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I have to say that finding your site last year was like a dream come true. After colouring my hair for the last 30 years since I was 16 years old, I suddenly developed a severe reaction to ppd and ended up in hospital. I then spent many months suffering from a horrendous rash which covered the whole of my body. My scalp felt as if it was on fire and extremely itchy and sore, my ears were blistered and I was generally so unwell that I had to give up work.

After spending the next several months desperately searching the internet for alternatives in which I could colour my hair, I finally found your site. It is quite unbelievable what little other choices there are for people who are allergic to chemical dyes. I felt disheartened, mortified and saddened to think that I was quickly becoming grey in my 40s when I didn’t want to. I am sure many, many other women out there would love to know about Renaissance Henna.

My hair has never looked as good before. It is healthy, glossy and beautiful.

Trish (Lancashire, UK)

I am one SATISFIED customer!

Hi Sabrina,

I am writing to tell you that I am one SATISFIED customer!!! I did as you suggested, and used just the Henna to begin with. And… because I followed your mixing directions (boiling water & sugar), the Henna colour has come out far richer (more aulburn-y) that I am used to, which is PERFECT. So I find that I don’t even need to proceed with the Indigo. Previously, I had been mixing lemon juice with Henna powder, because I understood that this released its dying properties better, BUT I see from your literature that in fact lemon juice lightens the Henna colour. So true! In the past I got only a light orange colour from a mix of 70-80% henna and 30-20% Indigo. Which is why I kept increasing the proportion of Indigo. No need any more!

Also, I am so happy about your application method, which is incredibly easy. I have always sectioned my hair painstakingly, and as I have shoulder length hair it has been taking me up to an hour each time to apply. Never again!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t thank you enough.
All my best,
Tessa

A long-searched, excellent solution!

Dear Sabrina,

Please find attached some pics as promised:

1. before application

2. henna stage (1.5 h incubation); panic!

3. after indigo on the henna (20 min. incubation)

I used about 60 g henna (7 tablespoons), 40 g indigo (4-5 ts).

I did not add anything but boiling water (henna), lukewarm water (indigo), both Brita filtered.

Both henna and indigo were rather easy to apply. With the indigo, however, one must work rather quickly, because the colour sets so soon and becomes very dark after about 25 minutes. I covered the henna with plastic and wool; I left the indigo uncovered.

My normal hair colour was light chestnut, which has turned 90% white/grey. During some years I used Logona umbra (100% organic). However, with this my hair turned more and more copper-orange as the natural white increased. I was unhappy with the colour, coverage on outgrows decreased, but I refused to turn to chemical hair dyes.

I am very satisfied now with the result! A long-searched, excellent solution! Next time I plan to leave the indigo 5 min. longer at the front, but I do not wish my hair to turn too dark. Perhaps you have a suggestion?

One question: are the henna and indigo cultivated organically and sustainably? If not, are there future plans to do so?

Thank you so much!

Very best wishes and success!

Julia, France


Julia 1 Before Henna	Julia 2 After Henna	Julia 3 After Indigo


Julia 4 Indigo Hair Almost Dry,Daylight	Julia 5 Indigo Hair, Evening Lamplight	Julia 6 Next Morning, Daylight

Will definitely recommend it to others

Hi Sabrina

Just wanted to let you know I started using henna a few months back, after using various other products that I found I was having an allergic reaction to them all.

Thankfully, henna is the only product that has been good for me in may ways.
1) No allergic reactions
2) Longer, smoother, ticker hair
3) Acknowledgement from others, as so many people have complimented me on my hair, since using henna

I like the way my curls are more defined and softer.

I also add Alma and Shikoku to my henna mix my hair love love it.

I am very happy since using your product and will definitely recommend it to others.

Just received my third batch.

Thanks

Love Mazie Edwards

YEAH!

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Hello,

I just want to say that I follow your steps outlined in the book and the henna turned my black/gray hair to black red/orange and the indigo changed it to black/black. YEAH!. I am African American and I am attaching a couple of photos. I will to before with gray, after henna, then after indigo.

I am very happy with the outcome.

thanks
Sania

Healthy, rich and nourished

Dear Renaissance,

thank you for the delivery of 700g for the price of 600g.

Another thank you for such an informative website and wonderful hair products. I have sought natural hair dye for years. Immediately I used the Indigo I felt my hair to be healthy, rich and nourished.

I am confident the years of damage to my hair and scalp by chemical products is now being repaired.

