Henna Hair for Beginners ❤️ The Healthy, Natural way to Dye Hair at Home! 

Hey guys! First of all, I'm SO happy that so many of you found this video helpful! Second of all, there are more videos like this to come, so if you haven't subscribed already, feel free to do so! ❤️ If you're curious about my day-to-day life as well, I invite you to come on over to my vlog channel and hang out! Things are about to be changing like crazy in my personal life (moving, new jobs, and just a fresh chapter in my life), so those vlogs are going to be a roller coaster for sure. You can check out the vlog channel here: ru-vid.com Happy henna-ing! Caty

Dying a bit of your hair from your hairbrush is literally the most genius thing I’ve ever seen! 😂

I thought taking hair from a brush was nasty but that was the smartest idea I have never seen before. I think you just did something

I have been dyeing my hair with henna since I was 18, I'm 66 now so you can say I have some experience using henna. So I would like to make some comments on this video. When you mix (hot water) in the henna you don't have to wait you can use it right away. Leaving the henna in your hair for 2 hours is enough to get a good color. It's not that the color will get stronger that's rubbish, it will fade a little every time you wash your hair. Another important thing you should know is that if you want a perm, or another color it will be difficult because henna is very dominant and will always come through again. But it has no chemicals in it and makes your hair more shiny and stronger. And it has super coverage on grey/white hair.

3 year henna user here. I went grey early and my hair was wrecked from dyes. My hair has never in my life been so healthy. I literally can just shampoo it, comb it, and leave the house. No styling, no product, nothing. It's SO liberating. It's incredibly shiny and no more frizz. I wish I had done it years ago.

Just some advices from a henna lover and user: 1)if you use warm, close to hot water/tea, you can actually put the henna immediately in your hair, and leave it about 3-4 hrs will do the job. 2)do not use lemon or other acid ingredients as it takes to darken up the colour faster and make it look more of a brown. 3)if you do want to keep this exact tone up, only do the roots, and once in a while the whole hair:) 4)you can put a spoon of sugar in your mix, it will soften your hair, and there will be no need of conditioner, which doesn't help the colour easily pop up the first days. 5)mix a spoon of Apple vinegar with about 2 litres of water and after washing henna out, use that as an ultimate rinse, it will leave your hair shiny and set the colour in!

The idea of testing the color on left over hairs from your brush is genious! Why did I never come up with this idea? No more henna fails now hopefully.

After watching such videos I feel all the more amazing to be an Indian. These things come so naturally and comfortably to us. We have all seen our parents, relatives or neighbours apply henna and various home remedies on a regular basis. Did you see the amazing texture it gave to your hair after that first rinse. Stay beautiful

I’m a pro hair stylist and I’m very impressed with your strand test idea off the hairbrush, instead of testing a patch on the persons head or cutting a small sample from their hair like we are told to do 🤷‍♀️Anyways so simple but what a Great idea girl! 👍👍😁 PS YOU LOOk FAB AS A REDHEAD!! ❤️

Welcome to Henna! I have been using henna for 8 years. I get compliments on the color all the time. I love it and will never go back. I do my roots every 6 weeks and then my whole head every 12 weeks. One tip I have.. buy a big bag, make the whole recipe, let it develop and then freeze it in portion sizes! When I need to color my hair now I just pop 1 (roots) or 3-4 (whole head) portions in the microwave. And bam, instant henna. Works every time.

you look amazing as a redhead..completely natural. Especially with your eyebrows done!

I used henna in the past and loved the results. If you want an even bigger pop of red, add natural hibiscus tea to it or add the hibiscus powder right to the henna. It is amazing and the red is over the top!

You can add any kind of organic oils like coconut oil and olive oil to keep the hair soft and moisturized, here in egypt we do that, and we can also add a spoon of yogurt and an egg for the same reason. Also, to make your hair red you can add Beetroot and Roselle after boiled in the water, then take the water and add it to Henna with a little of Curcuma. For brown hair you can add: coffee, Nescafé, or Coco bodwer. enjoy!

