There are so many different henna powders, how do we choose the one that will work best for us?
There are a few things that are a must when choosing any henna powder:
–Fresh. You must always buy fresh henna powder. If you want a great stain, don’t just grab henna off the shelf (since who knows how long it may have been sitting there) Even from crop to crop you will notice that the freshest henna powder gives the best stain results. After all, doesn’t a chef use the freshest ingredients in the preparation of our meals?
–Body Art Quality. This means that the henna powder is the best quality since they take the leaves from the top of the plant with the most dye content. It also means that it is 100% pure and natural. This term is usually used to describe henna that is also used for body art.
(Please remember that not EVERY henna powder nor herb is body art quality. Ask yourself this: Is this henna powder or herb used as a body art product or really for hair usage? This term is sometimes only used for marketing purposes. Always be well informed.)
–Finely Sifted. None of that dirt, grit, sand, nor sticks help with getting a great staining henna paste. Even if you try to sift it yourself, you lose most of the henna powder you purchased.
–Pure. Must contain no pesticides or chemicals. No PPD nor any other powders or ingredients. Only get 100% pure henna powder.
Now that we have the basics down, now comes the individual henna powders.
Ultimately the highest dyeing henna powder on the market. For both henna for hair clients, and henna artists, by far the best choice of all henna powders for those wanting gorgeous red tones, grey coverage and long lasting henna body art tattoos. This organically certified henna powder is ready to use within 3-4 hours.
Khadija’s personal favorite: Supreme Blend Henna Powder
This henna powder blend was created by Khadija herself bringing the best henna powders together for a creamy, smooth, yet flowy henna paste. She uses this henna powder on all of her clients. We love this powder especially for body art temporary henna tattoos. Can be used on hair as well. Dye release is only 3-4 hours.
Jamila Henna Powder 
Jamila henna powder yields great stains results and comes conveniently packaged in 100 grams foil packages in sealed boxes (when it is stamped with summer crop for body art usage, and is also used for hair). As of more recently dye release is only 8-12 hours for body art tattoos, and 3-4 hours for use on hair, before ready to use. It is a reliable henna powder, but not great if you need henna quick. It has the ultimate best sift of ANY henna powder. It is very popular amonst professional henna artists, and for hair dyeing. It washes out of the hair very easily, and the texture pf the paste is similar to melted chocolate. It yields deep reddish-brown tones for body art and for hair orange-red tones. This henna comes from Pakistan.
Please read our more detailed article on Jamila henna powder.
Organic Rajasthani Indian Henna Powder
In ever increasing popularity, the organic indian henna powder from the Rajasthani Region, is very well balanced. You get dye release in 8-12 hours for body art. So you can start a batch in the morning and have it ready by the evening. The stains results are some of the darkest I have ever seen. Typically reddish tones (burgundy/mahogany) and sometimes near cherry black on skin. For hair it yields a reddish-burgundy tone. For hair usage, this powder we recommend you allow it to sit from 3-4 hours, and then apply onto your hair. It is triple sifted and through nylon cloth. On lighter hair it may come out more orange-copper toned.
Yemeni Henna Powder
Note: Sadly this has been out of stock for quite some time due to political issues within Yemen. Our yemeni henna powder comes from the Sana’a region. It takes 8-12 hours to achieve dye release for body art. For hair, we recommend you allow this henna powder to sit from 3-4 hours before applying it. It is well known for being one of the stringy hennas. This henna powder is now much better sifted (since the 2009 crop), since the company has upgraded its henna processing facilities. Now many more henna artists are using this henna powder. It is absolutely one of the most popular henna powders for hair dyeing, and covers grey very well. It gives the most gorgeous, deep red tones of any other henna powder currently.
A very popular henna powder for both body art and hair, this henna is found in the Western Sahara. It has the quickest dye release. It is best to let this henna sit at least 2-6 hours for body art. For hair usage, only allow to sit for a maximum of 1 to 2 hours and then apply it. The dye can demise quickly if left out too long. It’s not a good henna to freeze as a henna paste. It is also a stringy henna. It has great color, usually very bright and becomes quite dark suddenly (on skin). We usually recommend this henna powder for achieving brown to black tones along with indigo, when used in hair dyeing because the least amount of red tones will show through on your hair. We recommend it because it has a fast dye release, and alone on hair it gives orange to red tones.
We do hope that this guide has been helpful to you, please let us know if you have any concerns or further questions by contacting us directly at info@hennasooq.com. Please shop with us online at : Henna Sooq
Hello Maru! Great to hear from you. What is your natural hair color? Would you like to stay in this color range?
