair test performed on hair harvested from your comb or brush will provide you with timing and coloring information.

To avoid henna from staining your skin, apply a protective oil or grease like petroleum jelly around your forehead, ears and neckline. To prevent the henna from running from the edges of the plastic cap, place tissue around the edges of the cap.

Removing the paste from your hair:

This is best done while standing in your shower and allowing warm water to rinse the henna paste from your hair. Let the water run over and through your hair and use your fingers to work the water through and paste out of your hair. At some point the water will run clear. Continue to rinse your hair. Repeat rinsing is necessary. Many of the reports of itchy scalp and other problems people report and attribute to henna result from lack of adequate rinsing.

While shampooing your hair at this point is not necessary, some people want to. If this is your choice, always use a mild and diluted shampoo. Do not use a shampoo that adds protein. You hair has received sufficient protein conditioning from the henna itself. Apply the mild and diluted shampoo and work through your hair and scalp and then rinse out thoroughly.

7)While your hair is still wet, apply a moisturizer. The moisturizer used can be either the appropriate oil or oils or a moisturizing conditioner of your choice. Again, it will not be necessary to use a conditioner that contains protein. What you want is a conditioner that is developed for the purpose of sealing the moisture in your hair. The oils will serve that purpose as well as many other moisturizing conditioners that work for you.

Work your moisturizing oils or other conditioner through your hair with your fingers. You will find your hair to be softer, easier to manage and detangled. Then style as usual

Answer 3

check the links below for natural homemade beauty tips to:-- Natural Henna Powder - how to apply
http://geebal.blogspot.com/2006/08/henna-on-hair.html#name1