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You must think very carefully before you decide to put henna on your hair. It won't fully come out for a couple of months. Henna is a permanent colourant and unless you spend a huge amount of money it can only be grown out or cut out if you do not like it. Also, you can't 'go over it' with an ordinary chemical hair dye, only with another henna product. The reason you can't dye over henna with a chemical dye is that henna coats the outer hair shaft, affecting the penetration of the chemical colourant. This coating of the outer shaft is why henna makes your hair gorgeous and shiny, but it's also why it's a complete pig to remove. What henna giveth, it taketh away!

Henna is super-special if you want a dramatic change and it does add superb shine to your hair but do think really carefully before going ahead.

We at Mookychick know that whenever a hair dye product says 'do a strand test' the idea of it is so boring that you can never be bothered (well, we never can), but henna is the one hair dye where we would be sure to do a hair strand test before we used it.

The problem is that both natural and chemical dyes are always affected by the natural colour of your hair. If you have dark hair, you won't be able to go blonde without bleach. If you have light hair and you apply a light henna, it might look perfect - or it might come out the loudest shade of orange or sunset red you ever saw in your life. And this is a colour you will be stuck with for a month or two. Yes indeed, with henna it really does make sense to do a strand test to see how the henna hair dye will look on your own hair before going the whole distance!

What colour will the henna make my hair?

Henna hair dye comes in two shades - red and black. These are mixed by companies to offer you a greater range of colours. Actually, although people often refer to 'black henna', it isn't henna at all - 'black henna' (a green powder that smells like frozen peas) is neither black nor henna. It is indigo, Indigofera tinctoria, but is a natural plant-y substance that dyes your hair so gets lumped with the same name as red henna and is often used in conjunction with red henna to give different colour ranges.

Red henna on its own is the most daring option, giving you powerfully flame-red hair.

Black henna on its own will give you dark, dark hair like a raven's wing. If you allow the henna to air-dry in your hair when you apply it, the black henna will give your dyed hair a blueish tinge. If you wrap your hair in clingfilm after applying the henna rather than letting it air-dry then your final dark colour will have a warmer reddish tinge.

Black henna with some red with give you a brown effect.

Red henna with some black will give you a warm auburny-red effect.

HOT TIP: Boiling Henna in red wine instead of water will produce a more burgundy shade.

You can normally get pre-mixed henna ranges which is far safer than trying to mix the components yourself, unless you're prepared to have your hair any colour, henna it a lot darker if you mess it up, or go for the 'shave' option.

As you repeatedly apply henna on your hair, the colour of your hair will get deeper.

As a rule of thumb, the colour you will get depends on your natural hair colour. Henna will stain your hair red-orange; but this stain is translucent and will combine with your natural colour.

Henna cannot lighten hair. On dark hair henna provides red and reddish highlights. When henna is applied on black or dark brown hair, the hair will be dyed auburn to burgundy with red highlights that will be visible in the sunlight. Henna will dye blonde hair red - be warned, that could translate as 'crazy orange'. Henna on red hair will make the hair a deeper red. Henna will dye white hair a natural red or a deep red. An advantage of using henna is that it is natural and therefore conditions and colors your hair in a natural and safe manner.

So: If you have dark hair, your red will come out a dark red, and if you have very light or blonde hair, your red may well come out flaming red like Sonja the Barbarian! Everyone's hair is different. Don't always believe that you will be getting exactly the same color as portrayed in the box, or even the same colour your friend's got if you're using her henna product.

HOT TIP: If you mix up some red henna and it looks too orangey and you think it might come out too light for you, mix in some hot strong coffee until you get the right shade.