I used henna in the 80's (yes I'm old :D) I wanted a really dramatic color so I put it on bleached, close to white hair and I loved it. It was intense fire orange :)

Just FYI as someone who has used henna many times, you can"t strip henna out of your hair without immense difficulty, if at all. You also should not use chemical dye over henna if you change your mind. Henna should be grown out as much as possible, even cut off, if you decide you don't want henna anymore. It's the biggest hair commitment! I cut all my hair off (long to pixie), grew out the henna as much as possible, and then it took 2-3 sessions with my hairdresser slowly lifting and toning it. Test strips were done first! Lifting henna can also go really bad, your hair can break, go stretchy, or go green. So please, be careful with henna!

This application process is killing me! I get on my knees on the floor in front of my shower and plop it in my hair one handful at a time then message it all in. Roll it, wrap it and rinse after 2-3 hours. Work smarter, not harder. Love the video :)

A tip that has been recommended by many is to use a blow-dryer on your locks, after your first decent rinse; there's something about the heat which encourages the 'development/blooming' progress towards your final color result. It worked for me.

This is a great video about henna! Good job and the colour suits you so well. I have been a henna head since 2010. And I too am a redhead at heart, hehe. If you don't mind I would like to add my experiences too since there is so many questions about henna. 1. You can absolutely dye chemically treated hair with henna, just wait for it to settle and fade after the last session. About 1-2 months should do it. But make sure the ingredients in your henna is just henna. BAQ henna (Body Art Quality) is a great way to make sure you get it pure. Also tends to be cheaper than henna sold as hair dye. 2. You can "safely" chemically dye hennead hair, but only if you used pure henna to begin with. If not you can have the green hair, hair falling out etc. experience. 3. You get the best result when hennaing if your hair is clean, the oils in the hair prevent the henna penetrating the hair shaft. Same way that the lotion prevented the henna from staining Caty Culp's skin. I have however hennaed on oily hair and it works, but it is not optimal. 4.When hennaing the new growth on your hair add henna just to the roots and let sit for about the same time as the first time you dyed your hair with henna. This will ensure you keep the colour consistent. If you dye your whole hair every time you will darken the ends of your hair as the henna will continue to deposit colour onto your hair. (Same way chemical dyes work.) 5. Henna does not fade. Yaaay! But your natural hair, (and maybe the henna, I don't know really) may fade from exposure to the sun. To remedy this do a henna gloss on the lengths on your hair once in a while. A henna gloss is a mix of henna and your hair treatment of choice (but no oils). I use enought conditioner to coat my entire hair mixed with a bit of ready to dye henna. How much henna depends on how much you would like to freshen up the colour. 6. Use a henna gloss to give your hair a hint of red. Very handy if you are not sure if you could handle being a full blown redhead. This also is a great hair treatment in itself. 7. Henna can be lifted from your hair, but the process is long, hard and damaging to your hair. If you go henna, you do it for life. Or at least until your hair grows out. 8. I have heard that it is best to use the same brand of henna to ensure colour consitency, but the henna I started with has long since been removed from the store I used to buy it from, a local family owned international foods store. I have tried several different brands of henna and almost all have given me great colour payoff. Only once I had a brand of henna that gave a deeper richer red. The only henna I have not been happy with was Lush Caca Rouge which I tried back in 2012. I am not trying to throw shade, just putting my two cents out there. Caca Rouge gave very little colour from what I am used to and actually faded on me. I would say stay away from that one if you are going full on henna. 9. There is no such thing as "brown henna", "black henna" or "blonde henna". You can use indigo and cassia to achieve different shades but I have no personal experience with using any of these, so I will not go into this here. Pure henna is always a shade of red though and no natural dye can bleach your hair. "Black henna" may contain PPD which is found in chemical hair dyes and is not very good for your skin! 10. I'll just end this here because the topic of "black henna" may cause me to ramble, lol. Google it if you wanna see why. Anyway, great job again and keep it up:)

Ur eyes r so green, u should have been born with red hair.

Arab women use henna because it is healthy for hair I love you from Jordan ⁦♥️⁩⁦🇯🇴⁩

It is very good to see this video catching a. ton of views. I have been using Henna for coloring my hair for 19 years now. My hair started greying when I was a teen and being an Indian, Henna was the first and natural choice to hide grey hair. Now that in my mid thirties, most of my hair is grey but it all looks red, thanks to Henna. I have people asking me if I do red highlights on my hair all the time. No one believes I naturally dye my hair. The best part of using Henna is that I can style my hair the way I like, I oil my hair all the time and naturally deep condition it without worrying about losing the color of my hair. A lot of my friends use cosmetic dye and they cant condition their hair naturally at all leaving their hair slaves to chemical treatments. Henna is the best. The negative side I see is the need to keep it on for 3 -4 hours to get the hair colored completely. Time Consuming if you are in hurry. But I always believed it is worth it. I always use Lemon Juice mainly because it kind of offsets the dryness / damage excessive soaking results in. I suggest avoiding hot water / Tea / yogurt if your main purpose is coloring.

