LIGHT MOUNTAINMahogany Hair Dye - Organic, Chemical-Free, Semi-Permanent for Men/Women, with Henna Leaf Powder and Botanicals, 16 Oz

It’s important to know how to use henna properly for successful hair application and I love this brand for quality and color consistency.First of all, henna is a plant leaf, which means it can go back and expire. Fresh henna powder should be green (not brown, which shows deterioration from age).It is also temperature sensitive, absorbs water (including from the hair if not applied properly), and releases its dyes over time (how fast depends on its temperature). It can also chemically react with metals. So you have to know what you’re doing for good results, but those results are vastly superior to chemical dyes: Henna (when properly applied) nourishes and conditions hair helping it stay strong and beautiful even on us middle-aged matrons.Here’s a “quicky” formula that I use, which works:1) put your henna in a glass or ceramic bowl and find a fork that is not made of metal to stir it with.2) boil some water and add enough of it to the henna to make a thick mud. A consistency similar to pancake mix is ideal. If you like, add a few drops of essential oils - lavender, tea tree, or eucalyptus are particularly synergistic. Stir it up thoroughly.3) while your henna is marinating, cooling, and absorbing some of the water you added, put an old towel over your shoulders & comb coconut oil (also mixed with a few drops of essential oils) into your hair until it is thoroughly saturated. This will nourish and protect your hair while the henna is dying it and keep the henna from absorbing moisture from your hair, which can damage it.4) check your henna. It may need more water because it will have absorbed some of the water you added previously. If it’s too hot, feel free to add this additional water via ice cube(s). Once you’ve got it back to pancake-batter consistency, apply it thoroughly to your hair (use gloves if you don’t want to dye your fingers too!)5) pop on a tight shower cap, clean any extra off your face, neck, and ears, wrap a towel around the whole shebang and go to bed....6) let it stay nice and warm on your head for at least 4 hours. If you used to many essential oils, then your scalp may start feeling uncomfortable around this time, which is a sign to get up and wash it out. One rinse + two shampoos later, you are done and your hair will look and feel fantastic for a month.One of my favorite things about henna is that the color shifts gradually over time so roots coming in show a lot less (but grey is still covered). Also, when first applied, henna typically has bright orange overtones that fade to cinnamon brown within 3 days. If this bothers you, you can throw some finely ground coffee beans in the initial mix... they mask the orange with their own brown tonality, which is short-lived (fading out within 3 days).Finally, this is a quicky recipe for when I haven’t planned ahead. If you’re better at that, then mix your henna 6 hours ahead of time with room temperature water and it will be perfectly primed (except maybe need a little more water) at bedtime.Have fun!:)Debi

I love this brand of henna. I used it years ago as a teenager. I bought the wrong color. LOL However, my hair is softer, curlier and looks amazing. As a conditioner it works great. My hair is lovely shade of reddish brown. I should have bought RED with the fox on the box. That's the color I wanted. The color and tone are lovely and I have this neat streak of grey in my hair that shows as a slightly lighter shade of red/brown! It looks like I had a salon dye my hair with highlights, NATURAL highlights. I love the woodsy smell while you're using the henna and I love the look and feel afterwards. I HIGHLY recommend this company and this product.

That's why we bought it in bulk vs individual packets.

My hair is dark and having some gray hairs. I used to use pure henna for long time but I also used chemical hair dye several times. I was feeling a bit boring of my reddish hair and wanted to change the shade to dark brown. So I tried it! It's a great balance of henna and indigo. It worked great and removed my reddish shade. Now my hair looks natural. Usually pure henna smell like grass or hay but this henna is not as stronger. But the only con is that the color doesn't stay well on my gray hair.

Long lasting colors and hairs with the health and texture of my hair. This product is 100% henna with no added oils or shea/coconut butter etc. It's concentrated natural ingredients that make my hair feel stronger and soft after every use.

I've used this for several years and love the healthy results I get. Good, glossy color that often gets compliments. I was glad to find this economical bulk quantity.

Did not come with instructions, gloves or cap. I would have been fine without the gloves or cap, but pretty unhappy with NO INSTRUCTIONS at all

The media could not be loaded.  I bought the mahogany and it worked great but looked more like a red . I also ordered the Dark Brown and it didnt work at all i will not be ordering from white mountain ever again . I updated this review cuz if you want to cover gray it doesn't work even if you do a red first. ☹ am adding a video of my hair look around my forehead it shows the results.