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Henna, also known as "Lawsonia Inermis" is a flowering plant that mostly grows in north Africa and nearby.

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Logona hair dye

Logona hair dye is made out of henna (lawsonie inermis) and other powders. It is one of the healthiest way to dye your hair naturally. 

Doing your henna yourself can be really hard. "What do I use to make it more red? More brown? More black?" and most of all "where do I find all of these powders to help my henna?".

If you're like me, you'll try to find an easy way, and here it is : Logona hair dye. They're 100% natural and organic (check the labels on the box) and really easy to make. Just.. add water until it is the consistency of yoghurt then apply on your head and let it sit for the recommended time. The hair dye comes in a small box that contains : 100 grams of hair dye powder, 1 pair of gloves, 1 hair cap and instructions. 

The dye comes in 10 different colors : Brown Umber, Chestnut Brown, Flame Red (I have a picture fo the composition), Golden Blonde, Henna Black, Henna Red, Mahogany, Natural Brown (in picture), Sahara and Walnut Red-Brown. 

If you're really super lazy, there is few shades of color that are already pre-mixed, you just need to pour it in a bowl and then on your head, they're the cream color and there is : Inidian Summer, Nougat Brown, Tizian and probably a few mores that I don't know. 

Just like every henna, it covers Grey and white hair but not in only one application (unless you're really lucky)

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/!\ What you need to know about Henna in general. /!\

As said in the description, henna is a plant used as a natural coloration for hair. It can color every hair, grey and white included but not in only one application.

But how do you use it?

Henna can have many uses depending on the color you want to achieve. For exemple, if you try to get a dark jet black hair, you might not use the same henna than a perosn trying to dye their hair bright red. Also, henna alone gives a reddish color. It can be really bright (if your base/natural color is light) or just some highlights (if your base/natural color is dark). Depending on how long you've used henna and the quality of it, your color can change from "a few highlights" to a full bright color. The most basic way to do henna is just adding hot water to the powder and mix until it is the consistency of a yoghurt.  If you'd like to have a tutorial on how to mix henna and what powders to use to achieve black, brown, red or blond hair, just ask!.

     2. The "henna myth" /!\

Henna have a REALLY bad reputation in some hair dressers. But why? As you may know if you use henna, the paste makes your hair healthier, shinier and more voluminous. so why would your hair dresser blame you for using it? That's where the "henna myth" appears. If you're a true henna expert, you'll know there good and bad henna. The bad henna contains "SODIUM PICRAMATE" which is litteraly metallic salt. Why is it bad? Instead of gently covering your hair, the bad henna will open your cuticules just like a normal hair dye. That's why the color you'll get with bad henna is much more bright. You can tell if your henna is bad by looking at the ingredients written on the box. If you see "sodium picramate" next to "lawsonia inermis" (the henna) then don't buy it!! It does not only damage your hair, but it also reacts REALLY bad before/after a normal hair dye which is EXTREMLY damaging for your hair. That's why hair dresser hates henna. They just think all of them are bad. But it's not true. There is a lot of henna on the market that are 100% Lawsonia Inermis that you can use right after a normal hair dye. The real problem you'll get with all henna types, is that it is really hard to dye it with normal hair dye after because the henna "coat" the hair. 

So if your henna is a 100% Lawsonia Inermis, feel free to use metallic ustensils or do it after your normal hair dye if you want. 

    3. The neutral henna

Here's a big lie. The neutral henna isn't really henna. To be more precise, it is "Cassia powder". Cassia is the same kind of plant as henna, natural and really healthy for your hair. It works the same way as henna, just add water until it looks like yoghurt. The neutral henna DON'T color your hair but with all the bad henna in the shops, just check the ingredients on the box. It should be written "Cassia powder" only! If you'd like to have tutorial on different recipes with cassia/neutral henna depending on your hair type, just ask! 

     More informations coming soon!