Here are some simple recipes for mixing your cassia obovata. Please visit www.forums.longhaircommunity.com and www.longhaircareforum.com as you will find a wealth of information, along with techniques and various recipes. You can even ask questions on their forum!
Please remember when using any new hair product it is always recommended that you do hair strand tests first!
We also encourage you to add orange blossom water, rose water or essential oils to your pastes and mud, to leave your hair smelling great!
Important: Please keep in mind that everyone has their own unique hair texture. Herbal treatments can be drying for some, and it is recommended that you add hair oil to your recipe, or deep condition your hair afterwards. We recommend that everyone keep an open mind when using henna and natural herbs on their hair, and use the recipe that works best for you!
Cassia Obovata, also known as senna (neutral henna)
Mixing Cassia Obovata for healthy hair:
-Mix powder with warm or hot water and let sit for 15-30 minutes. Make sure your mixture is like pancake batter.
-Apply the cassia paste onto clean hair that is either dry or damp. Apply mixture in layers starting from the back and moving forward.
-Wrap your hair and leave on for at least an hour.
-Rinse or wash paste out.
Mixing Cassia Obovata for golden tones:
-Mix powder with warm or hot water and let sit for 3-4 hours. Make sure your mixture is like pancake batter.
-Apply the cassia paste onto clean hair that is either damp or dry. Apply mixture in layers starting from the back and moving forward.
-Wrap your hair and leave on for at least 3-4 hours.
-Rinse or wash paste out.
Optional
- There are many recipes for achieving different shades using cassia obovata and henna. From strawberry blond to deeper red copper tones and more. Visit our recommended websites for more recipes.
- There are many recipes for achieving darker rich tones using cassia obovata and indigo. Please visit out recommended websites for more recipes.
How to store your powder: fridge or cool dark place.
How to store your cassia obovata paste: freezer
Hi. I have dark brown hair turning grey and have been using 60% indigo, 40% henna to match my brown perfectly. However now I am more than 75% grey and feel the dark brown is too dark and heavy as I am getting older, and I’d like to transition to a lighter brown, or even a dark blonde, as I get more greys.
I tried to do this transition by using a little amla (for the acidity), and mixing cassia into my indigo and henna. After reading your comments I see here that the cassia is inhibiting the indigo uptake on my longer hair, and I do seem to be getting somewhat lighter at the roots, but it’s not lasting very long and my roots look more obvious since I’ve been mixing in cassia. What do you recommend I do to try to get a natural transition from dark brown covering greys, to light golden brown, maybe even eventually blonde, covering greys? I want to try to tone down any red from henna as much as possible. i’m not sure how to do this without mixing all three, but sounds like mixing all three is kinda ineffective. thanks!
I am new to using henna, having originally dark brown hair that has turned mostly white. Five years ago I decided, because of greying, to become a blond (feeling that, in my case, a dark blond color deflects attention from sagging facial skin and wrinkles).
I loved the dark blond, my scalp didn’t, and from what I’ve learned, most, if not all, commercial dyes are toxic. In researching, I found cassia obovata, which I ordered and used. The wheat blond color it imparted was pretty, but far too light for me. So I researched again and brewed chamomile tea with a bit of sage thrown in plus a tiny bit of lime juice and used it in the cassia mud. The results-a more golden blond but still far too light.
So my question is-what can I add to this to get a dark blond? If I mix indigo, in the tiniest amount, will it overpower the chamomile? If I add the tiniest bit of real henna with that, how red will it get? What about using coffee, chamomile and the tiniest amount of henna. Your feedback would be immensely helpful. Thanks
Emma, thank you for your message on our blog. If you add bhrami, or bhringraj and maybe even amla powder to darken the cassia that would be a better option and still use the chamomile tea. I hope this helps.
Henna will make it slightly reddish and then indigo might pull green hues because of the lack of henna in the recipe.
Don’t bother going to the longhaircommunity.com if you are like me and actually need to see photos of the results to be able to contribute to a discussion or help figure out your own mix, because they won’t let you see any pics of any results even AFTER you sign up and become a member. They SAY you have to contribute by making meaningful comments on discussions…how are you supposed to do that without the visual frame of reference?….frustrating…please give some other linked references that actually ALLOW people trying to do research to SEE the results. 🙁
Hi Crystal. Absolutely! I’ll get some compiled for you and resubmit to this blog through an update. Thanks for letting us know 🙂 It really helped.
Hi,
I just bought some cassia from henna Sooq. My hair is medium hash blond with old highlights. I have a lot of white hair so i color my roots every month (with chemical color). I’m hoping to make my hair thicker and healthier (between coloring)with the cassia. should i add some argan oil and/or yogurt to the cassia? Should I test the cassia first to see if it react to my colored hair (creating greenish color)? Many thanks,
Rachele
Good day Rachele! The yoghurt might dilute some of your color results. It’s considered a heavy liquid. See here: https://hennablogspot.com/how-liquids-affect-your-henna-recipes/
Cassia isn’t the herb that can create a greenish tone, it’s indigo. But in general it is best to test the herbs on your hair first since it’s your first time. Please let us know how it turns out 🙂
Hi Rachel. When using a henna containing blends of other ingredients or indigo this can happen when trying to bleach it out. It’s better to let it naturally grow out as henna is quite permanent. OH I agree that would take so very long. Sorry to hear of the process you had to go through.
Cassia and our Sweet Honey Hair Nourisher would be amazing for your hair and with no color change. Even our Zizyphus powder too.
I’d recommend you do the highlight first and then cassia. Because then by going through all that processing it’ll probably remove the beneficial cassia you put in your hair. I hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.
Hello Corinne and thank you for posting on our blog. Sorry for our delayed reply.
Yes you can use those herbs to cleanse and even zizyphus is excellent. It won’t affect darker shades like your red tones. Let us know how your hair cleansing treatment went. Thank you!
Thank you very much