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Henna for hair: How to mix henna for hair – recipe 2 – Lemon juice

Henna for hair: How to mix henna for hair – recipe 2 – Lemon juice

There are so many different recipes for mixing henna for hair and I am often asked “what is the right recipe?”. This blog post covers one of the traditional recipes for hennaing hair, henna powder and lemon juice. Henna covers all hair beautifully, giving colour, shine and health, but what is the right recipe for you? To some extent, the answer to this depends on: The colour you want to acheive The ingredients you have to hand and are prepared…

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How to factsheet – Lemon Sugar Syrup for Henna

How to factsheet – Lemon Sugar Syrup for Henna

What – Lemon Sugar Syrup Who uses it? – Henna artists and practitioners who want to get a deep dark henna stain, or who find that their henna paste is drying and peeling off the skin too quickly. Why does it work? – The lemon sugar syrup keeps the henna paste moist and in place for several hours. The henna dye molecule (called ‘Lawsone’) can move around moist paste, but it can’t move around dry paste, so the longer the…

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