There is no such thing as “Henna Hair Colors”

Healthy and luscious looking hair is everyone’s dream, and for that people tend to spend a lot of time and effort. One such major trend is to color the hair with new and vivacious colors; black-haired people want brown, brown-haired people want black. For coloring the hair there are hundreds and thousands of hair colors in the market, but people do not want to harm their hair with chemical dyes, and this is the reason why they want natural products. One of the most natural hair coloring agents is henna, which comes from the henna plant leaves. Originally people used to use herbal henna hair color for its natural orangish-red tones. But now one can find henna hair dye colors, which promise hair coloring in varied colors.

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About henna hair dye colors

In simple and general words, henna hair color are henna, but give the result of varied colors like black, brown, red, burgundy, chocolate, orange, etc. All one needs to do is buy a box of henna color, and one's hair will be colored in one’s favorite shade. But is it that easy to color the hair with henna? Henna tends to have an orangish and reddish shade after the result, but getting other colors means there are certain other ingredients. 

Henna has no other color

First, let us have a very clear idea about one thing and that is; henna has only one color. Henna is a simple plant that grows in the hot and humid regions. The henna leaves when crushed, you can see they give a color of orange and reddish mix. Now, these leaves are not processed and powdered to produce the boxed henna powder. One will have to mix the henna powder with water and apply it on the hair to get natural henna color.

Now that the companies are promising other colors, it is quite clear that there are other things mixed in it. This is done to attract more customers, but it can cause hair damage and other health problems. You can also find many other products induced with henna which has many other additions like shea butter, oils and extracts. These additives are never too effective, as they lower the staining power of henna and can also have the opposite effect on the hair by making them more rough and frizzy.

Safe or not

Choosing any boxed product from the shelf can be dangerous, especially if one is not well aware of its composition. It is quite clear that herbal henna hair color cannot provide such large spectrum colors, then how can these products claim so? The simple answer is that they have questionable ingredients mixed in them. There can be chemical additives, PPD, metallic salts, etc. added to the henna hair color products to bring out other colors.  These ingredients can have a bad effect on one's hair and skin and do major damage to the hair in the long run. 

What is to be done?

The best thing that one should do before buying any such product, is to check the label and read all the ingredients. Make it a point to buy only the purest and most natural henna from the shops to get the best results.