I think that’s the cleanest henna application I’ve ever seen! 👍🏼 The color looks awesome on you!

I LOVE Henna. It gives you the shiniest most spectacular shade of red. It is stunning in the sunlight.

I’ve used henna for years and I love it. I mix cinnamon and hot six oil in with the henna and hot water. I love the fact that it colors my gray hair red and looks like I have red highlights.

My mom used to put henna in my hair when I was a child, it's a traditional thing in Middle East 😍♥️ we start putting it since age 5-6 years, I love the smell of it but it always dries my hair I do it from time to time now, a great video/hair color 😍👍🏻

Looks beautiful! Quick tip - if you use tea, let it cool before you mix, otherwise you risk "killing" the henna. Henna is pretty delicate and too much heat can ruin it.

I have no intention of dying my hair but I just watched because your eyes are so stunning. Great video!

I've used both natural henna, and professional synthetic hair dyes, and I prefer henna hands down. It doesn't dry out my hair and the grassy smell while applying it is so much more pleasant than the ammonia that synthetic dyes require. It does fade though, to a weird sort of orange, so when my hair was long, it was such a chore re-dying all the way to the tips.

Add some fenugreek powder and egg white for shinier and silky hair .. you can also use yogurt/curd for more conditioning

I love how it’s a mix of dark brown( like a deep chocolate)brown and ginger. This is the color I like and want

The final color looks soooo lovely on you! Thank you for sharing the process for those of us who are curious about henna.

I henna my hair and this is a great video for beginners. One tip: henna will build up over time and darken if you keep putting it on all of your hair. After the initial application, all you ever need to do is your roots. You can also freeze your left over henna for use next time. I get three applications out of one package, making this very economical. It averages $4 per application. $10 for my henna and $2 for the lime juice to mix it with.

My mom used powder-form henna to dye her hair after she started to get really bad allergic reactions to the chemical in most permanent hair-dyes. She learned a few tricks, like if you have lighter coloured hair (like her grays) and don't want your hair to come out bright orange, until the colour evens out after a day or two, mix coffee with the henna and it will make it less vibrant and more brown. Also, another way to dye your hair in a natural way, like henna, is to use indigo, it's the stuff they normally use to dye jeans blue, it may come out blue or green on it's own though, but if you want a dark-brown, dark redish-brown, or even black, use it with the henna. She buys and applies the indigo and the henna separately, btw. :)

I'm dying my hair red with henna too. Thank you so much for this video! It's so helpful!

I love how my brown hair has a reddish shine in the sun. And now that there are non-brown hairs, I have red highlights. I'm lucky I have my husband to help apply 😊

Just think, you and ladies for 4000 years have been doing this. It’s a practical archaeological experiment as well as a link with women throughout the ages. You look gorgeous. You actually look like my auburn haired Scottish sisters who were born with hair just like that. Your eyes are SO blue too. Perhaps you were really meant to be a redhead all along! Me? For some reason I got mousebrown, but brains.....

In India,one can find a henna plant in most of the traditional households and it has been used as a hair conditioning and colouring agent for like decades! Here, its a very common method that people use for colouring their grey hair or prematurely aged hair! Besides being a natural dye it also has ayurvedic or medicinal properties.It aids in hair growth and makes hair stronger and also helps in reducing scalp itchiness. Even people with naturally dark hair use it for its other benefits apart from its dying properties.

Your color turned out absolutely gorgeous! I henna'ed my hair hoping for an auburn tone, and it came out pretty well. My hair isn't as full and dark as yours naturally... I have a lot of gray which turned sort of strawberry blonde after henna. Because I have some brown and some gray, I ended up with a sort of two-tone effect, which I actually do like. I made a video about henna'ing my hair too! Anyway I just found your video today. It is very thorough in explaining what henna is and how it works. I truly adore the results you achieved! 💖

I'll a hundred percent try this. Thanks for the amazing tutorial, Caty!!!

