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Originally Posted by MAChostage

Thanks for this info! I have been curious about trying henna and to hear that it might elongate my natural corkscrew texture a little is really appealing to me! I went to that website and noticed that the henna tends to leave redness and/or red highlights. This is one thing I wanted to avoid, I don't want red tones in my hair! If anything, golden would be nice. What color is your natural hair, which color henna do you use and what's your result?

BAQ henna generally does leave a reddish tint on it's own. Because of this, I do a henna/amla/indigo mix (which are all considered "hennas" by some folks because they are of the same plant family) and creates a nice black-chocolate color. There are different ratios you can use of amla and indigo to get a suitable color. My natural color is a very drab dark brown with very little warmth.

Be very careful, you might be tempted to use the stuff in a box that claim "henna", but many of those contain metallic salts which are not compatible with other hair processes such as perms, texturizers, peroxides, conventional hair dyes, and relaxers. Always use Body Art Quality henna for any of your purposes. It does make a world of difference.