Hi! Yes, I henna my hair every six weeks or so. I use body art quality henna from mehandi.com and mix the ground henna leaf with water and lemon juice and let it release its dye, waiting perhaps four hours before I apply it. I try to keep the henna on for six hours, but sometimes that’s tough! I wash it out with water only. I loved the “Dark of the Moon” henna, but it is now gone, alas. I am now using “Celebration” and like it. The Dark of the Moon gave me more of a purple which I adored, as opposed to Celebration’s more chestnutty hue.

I wash with water once a week, sometimes once every ten days to two weeks. I don’t have any curl in my hair, just a very slight body wave, and the henna doesn’t seem to affect that. Since my hair is so fine, the henna does give it a little more presence, I think.

If I didn’t henna, I would have two inch-wide skunk streaks of gray, one at my forehead, and the other sprouting at a weird location halfway down the back of my head! My natural color is a medium brunette. My hair does well with henna. I have only used henna for 8 years, so other than the henna, I have virgin hair.

Right this minute I have about an inch of roots, so it is getting time for the next henna application. I’ll take pix - before, during, and after - when I henna, most likely next weekend.