Old hair from brush! Genius! Omg, why have I been cutting hair for strand tests! Life changer!

I wish i had seen this years ago! Im so happy to have a natural way to dye red! Really apprecaite the detail and tips along the way such as lotion your skin to avoid dye on it!

It looks lovely! I'm a natural redhead and have been spending a lot of time and money at the salon to cover my grey. I used to use henna when I was younger and I'm going back. It's messy but works beautifully. Now I just have to figure out how to style and cut my long, thick locks. ~haha~ Thanks for the tips, inspiration. Gingers rule!

And your hair looks amazing, your eyebrows also. I noticed that right away. You are just a natural beauty and I love that. Keep up the great work hun!

When I was younger, my mom will do the Henna Mix and color all of our hair. It was so nice. As an Adult I did color my hair in my early 20’s but been more than 15 years since I stopped. By hello, my greys have begun to slightly show, but was researching again what I can do to start coloring, and Henna is the best I feel. Atleast it’s natural and we still get the trees here in Maldives as well. Fresh, Natural leaves are even better. Thank you for the lovely Video and your hair looks amazing.

The red is perfect on you! It warms your skin tone and makes your eyes pop. It looks fantastic!!

I love henna! have been using it for a few years now. I mix it with coffee for a darker more red hue. Mix it the night before leave it in a closed container (old yogurt container) in the fridge, I have been getting the best results if I allow it to develop for at least 8 hours. Then I leave it in my hair for at least 4 hours. It is a long process but well worth it considering the how healthy it is. Thank you for this video, have been looking for a tutorial to teach my husband to do it for me ;-)

CAUTION!! What Alison Grant said is true!! Coming from a trained cosmologists Henna color WILL NOT come out!! So definitely make sure your committed to the color!! Cause if your indecisive, or like to try new things all the time this is definitely not for you!

I'm gonna do it ! Thank you for this ! I had been ginger for 4 years, but didn't use henna, but bleached my hair. I really like this thing with lemon and tea. it suits you so well

Dying the brows was brilliant! Completes the look

Loved the hack to know how the colour would be on your hair, by grabing some brush hair! Never thought about that

My fave is Auburn also, me finding this is so perfectly timely

Great post glad to find such a thorough explanation of the process. I used to Henna a long time ago and just couldn't remember all the steps. I LOVE HOW YOURS TURNED OUT. I am using unopened henna from 4 years ago, I hope I will still get a good color payoff and at least strengthen & condition hair. If not I will wait 4 or 5 weeks and buy fresh Henna. I just LOVE how yours looks way better than a boxed dye.

I have been hennaing my hair for 17 years, I love henna! I agree make sure it has henna only henna until it! The is a great web site that tells you all about henna: history, applications, and even a school to learn how to be a henna expert. Your hair looks beautiful!

You can repeat Henna application as many times as you want till you get the color you desire. Also, you can mix it with other natural ingredients to get more colors. We do it here in Morocco a lot.

Hairstylist advice; henna is great if you're completely committed to being a redhead and if you never want to go any lighter. If you use henna even once and you decide to go to a salon for professional color you may never be able to remove the henna. I've also seen it react in very volatile ways, such as turning the hair blue, pink, bright orange and even smoking in a foil when lightener was applied. and Yes, I've used henna many times before I became a stylist and as someone who enjoys frequent change I recommend caution 🤗

This at home technique is hairdresser approved, mainly the way you did your roots ! Impressive!

Henna is lovely. Used it a lot in the 1980s when my natural colour was similar to yours. The body shop did a good range and I always picked the red one. 🧖‍♀️❤

Oh yes, that dead grass smell! Ah the memories. :D

I love henna. ❤️❤️ I'm allergic to most chemical hair dyes (they make my skin slightly puffy), so henna is a nice alternative.

The result is absolutely gorgeous. Very well done.

This is awesome! I never knew this! I love dying my hair but I recently found out that I’m allergic to them and was sent to the hospital for two weeks, I’m so glad that this works!

This the only video on henna that I found helpful .👍👍 =3

I have used henna for about 15 years if not for colour but definitely as a good mask. Love the colour it gives. I love the copper colour it gives to my whites

Randomly found this video and HOLY crap - your eye colour ist SO stunning!