[JESUS] GOD BLESS YOU

Paulette Bailey

Covered my few gray hairs in my temple

Cover Gray Hairs


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Here are pictures after Henna application. I must have deleted the ones before, so here is what I have.

I am definately going to start using your product, as it also covered my few gray hairs in my temple.

Thank you!!!!
Lorrie Martinez
New Mexico

Soft, healthy and unbelievably shiny

dear sabrina, thank you,thankyou,thank you for the wonderful work you do.i finally took the plunge and used henna and indigo after years of using chemical dyes.my hair isnt falling out any more,its soft healthy and unbeleivably shiny.your website gave so much information and answered every question i had.i even emailed you with a question and you replied the next day.i honestly cant thank you enough and am sorry i never did it years ago!thank you so much!

Lynda,UK

Natural Hair Dye Black — Natural hair dye from henna and indigo can dye even 100% grey hair black and brown. PPD free hair dyes and Ammonia free.

Thank you!

Picture of the top pf Lorrie's head, Renaissance Henna customer who coloured her sensitive scalp with natural henna hair dye . Her hair is glowing and looks soft and conditioned and a shiny brown colour with mild reddish tones. She was desperate to find a natural hair dye for sensitive scalp which she could trust.

Pure henna is a pure natural hair dye for sensitive scalp.


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“Here are pictures after Henna application. I must have deleted the ones before, so here is what I have.

I am definately going to start using your product, as it also covered my few gray hairs in my temple.

Thank you!!!!
Lorrie Martinez
New Mexico”

Lorrie had sensitive scalp and was struggling to find a brand of natural hair dye for sensitive scalp which she could trust. Pure henna hair dye delivered results she was completely happy with as it covered her grey hairs and conditioned her hair whilst colouring it a shade of deep auburn brown hair colour.

Buy

Gary

best natural hair dye kit product image of boxed kit against a green leaf and plant herb background. Natural brown and black hair dye for sensitive scalp

Natural black hair dye on sensitive scalp.

“I bought some Henna and indigo off you a few weeks back and we have tried out 2 applications of it and so far so good.

Attached are 4 photos of a before and after nature, except that I forgot to take a ‘before I started’ photograph unfortunately – I was halfway through trying to stick the stuff to my wife’s head before I remembered about it, sorry.

Some background info: My wife is Thai, and she has that very jet black hair which is so characteristic of asians. She started going grey early and has been dying her hair using chemical products but we were worried about the possible side-effects – more so when I started finding out more about chemical dyes. So we decided to try a natural alternative, see what happened and if it didn’t work then just let her hair go its natural colour.

We waited six weeks after the last chemical dye, then twice used a Henna/indigo mix bought in a health shop but the results were disappointing = so even if I had taken a ‘before starting’ photo it would have been much the same as the ones taken after the 1st application. I looked at a few internet sites selling natural dyes but decided on trying yours out first since the information you give is pretty comprehensive.

The problem with my wife’s hair is that it is not just grey, but a startling white, there is virtually no natural colour left in probably more than 50% of it. So I knew we would have to apply it more than once before we’d start to get good results.

Application 1 was rather messy – I’m no hairdresser, so she had to endure me trying to plaster her head with this stuff but we got through it. The photos I took are a bit overexposed but you can see the chestnut colour that we were left with, the overexposure exaggerates it a bit, it wasn’t really as obvious as that. Even though the colour was not great there was no white showing, the lighter hairs were not all that noticeable as the top had gone dark (probably got the application right on the top). Her hair felt lovely and had a really beautiful shine to it. The henna was left on for 3 hours and the indigo for 2.

Application 2 (four weeks later) was less messy – I’m getting better at it. The results were much better this time and I was really impressed, more because I think I managed to actually get at the hairs better and coat most of them properly – that must be the trick? Given that the hairs would be startling white otherwise I think the results are pretty good. The next one should be even better and with any luck will go completely black. This time we left the indigo on for 3 hours. The photos were taken the day after.

It’s a bit of a palaver putting the stuff on, but really it’s a small price to pay considering the only alternative is to put some pretty nasty chemicals on your head. Even if it never goes completely black we rather like the deep chestnut colour that it gives so even if that was the best colour we can get we’d be happy, but I suspect that it’s my poor technique that means we’re not getting a really dark colour rather than any shortcoming in the dyes. Do you have any suggestions?

You’re welcome to use the photos on your website if you want but I’m not sure they illustrate the results well enough for that.

I’ll be ordering some more off you sometime soon.

Best regards

Gary”