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Featured: Caty

“First, my haircare regimen. I have been dying my hair with henna for about a year and a half. I use BAQ henna mixed with chai tea, lots of olive oil, a tiny tiny splash of lemon juice, cloves and cinnamon, and lavender essential oil. I usually mix 300-400 grams of henna at a time, and freeze the leftovers (whatever it doesn’t take to do my roots.) I wash my hair three times a week with organic tea-tree oil shampoo, and condition with a Suave conditioner. In between washes, I have my hair oiled with coconut oil infused with henna, amla, and lemon. I either have it braided or in a bun. For bellydance performances, I wear my hair down. After I wash it I ‘scrunch’ with aloe vera gel, focusing on the roots to add lift.

I began growing my hair out and using natural haircare and henna shortly after I started taking bellydance classes. My teacher had beautiful long tailbone-length red, red hair. I really looked up to her and hoped one day I could be like her… I think I unconsciously started trying to make my hair look like hers, because I looked up to her so much. Now my hair looks almost exactly like hers. We are best friends and I’m now a successful professional bellydancer. My hair has grown along with my dreams, and both are still growing and being nurtured.”

Thank you for sharing Caty. You’re hair is absolutely gorgeous, and am glad your hair has come along with your dreams!