Yooooo the hairbrush trick though, thank you so much lok

I used Henna for 6 years and am now platinum blonde. I bleached it every 2-3months and did fun colors like pink during the orange stage. Yes Henna is hard to get rid of, but it's not impossible. After 2 years of blonde I'm thinking about going back to henna :)

I have done it for many years when I was younger and had long hair. I stopped, thinking that I was getting too many white hairs and left it to the past, but seing your video, I just realised that I didn't got much white hairs at all, at least for the moment, and that I might try doing it again... I always loved the colour it gave me ! 😉 Thank you for bringing back good memories ! 😊💞

Omg old hair from the brush GENIUS !!! I could have saved so many regrets doing that !!!

You can add essential oils to your henna if you don't like the hay smell! Also you can add aloe vera powder if your henna needs a moisture boost, it may make the red less vibrant though.

Just to add to the others commenting about bleaching after henna. I’ve used body art quality henna & indigo for years. I just got blonde highlights without any problem. My color lifted without difficulty. The reason for this is because the henna I used was excellent quality with no metallic salts or added chemicals. I didn’t tell my hairdresser because 1) they don’t know anything about henna. 2) they wouldn’t touch me if I told them I had henna in my hair 3) I’ve done this before with highlights and also alternating Demi/permanent color with henna and indigo. I did my research before and knew it would come out fine. If I wanted to I could henna and indigo over my highlights to get a whole new look.

Wow! Your eyes were already vivid but the colours were brought out even more with the red hair!

The colour is absolutely beautiful on you! Your hair also looks so healthy!

We in here in pakistan use pure henna and that thing is damn cheaper here ..like 1kg for 1 dollar approx

you can Google map local Pakistani grocery store in your area and get 20 times better Henna for 3-4 dollars per box

Color is very good, the light red looks great and natural on you!

I just ordered this henna and I’m so excited to dye my hair! Thanks for the great video:)

When I was in high school I would sleep with it over night :D my hair is dark brown. Everyone loved my red hair An Indian friend of mine said to add brewed coffee to brown it down a little

You have the most beautiful eyes that I've ever seen!!! And also you use the same dish soap as my best friend😂😂

The color looks so rich and natural!! You look stunning!!

it's beautiful. I used only henna a long time ago but set it with heat from a bonnet hair dryer. no bleeding. I'm more than 20% grey now so it doesn't work for me. well done. it really suits your skin colour.

Where is my genetically red head gang

OMG your eyes ... wonderful ♥ I've never seen this eye color in my life. and your hair too ^^

YEESSSSS GIRL THATS A PRETTY NATURAL RED LOOKING COLOR I GOT TO TRY THIS,...SO NICE

Thank you so much..... tried henna once before and obviously didn't do it correctly. This helps a LOT! Looking forward to trying again!

Your eyes are gorgeous! Red really suits you,

Great video, very correct information which is hard to find about using/applying henna. All the little details such as clean hair, no oils, not too warm liquid etc were necessary info. The end result of your correctly hennaed hair hair was absolutely fabulous! Edit: If you live in a colder climate, soaking overnight would be needed.

aaaaa your hair looks so shiny and healthy afterwards

First off I would Like to say that color looks amazing on you! Second, I am thinking about using henna on my hair in a couple of days and you defenitly helped me figure out what I’m going to do. Thank you and keep doing what your doing your awesome!

never use metal utensils or metal containers! just for anyone out there starting out. thanks for the video, I love seeing everyone's processes!

your eyes is so beautiful😣💖

Oh my goshhhhh, the red is so pretty with her eyes! Perfect color!

Your hair looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing.

It's been about 8 months now, I was curious how the henna turned out / has been going?

If you want to make red henna, use hibiscus flower tea with lemon juice to make henna

I’m so happy you made this video - I would have never thought to use Henna but now I’m going to try !!!

I've gone a year now growing out henna from my hair but now all I want is to henna again. My hair has never been as shiny and as healthy as it was when i was using henna. I never had dandruff when I was using and my hair always grew really fast. My natural color is a dirty blonde so compared to red I have growing out it just looks dingy. I might go back to henna.... Oh my god it has ruined my life lol

Your eyes are gorgeous

Wow that looks so natural!

Such a GORGOUS colour! You look amazing!

Im an asian I colored my hair red and received a lot of compliments but the problem is it faded so fast it doesn’t look good when it fades