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Indigo Powder for hair

Indigo is powder is made from the dried leaves of the indigo plant. It gives a blueish tint on light coloured hair.

Indigo used in Conjunction with HENNA

When indigo powder is mixed together with henna powder or used after colouring with henna. it results in red/brown, brown or black shades. The resulting colour depends on the method, the proportion of henna and indigo used and the length of time is it left on your hair.

What color tones will you achieve?

reddish brown when using proportions of 75% henna and 25% indigo. This method is called a one step process.
brown tones when using proportions of 50% indigo and 50% henna. This method is called a one step process.
dark chocolate brown tones when using proportions of 75% indigo and 25% henna. This method is called a one step process.
Black Tones when you use henna first at 100%, and then second step of indigo at 100%. This method is called a two step process.
Apply indigo with your henna application to get browner tones. This method is called a one step process.

Directions for two step process

Preparing the henna paste for shoulder length hair use more for longer hair.

Please Use only plastic, porcelain or glass container When Mixing NO METAL Utensils.

Henna paste

Mix with 100g of Henna Powder 300-330ml of lemon juice into the consistency of yoghurt.

Cover the paste and leave to soak for 8 to 24 hours.

Apply to freshly shampooed hair generously covering all hair strands.

Cover with a shampoo cap and leave for 3 hours.

Rinse it then mix your indigo paste.

Indigo paste

Mix 100g of Indigo Powder with 300-330ml warm WATER into the consistency of yoghurt.

Once mixed, the paste should be applied to DRY hair IMMEDIATELY.

The true colour takes a few days to show The colour may seem bright, brassy and coppery at first but this will deepen over the next 3 or 4 days. This is because it takes a few days for the oxidation process to take place.

2.Directions for one step process

Mix henna with lemon juice and let it sit for at least 8 hours.

When you are ready to dye your hair mix the indigo with warm water.

Mix the henna mixture together with the indigo mixture. To get a more brown shade use a larger percentage of henna. To get a darker brown use a larger proportion of indigo. This method is quicker than the Method 1. To get a black shade use method

Apply on freshly shampooed dry hair.

Everyone’s hair is different and will take the colour differently so to some extent trial and error is necessary to get the desired shade.

The first method, which which gives a stronger result, is to dye your hair first with henna, wash and dry your hair, and then apply the indigo mixture.

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