Does anyone use Lush hair henna?

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I am getting quite fed up of my hair at the moment, and feel that it is starting to get a little bit dull and flat in terms of the colour. I have attached a photo of my hair as it is today - no colour in it, lots of natural highlights (which I like), but I think as I am getting older, it is starting to look quite ashy. No actual greys yet, but certainly isn't as bright and glossy as it used to be. I would say the photo is fairly true to life, although in some lights it is a bit darker/more red.

I was thinking about trying henna, as I don't really fancy using any other type of hair dye, but was just wondering about the colours available. I don't want to go for anything too dramatic and dark, or red. Would rather be able to get a slightly richer tone. But not sure this is possible!

Can you tell me what shade of henna you have used, what your hair colour was before, and how it came out?

Many thanks!

This is in a different light.

I have. I use the henna rouge, I have naturally red hair and it makes it go a much deeper red .
Its very messy to use and it smells a bit as well, I like it but I need to set aside a couple of hours to color my hair

Thanks for that madams. So is the purpose of henna to kind of enhance what you already have, rather than create a whole new colour? I think the rouge one would be a bit much for me, I think the one I am leaning towards is marron.

Anyone used that one?

I've used Marron but I have very dark brown hair, don't know what result you'd get on yours. On me it's extremely subtle, really just adds reddish glints when the sun's on me.

I used it for a few years until just recently. Loved the results - it covered grey reasonably well (better than 'normal' hair dyes) and didn't damage my hair. But, it was messy and time consuming to apply. I've been using Surya Brasil henna cream for the past few months and really love it. It lasts better than the Lush henna, is really easy to apply and not messy, and it is much easier to wash out than the Lush henna. Plus, no smell with it.

I used to use the Marron combined with the Noir to get a dark red. I use the mahogany in the surya cream, but it is quite bright, so if you wanted something a bit more subtle then the chocolate might be a better option.

Henna is shit. It smells like shit and you need to leave it on for hours.

Id just get your highlights brightened up tbh

I did it years ago. Such a palaver. Apparently hairdressers hate it because its quite bad for the hair. It made my hair a bit course.
Your hair looks beautiful, I wouldn't change a thing

Thanks everyone for your input. I will have a look into the surya cream as well.

Branleuse, the highlights aren't dyed in, it's just how my hair is naturally, so don't want to start paying for salon highlights!

Henna doesn't always smell like shit and it isn't bad for your hair. My hair is in better condition than it has ever been. Hairdressers would be against it though wouldn't they, since they don't tend to use it?

The Surya stuff I use now is no more messy or time consuming that regular hair dye. I only leave it one for around 45 minutes. It smells far nicer than hair dye too.

God, don't do henna! It'll go a really bright, brassy orange and won't wash out for AGES. Even long-term your natural highlights will still be yellowy-orange.

Really - stay away from henna! I use it but I'm naturally a redhead. I use a copper one from Amazon which is ready-mixed. But even the copper turns my hair a VERY deep red if I leave it on longer than 5 minutes. And it's a brassy tone. Looks great on my red hair, but on blonde hair? Eek!

Just use a brightening shampoo for blondes. Your hair is gorgeous as it is.

Hairdressers Figg like henna because it coats the hair shaft, and makes every other treatment how weird for about 2 months afterwards. It's not bad for hair, it's naturally conditioning.

*treatment go weird

I've used the Lush brown henna (brun?) on my mousy light brown hair before and it did make it go a lovely cooker type colour and very shiny.

But it was a real faff to do, made a massive mess in my bath and the colour really didn't last long enough to justify the effort.

I have highlights at my hairdressers now instead.

I've used the Lush rouge on my mid-dark brown hair. It does take a while and is a bit of a palaver but I loved the result, a red shine that lasted for ages. It has no chemicals in it, all natural ingredients. If you go into a shop they will give you a small sample to try (on some of the hair from your hairbrush maybe) to see what it turns out like on your hair.

Previous chemical dyes can affect the result, I've only ever dyed my hair with lush henna, never anything chemical so I've never had a bad result (also I don't have any clue how much easier/harder chemical dyes are, maybe there's not much difference).

I used to use it a lot and only stopped because I have too much grey now and it doesn't cover it as well as dye can.

My favourite was Brun, which made it a gorgeous rich, coffee shade with a tiny hint of red. I also used Marron, but I found that was too orangey for my tastes, and I never tried Rouge, because it would be more orangey than the Marron, which was already to orangey for me.

I used to use the lush brun henna on my boring-mid-brown-with-the-odd-grey hair. It turned it a lovely rich chocolately auburn colour, but was a right embuggerance to use.

I found it worked best when grated before mixing with the water, and then I'd wrap my head in clingfilm and put a hat on for six hours (longer sometimes).

Instead of henna, what about camomile? Many many moons ago The Body Shop used to sell henna dyes and a camomile dye. They don't now but maybe someone here knows who does.

I use henna (proper henna, not lush) but my hair is much darker than yours.

you know that henne will not wash out again? If you want to go down the red route, I would try first with some kind of less permanent hair dye.

I use a mix of roughly 2/3 cassia (neutral henna- does not dye but conditions) and 1/3 red henna (makes it less red). As your hair is pretty light, I would use also a high (even higher) cassia content unless you are brave enough for a stronger orangy colour.
I get my henna from hennaboy.

AgathaF, thanks for mentioning the Surya henna. I'd never heard of it but got some based on your message and it's fab - I have dark brown hair with a little grey and some caramel highlights, used the mahogany, and it's come up really well with red shimmery highlights after only 30 minutes.

Thank you

I use it, mixtures of all the lush ones at different times, but my hair is naturally dark brown, it gives it fabulous shine and condition as well as a much richer colour. I can do it very easily and with not too much mess now, but it takes practice. However I would be wary if my hair was your colour, people I know with lighter colour hair that have used it get the colour change but somehow it doesn't give the same shine it seems to on brunettes, they seem to end up with matte hair. It is basically like a coloured varnish, not an opaque colour, so your natural colour has a big part to play in what you end up with. I would go into Lush and ask the staff, they are pretty knowledgeable.

McFox I'm glad you like it .

I've used Lush (brun) henna but I've got mid-dark brown hair to start with. Your hair looks pretty light. I've now progressed to proper henna and indigo mix.

I've been doing a lot of reading up on it and there are various herbal dyes you can use that aren't henna which are good for blonde hair.

You could try cassia and rhubarb to lift highlights and add shine.