Hi Chantal. I would probably say it’s in this order but can vary by hair type/hair health: Red Raj, Supreme Blend, Rajasthani (actually more burgundy), Moroccan/Jamila (about the same). We hope this helps!
Hello Khadjia, thank you for your email. My natural color is a medium brown. As you see in the picture, its a lighter because of the highlights. What do you recommend for both tones? Thanks a bunch 🙂
Hello Maru. Since your hair was lightened using chemicals, unfortunately henna doesn’t lighten the hair strands. Your hair is darker then the highlighted areas and you can maintain your natural hair color or red tones with henna. For brown tones you could use our Moroccan henna and indigo for hair. I hope this helps.
Just so that I understand, you have some orangey areas and then some of the rest is darker toned? You may just need to add more cassia to bring out more of the orange type tone. That should help.
Hi! I think that would be a great idea! The henna colorings are permanent hair dye and last at least 4-6 weeks. It can affect the texture of the hair strands. To maintain curls we recommend you add some amla powder to your hair. Red Raj would be a good choice for you.
Do you have a blog or youtube channel?
Hello. You can on average reapply every 4-6 weeks. If it’s been shorter then that, then it might be okay as long as your hair feels okay and is back to normal. Thank you!
Thank you as well Maru for coming to our blog.
Our website and color chart for products can be found here at http://www.hennasooq.com. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Do you know the brand “Light Mountain”? What can you say about quality?
Hi there,
Wonderful site, thank you. Just looking for a healthier alternative to covering these greys..hair is naturally dark. Chemically colored using half 3.0 and 44.0 for quite some time. Only applying to top and roots. My hair texture has changed dramatically in doing so, not to mention hair loss.
Being as I don’t know anything about henna I’m looking for advice on what color to choose to maintain my exact color. Please.
Advice and tips are greatly appreciated.
M
What would be best for a level 3 and 4 chemical haircolor in henna?
Hi Manuela, since we don’t deal with chemical hair color at all unfortunately we don’t know what color that is exactly. Can you specify what color tone you would like to achieve? Thank you!
Thank you so much Manuela! I’d love to help you. So you have a naturally dark brown hair tone or dark black?
Hello Oxana, I’m only slightly familiar with Light Mountain as a brand. I don’t have personal experience with that henna. We carry our own brand of henna products here at: http://www.hennasooq.com
If you have questions or concerns please do let us know.
TAYLOR!!! WOW! Show us your hair #HennaSooq !! We absolutely love love love. Like just love like crazy. It came out amazing. Did you happen to post this at all on Instagram? Would you mind if we shared this with clients on IG? Can you email me a copy to Khadija@HennaSooq.com?
Hello Crystal! Thank you for posting on our blog. We carry our own line of henna body art kits so of course we’d love to earn your business with us here: http://www.hennasooq.com/henna-tattoo-kits/ We do also give every order of a henna body art kit a free full color henna design book which are really beautiful.
If you have any questions or concerns please let us know. We also have a lot of free henna design ebooks you can download as well: http://www.hennasooq.com/e-books/
Enjoy!
For that tone you can use our Moroccan henna and indigo for hair. We hope this helps.
That’s a really great question. Unfortunately I can’t recall even though there were differences between the crops each season. Sorry!
Hi, Khadijah, I have naturally copper hair that has sun bleached at ends and is dry. I have a several white hairs around the front as well. I would like to re-establish my copper color (wouldn’t mind heading toward the chestnutty copper color) but want to avoid the fire engine red tones I see on some henna pics. I was thinking about the Moroccan henna with amla for glossing. What do you think?
Hello. Moroccan henna with amla would be a good combination but you may need some cassia, as usually cassia is used to bring out more of the copper tone in henna.
I LOOOOOVE MY HAIR!! 😀
100 grams Red Raj + 150 grams Moroccan w/coffee and 1 tbsp Aloe Vera powder on olive oil saturated hair. 😀 😀 I’m so so happy with it. Thought I’d share! 😀 This is 3 days after application. So has had time to oxidize.
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Hey, Khadijah…. LOVE this post! so much great info, I am a self taught henna artist and I usually buy my henna already pre packed in the cones but I would love to make my own paste instead. I big on “black henna” … which of course has to mixed coffee so I was looking around to find a paste that already has a dark tint to it. Any suggestion on which is best? Also, i’ve never used for hair… is only to used to help with grays in hair?
Welcome Jelissa! Coffee is used mainly in hair recipes. What color did you want to achieve? I hope you can make your own henna paste so that you have a truly natural product and you’ll love it so much more. I promise 🙂
Taylor!!!!!! My eyes just popped out of my head!! OMG !! The color is popping. Thank you for sharing.
