Yesterday was my first Magic of Henna workshop with a great group of women in Moab, hosted by the Moonflower Market and Henna Sooq, and what an exciting afternoon it was! I was thrilled that over half of the women who attended wanted to jump right in and try it then and there (I had planned on just doing a strand of hair with them)! All of the participants had similar stories - either they dyed their hair with chemicals and wanted to switch to something natural for various reasons such as burning scalp, or they were sick of the gray and wanted to try something natural. Either way, they were all very eager and willing subjects - so awesome!
All had brown hair and wanted to keep their brown color so we used a lot of indigo yesterday - more than I had anticipated - so some of them with longer, thicker hair were going to have to likely do a second round soon, but were ok with doing the top part of their hair.
I started out with all my research - the history, the Ayurvedic/medicinal benefits, types of henna and other plants we use for dying naturally, as well as all the other wonderful ingredients you can get from the girls at Henna Sooq, my fave provider! Henna Sooq had sent a box of awesome samples - Sweet Orange essential oil, small sample of Rajasthani Henna, Argan shampoo bar - so we passed those out as well.
Then as I said, they jumped right in! That morning I had activated about 200 grams of Rajasthani Indian red henna that was ready to go, which Moonflower sells in bulk, and during the workshop we quickly activated the 100g of Indigo and didn't need to activate any of the Cassia since everyone went with a 60/40 indigo/henna recipe for chestnut brown results.
So far one woman has stopped by the store to show off her new color already and I'm proud to say she "is very happy with the results, and will try the henna process again." Her scalp did not burn like when dyed with chemicals, and the henna straightened her hair out just a bit and her hair felt soft, not stripped.
A big thanks to Moonflower and Eula for hosting this great afternoon, for Alicia for connecting me with this great community, and to Henna Sooq for providing these ladies with some fabulous samples to take home.
YAY! Henna is empowering! Henna is liberating! Henna is natural! Time to host a workshop like this in Steamboat!!
All #henna posts:
1- About Henna and my process
2- The first dying
3- Other products from Henna Sooq
4- Cleansing and Independence
5- Applications update
6- Another Henna convert!
All had brown hair and wanted to keep their brown color so we used a lot of indigo yesterday - more than I had anticipated - so some of them with longer, thicker hair were going to have to likely do a second round soon, but were ok with doing the top part of their hair.
I started out with all my research - the history, the Ayurvedic/medicinal benefits, types of henna and other plants we use for dying naturally, as well as all the other wonderful ingredients you can get from the girls at Henna Sooq, my fave provider! Henna Sooq had sent a box of awesome samples - Sweet Orange essential oil, small sample of Rajasthani Henna, Argan shampoo bar - so we passed those out as well.
Then as I said, they jumped right in! That morning I had activated about 200 grams of Rajasthani Indian red henna that was ready to go, which Moonflower sells in bulk, and during the workshop we quickly activated the 100g of Indigo and didn't need to activate any of the Cassia since everyone went with a 60/40 indigo/henna recipe for chestnut brown results.
A big thanks to Moonflower and Eula for hosting this great afternoon, for Alicia for connecting me with this great community, and to Henna Sooq for providing these ladies with some fabulous samples to take home.
YAY! Henna is empowering! Henna is liberating! Henna is natural! Time to host a workshop like this in Steamboat!!
All #henna posts:
1- About Henna and my process
2- The first dying
3- Other products from Henna Sooq
4- Cleansing and Independence
5- Applications update
6- Another Henna convert!
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