Indigo

What Are The Benefits of Indigo Powder For Hair?

  • It treats and prevents premature greying.

  • It can lead to new hair growth and treat baldness.

  • It treats dandruff and conditions dry hair.

  • It prevents scalp infections and soothes the scalp.

  • It smoothens the tangles, makes your hair thicker, more manageable and lustrous.

Indigo Powder for Hair is a natural plant. The powdered leaves have a natural dark blue dye. Indigo is used along with henna to dye darker hair tones.

What color tones will you achieve? 

  • reddish brown when using proportions of 75% henna and 25% indigo. This method is called a one step process.
  • brown tones when using proportions of 50% indigo and 50% henna. This method is called a one step process.
  • dark chocolate brown tones when using proportions of 75% indigo and 25% henna. This method is called a one step process.
  • Black Tones when you use henna first at 100%, and then second step of indigo at 100%. This method is called a two step process.
  • Apply indigo with your henna application to get browner tones. This method is called a one step process.

Dye release for indigo is 15-20 minutes. Please mix with warm to hot water only. A bit of salt added to the indigo will help it adhere better to your hair strands, if needed.

Using indigo for brown to black tones 60/40 ratio of henna to indigo, with the henna mixed with very strong, cool black tea. Then after that she did two very strong glosses of mostly henna with a little bit of indigo.

Recommended Liquids:

  • Water only

Indigo powder must always be used with henna. Without henna indigo will give your hair a green, blue, no good.

How to mix Indigo for black tones (2 step process):

You must henna your hair before using indigo in order to create black tones.

Please make sure to do indigo within 72 hours of henna application. Indigo does not always work the first time for clients and repeated application(s) may be necessary.

  1. Follow the instructions on how to henna your hair first (please view instructions for your henna powder click here)
  2. Mix indigo with enough warm to hot water. Add enough water to make the paste the consistency of pancake batter. Optional, add salt (1 tbsp per 50 grams of indigo) to help the indigo stick to resistant hair strands. Allow dye to release for 15-20 minutes.
  3. Apply the indigo paste to your hair in sections starting from the front and moving towards the
  4. back. Make sure to wear gloves when applying indigo as it will stain your hands or brush.
  5. Wrap your hair and allow indigo to stay in your hair 3-4 hours.
  6. Gently wash or co-wash the paste out so as not pull any of the color out.

Your hair’s color will settle over the next 2 days.

Get The Color You Desire!

  • Reddish brown tones can be achieved with 70% henna and 30% organic indigo

  • Brown tones are achieved can be 50% organic indigo and 50% henna

  • Dark chocolate brown tones can be achieved with 70% indigo and 30% henna

  • Black tones can be achieved when you use 100% henna first and then a second step of 100% indigo

Mixing Indigo for brown hair (1 step process):

Organic indigo is used for reddish brown to medium brown tones.

Indigo for Hair is best for grey coverage and brown to black tones.

  1. Prepare the henna paste as directed (please view instructions for your henna powder click here)
  1. Once henna is ready, mix your indigo as directed above in separate bowl.
  2. Mix the henna and indigo together.
  3. Apply the paste to your hair in sections starting from the front and moving towards the back. Make sure to wear gloves as it will stain your hands.
  1. Wrap your hair and allow mixture to stay in your hair for 3-4 hours.
  2. Rinse, shampoo, or co-wash the paste out, according to what works best for your hair.

Your hair’s color will settle over the next 2 days

Tips:

  • The paste is drying? Add our Organic Aloe Vera powder to your henna and indigo recipe for added moisture. You’ll only need about 1 tsp per 100 grams used
  • Add salt to your indigo to help it cling better to the hair strand

Storage:

  • Indigo paste must be thrown out after use, even when mixed with henna.

     

    Browin tones with Henna and Indigo

     

     

    COMMON NAME: Indigo

    OTHER NAME: Nili, Indian Indigo.

    BOTANICAL NAME: Indigofera tinctoria Linn.

    PLANT FAMILY: Fabaceae

    PART USED: Dried Leaf Powder

    OVERVIEW: People have used indigo alone or in combination with henna to dye their hair black since thousands of years.

    PHYTOCONSTITUENTS: Indigotin. Indigofera tinctoria plants contain the glucosides indicant. After soaking the plants in water, enzymic hydrolysis transforms indicant into indoxyl and glucose. Indigotin (often also called indigo or indigo-blue) formation results from the grouping of two molecules of indoxyl in the presence of oxygen.

    PRECAUTIONS: None known.
    For educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

    Pure Organic Amla Powder

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    COMMON NAME: Amla

    OTHER NAME: Amalaki, Indian gooseberry

    BOTANICAL NAME: Phyllantus emblica L.

    PLANT FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae

    SINONYMS: Emblica officinalis Gaertn.

    PART USED: In traditional Indian medicine the dried or fresh fruit is used, although in some schools of Ayurvedic medicine parts of the entire tree are included in preparations, including the fruit, seed, leaves, root, bark and flowers.

    OVERVIEW: Fruits Powder without seeds.

    INTRODUCTION: Amla is also known as Indian gooseberry, phyllanthus emblica or emblica officinails. Amla tree is about 15ft. to 25 ft. high. The fruit is round and green to greenish yellow in colour. Amla is a commonly used ingredient in most of the ayurvedic preparations in the form of fresh fruit, dried fruits, fruit pulp or as extract. The eminence of amla is so well recognized in ayurveda that all the famous ancient text have discussed its preventive, restorative and curative usefulness and extolled its extraordinary medicinal qualities. Amla is a rare fruit which contains all tastes except salty. With sourness as the foremost taste, it is at the same time sweet, astringent, bitter and pungent. It is light, dry and cold in effect and the richest source of vitamin C.

    PHYTOCONSTITUENTS: Emblicanin A and Emblicanin B, along with pedunculagin and punigluconin is the key ingredients in amla. Emblicanins is a combination of Gallic acid or Ellagic acids&Vitamin C. It has also protein, minerals, carbohydrates and fibre. The mineral and vitamin contains include calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and vitamin B complex.

    PRECAUTIONS: None known. For educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

    Amla is a natural plant also known as Emblica Officinalis. The dried, powdered fruit has tannins, vitamin C, and is astringent.

    Pure Organic Amla is great for hair because:

    • adds texture, volume, wave, curl
    • shine to your hair
    • promotes hair growth
    • thicker, stronger hair strands
    • tones down red of henna
    • natural astringent making it good for facial cleansing
    • tightens up coils/curls

    Hair growth: The phyto-nutrients, vitamins and minerals present in Amla help in increasing the scalp circulation and stimulate healthy growth. Vitamin C of amla produces collagen protein. This helps in stimulating hair growth, both length and volume wise.

    Anecdotal reports suggest amla can:

    • condition your scalp.
    • promote healthy hair growth.
    • improve the tone of henna hair dyes.
    • minimize grays.
    • boost volume.
    • reduce dandruff.
    • treat head lice.

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    https://pureorganichenna.com/amla/

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