I started hennaing my hair at the start of 2011 and initially did back-to-back treatments every two weeks for about a month or two.  The reason for this was to allow the henna to accumulate in my hair for best effect.

Henna did add strength & some shine to my hair, but I didn’t want my hair to have burgundy highlights with continued henna use.  Not only did I want my hair to remain dark, I also wanted to cover up my grey hairs which were concentrated around my front hairline.  To do this, a henna-indigo treatment was necessary.  Not the henna-indigo all-in-one treatment which would give a brown shade, but the two-step henna-indigo treatment for a more darker shade.

I faithfully had my henna-indigo treatments once a month until I got robbed of time thanks to the launch of my product line late last year, forcing me to henna-indigo my hair once every two months.

Now, my henna-indigo treatments are primarily to cover my greys, which thanks to the use of  TLC Naturals products,  come in much quicker as my hair gets thicker and longer faster.

In March 2012, I tried a new henna-indigo recipe:

After prepooing with coconut-castor oil, and washing my hair with african black soap.

I made a cup of green tea (to help release the henna dye), added some coffee (to deepen the hair colour), some fenugreek seed powder (to moisturise), and some amla powder (to reduce the curl-loosening effect of henna).  I mixed these up in the henna powder and heated it slowly (using the double boiler method) over low heat for about an hour.  After applying the henna mix to my hair, I let it sit on my hair for about a couple of hours

I then rinsed out the henna and made my indigo mix by adding a little warm water to the indigo powder with a dash of sea salt to release the indigo dye.  The indigo was left on my hair an hour before being thoroughly rinsed out.  African black soap was used to wash out the remaining indigo.
My hair felt very dry & I knew that I had to deep condition my hair.  My deep conditioning hair treatment was blackstrap molasses with olive oil.  Following the deep conditioning hair treatment, I used TLC Naturals Hibiscus Rose Leave In Conditioner  to moisturise, TLC Naturals Shea Baobab Hair Oil to seal, and TLC Naturals Choco Shea Butter to twist my hair up.

For my more recent henna-indigo hair treatment in August, I tried a different recipe:

Began by prepooing my hair with coconut-castor oil and washing my hair with african black soap. The henna mix I used was the same as above minus the fenugreek powder, and the indigo powder was the same as above.  I applied them to my hair the same way as I did in March, however, my post henna-indigo deep conditioning hair treatment was a simple mix of olive oil and agave nectar.  My hair still felt dry, so I slathered on TLC Naturals Hibiscus Rose Leave In Conditioner (the new formula) , sealed with TLC Naturals Shea Baobab Hair Oil (new formula) and put my hair in 4 large twists using TLC Naturals Choco Shea Butter (again, new formula).

I am not sure if it is the reformulated TLC Naturals hair products, but my hair felt much ‘juicier’ for a few days afterwards.  Plus, the colour looked a bit deeper too.
Here are my comparison shots:

After my March 2012 henna-indigo hair treatment – medium 2-strand twists 

After my March 2012 henna-indigo hair treatment – medium 2-strand twists 

After my August 2012 henna-indigo hair treatment – 4 large twists (2 at the front, 2 at the back), with the ends held in place with a mix of clips & rubber bands

After my August 2012 henna-indigo hair treatment – 4 large twists (2 at the front, 2 at the back), wth the ends  held in place with a mix of clips & rubber bands

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