Hello Pat. The golden caramel tones are difficult to achieve with henna and other herbs since none is quite exact on that color tone. At any time you can switch back and let your natural hair color grow out. Henna is permanent hair color. Do you have a photo you can share of the exact color or colors you would be okay with?
Hi Amna! Henna isn’t necessarily an herb that promotes hair growth. Our amla powder or Sukesh Ayurveda are best for what you’d like to achieve. Henna focuses on strength and color.
Welcome! Perhaps with just moroccan henna and cassia. Usually 50/50 gives you a nice copper tone. We also have this article on copper and red tones: https://hennablogspot.com/basic-henna-recipes-from-light-copper-to-red/
This should be a good start.
Our products are permanent and don’t usually wash out. We hope this helps.
hi! can i do permanent hair straightening after henna? as i have many gray hairs
Yes absolutely but only with our henna products, do we know this to be safe: http://www.hennasooq.com
Hi! I have 100g of red Raj thawing and 100g of Moroccan henna not mixed yet. Can I mixed the 2 together?
I will be doing the 2 step process.
Hi Angelica. Yes you can mix them together once the moroccan henna has sat 1-2 hours for dye release and then Red Raj is thawed. You’re using it within indigo?
Hi! I’m doing to 2 step process. How do I get my indigo creamy and not grainy? And why does it drip?
Hello! Morning. Do you use our indigo for hair? It has a very nice sift generally. But it’s tough to strain it if you wanted to. It can drip because indigo can be runny and if you’re on the warmer body side it can drop more then for others. There are some thickeners that people use but I forget for sure but it might be a little cornstarch.
hi Khadjah, Im just about to use henna on my hair for the first time. I am thinking of using the brand Worlds finest supreme – Herbal Henna Mehandi. Is this a good brand please let me know. I have quite a lot of grey roots and i have been chemically dye my hair for most of my life. I am 51 years old.
Hello Diago! Thank you for posting on our blog. Sorry we don’t know about that particular henna but it sounds more like a blend and not 100% pure henna powder. We sell our own brand of henna at http://www.hennasooq.com
Welcome! Let us know how it goes.
Hello Veronika. Ideally our Red Raj would probably work best or even our Organic Rajasthani Indian henna powder. These two won’t be orangey toned. You can also add hibiscus petal powder to deepen the tone. Let us know if you get a chance to try these out.
Yes you can achieve that with a two step process using moroccan henna and indigo for hair.
Hello
You’ll need indigo for hair to get a black tone. Henna alone doesn’t color the hair black. Please use both for black tones. Visit us online too iew our color chart at http://www.hennasooq.com
Hi I color my hair since i was 18 yrs old ,also I have alot grey hair ,I would like to try henna for the first time what do you recommend? I love medium light brown that’s what i have right now thanks.
Do you have a photo of your light brown hair tone you can share so we can make a recommendation?
We really recommend our Organic Rajasthani Indian henna found here: http://www.hennasooq.com
This would be perfect. Did you have any other questions?
Hi Val. Great to hear from you. Yes using organic Rajasthani Indian henna would be perfect. Yes henna can loosen the curl pattern. You can add amla powder to your recipe if you don’t want that affect.
Hi Khadjah! I have %60 grey hair and my natural hair color is medium to dark brown. I would love to cover all my grays since they bother me a lot in these days. It has been 3 years that I haven’t use hair dyes and I don’t want to use chemical ones any more. I have been researching about henna for a long time. What is the first step to be able to cover all those grays. What kind of henna should I use and how?Which kit I should order? Thank you so much for your help!
HellO! Great to hear from you. The henna in the Lush Brown kit would work well or using our Moroccan henna and indigo for hair. You can get both at http://www.hennasooq.com along with instructions 🙂
Hi Taylor!
That is so amazing to hear!! WOW! The timings won’t change much but which henna are you using? Adding cassia will help reduce the redness to come degree. The cassia if you don’t add too much it won’t get so orange toned. I’m not personally sure about blonde coffee. I’ve never used it.
No nuisance. Sorry for the delayed reply. We were really backed up during the holidays and had closures due to those holidays as well. Speak soon!! Happy New Year.
Hi Holi Color. Not sure what your comment might have to do with henna powders. But henna powders and holi powders are two very different things. Please don’t try to comment as a way to advertise your product. It will be deleted. We really want to engage people with henna, not holi colors as this post isn’t even about that.
Ideally for color a henna treatment shouldn’t be diluted with cocoa butter and heating can reduce some of the color. As far as we know it’s okay to mix different henna coloring products and/or brands. Our products are also safe with chemical color. You’re trying to achieve a mix of colors? Is your hair already two toned with varying colors?