Colora Henna Powder, Gold Brown

For 4 years, I did the real henna treatment that took 6 hours, smelled terrible and was a horrible mess to clean up... I was pleasantly surprised to find this product and wish I had found it sooner because it is SO simple to use. All you do is wash your hair and squeeze the product into your hair, then cover. The instructions say to leave on for an hour, but knowing how henna works, I leave mine on for 2 hours. I did read that for those trying to cover grey that this product was not successful but that's because they didn't leave it on long enough. I have MUCH more grey than I like to admit, but trust me - its there!! This product is scent free, does not drip down your face or stain your skin. My hair is thin and down to my bra strap in the back. One bottle is enough to cover all my hair. If you have thick long hair I would suggest two bottles. The good news is that if you don't use it all, just cover it with plastic wrap and save it for the next use. Since there is no mixing you don't have to use it all at once. This product leaves my natural brown hair a darker brown with beautiful reddish high lights. The grey turns a beautiful reddish color that is lighter than the brown So the end result looks as though I had my hair professionally high lighted. It also coats the hair and leaves it very soft and a little thicker than regular hair dyes. The henna actually coats the hair rather than absorbing into the hair - which is a nice plus for someone like me with baby thin hair. And because I do have lots of grey that grows in fast, I color my hair about every three weeks. You can actually color as many times as you like since there are no harsh chemicals in this product. I have used this product about 6 times now (rotating with the burgundy for a little change in color :) ONE MORE THING: The color takes about two days to oxidize and settle into the "true" color. So don't be shocked if when you rinse and dry your hair it seems brassy. That fades in a day or two and the beautiful color shows up :)

I have been using apricot gold for over 6 or 7 years now. It was my daughter who found it at a beauty supply store. My hair is naturally red, strawberry shade...and the apricot gold is my true color. It's amazing ! My grays are mostly on top my head.. Ukk.. anyways.. this henna covers the gray amazingly. It's not just one flat color. The henna is multiple shades as each hair absorbs differently. So it looks so natural...Like your own. It leaves my hair thicker, soft and shiny. I love it. I have been incorporating gold brown now for the ends and underneath hair. I have long hair... I just blend the gold brown from about 3/4 of the length down for only 10 or 15 minutes...that's it.. and that's enough color for the lengths to blend in. The ends seem not hold much color lately.. But with the gold brown henna , the color stays forever, it seems. I just put the powder in a bowl, the amount I want to use, trickle warm water over the powder as I mix to a pancake batter consistency, on the thick side, not runny. Let it rest a few minutes, on wet, clean hair, I use a small spoon to scoop and smooth the creamy henna on to my roots, and where-ever. It smells like wet alfalfa hay. I love that smell. Doesn't burn or hurt your scalp in anyway so you can put it right on your roots and blend out if need be. It doesn't fade out or fry your hair like chemical dye does...So, you can add color to areas you may want more over and over...it doesn't harm your hair. I love it !...and am glad my daughter found it...

Background:I had previously used Colora Henna in 'Brown' on my overprocessed honey blonde hair with dark ash blonde roots. The results were ok- the blonde ends turned to a medium golden dark blonde, but mt dark ash blonde roots turned a dark reddish chestnut color. Once this faded (about 6 weeks) to a washed out gold color I decided to use the 'Light Brown' to even everything out and let my dark ash blonde hair grow out. Results: to my shock and dismay, after mixing the 'Light Brown' pack of henna with my own recipe (substitute the water with apple cider vinger, which helps it wash out easier, then adding chamomile tea and an egg for conditioning), and setting the paste on my hair for 4 hours, my hair came out a bright coppery red! I'm not sure if this is due to the acidity in the acv causing the henna to release more red pigment or if the 4hr set was too long, but my hair is most definatly NOT light brown. It is very, very very copper red. I most certainly won't be using Colora again (unless I want red hair) which is unfotunate because I really liked the packaging, instruction booklet and the shade of the resulting color. However it was not at all what I wanted. Instead I will be going with the Light Mountain Natural kits, which have rave reviews, to attain something close to my natural dark ash blonde color. I would not recommend this product to anyone looking for non-red, brown results (which is what it is supposed to be!). I suggest that Colora examine their henna-to indigo-and cassia ratios of their mixes before packaging and distribution.