Henna

Okay now this will be the first time I have had any experience of one of the much loved by the ladies of Ciao favourite companies Lush, after reading so much about how good their products were how could I not at least give them a try. Not being the kind of person who does a lot of shopping personally, especially if it means going into either Leeds or Bradford which are the nearest large cities as such near me I had to take a look at what the store had to offer online. Finding the site was no problems and I had to smile at the title Lush Times. After a lot of browsing and getting more and more ... more

Lush Henna- natural hair dye Price £6.25 (a lot cheaper than getting it dyed in the hair dresser). Hairdressers, unsurprisingly, abhor henna (the H word) as it takes away their customers. After Henna you cannot go and dye over it, as I understand it, henna penetrates the hair shaft and dye cotes it, and you cannot do one after the other. I have dyed my hair in the past and so I was very cautious about using Henna in case it went green. I can tell you that it didn't, it was lovely. However it had been 5 months since I had last dyed my hair, do not henna your hair immediately after you have dyed ... more

~What is Henna~ Henna is a plant that is dried, ground into powder, and under most circumstances can release a reddish ginger dye useful for dyeing skin, hair and textiles like leather and materials like linen or cotton. A complete biological explanation of henna can be seen at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henna ~What is the difference between Henna, Black Henna (Indigo) and Black Henna that has appeared in the news causing damage to people~ Henna itself has been described above, however, traditionally, Black Henna is not Henna at all, it's another plant called Indigo. Always check ... more

I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my hair. I like to have it very shiny, and one colour all over. I first used Lush Henna a few years ago, and since then I have used it a few times a year, to add shine and even out my hair colour. -My first time- The chalkboard above the Les Cacas Henna blocks promises "No sh*t hair colour and shine" and I wanted to know how these strange looking green blocks would make my hair a luscious mane. There are 4 different colours of Lush Henna available to buy: Caca Rouge- traditional bright red Caca Marron- chestnut Caca Brun- glossy brown Caca Noir ... more

I've hennaed my hair for a while. Chemical colouring irritates my scalp something rotten, and henna is so natural and safe that you can do it three days in a row if you want to (but it's not recommended lol). I put henna onto my hair with an inch of my natural mid-brown hair showing through my dark red faded to bright dark red PPD-containing salon colour, the first time. Henna works by adding a translucent red colour to your natural hair colouring. Only Body Art Quality (the stuff for hand decoration for weddings etc) is pure enough to use on top of salon or box colour - there are metallic ... more