Henna: My Experience As a Transitioner!

The back of my henna'd head!

                                                

   So I have stated before that I am going  natural and that I was going to do a henna post, well here it is! I heard of hennaing natural hair before, and the purpose of it for natural hair is to naturally dye hair is (only works if your hair is not black or dark brown), give shine,  stronger and thicker hair, and some believe it can loosen the hair texture. I wanted all of the above but was hesitant to do henna because, like most natural hair blogs I researched henna from, the "henna experiment" was done on fully natural hair and not on transitioning hair. 

   So I went on youtube and I found one transitioner who henna'd and it's pretty much the same thing! Also everyone can henna their hair no matter what race. So I went to my local Indian store which is an hour away, and I got whatever henna there was 'cause I trust the store to bring me the good stuff. The henna I bought is called Reshma Henna, and it looks like this:

                                                   

  Yep, anyway the henna process is a long one that's why I'm planning on doing it once a month to see the benefits. I tried the application after Christmas and my hair kind of had a looser texture but not really, and it was softer, but what I like the most was that my hair was easier to detangle and I could literally put my fingers through my hair after being out of the shower which never happened before. The cons of the henna application is that it is a long process ( I would say from setting the henna before applying to rinsing out the henna it is about a total of 12 hours!), and it is very hard to rinse out so don't expect it all to rinse out after washing it once.

   I was also warned of the application being messy, but there really wasn't too much of a mess when applying, just that when I slept overnight with it in my hair my bedsheets were stained (oops!). I also didn't get to play much with my hair this month to fully embrace my newly henna'd hair. The reason was beacuse my hair was in cornrows and under a wig for protective styling. Overall, I like it so far and will continue applying it once a month to see better results. Here's me rocking the henna:

My hair now at seven months of transitioning (no product):

  P.S - Henna can be drying to your hair, so I wouldn't suggest using lemons or ACV when mixing in the henna.I instead  used brewed tea and olive oil!