Henna Hair Dye - Black - 8oz
Black Henna is the perfect color for people looking to deepen their
already black hair and for people looking to darken their dark brown
hair. Using indigo leaves in addition to a specific ratio of henna leaf
and bark, this black henna is a powerful dark natural hair color. Please
Note: When using henna, it is easier to go darker but difficult to go
lighter. Start with a shade lighter than you expect if you are unsure.
Morrocco
Method Henna is 100% chemical free and contains no harsh metals,
parabens, or toxins that irritate the hair and scalp. No matter the
color of henna, it is deeply nourishing, conditioning and the perfect
alternative to harsh chemical hair dyes.
Soy Free, Gluten Free, Raw, No GMO's Cruelty Free, Made in USA, No SLS, Vegan
You can use Henna natural hair dye for total coloring, to touch up roots, create highlights, or cover grays.
Every shade of Morrocco Method Henna is also a high quality hair conditioner that you cannot use too frequently.
Our natural hair color appeals to anyone, whether they’re simply
trying to change their look, cover grey hair, or wish or need to avoid
harsh, chemical toxins.
It is also completely color-safe for dyed, bleached, or chemically relaxed hair.
Morrocco Method Henna can be used to safely dye any light-colored
natural fabric that you want to subtly darken, i.e. doilies,
handkerchiefs, muslin, etc.
Ingredients:
Henna bark (Lawsonia inermis)
Indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
About Our Henna Products
Morrocco Method Henna products are completely natural and free of any chemical additives and colorings.
The
various colors are derived through the use of the same main ingredient:
the natural henna plant (Lawsonia Inermis). By using different
concentrations and parts of the plant, such as Roots - stalks - flowers
and the stem or the leaves, we are able to derive varying potencies.
Thus, the stronger formulations give a darker effect, where as the
lighter concentrations produce lighter colors - and all of this is done
naturally!
As
for the black henna for hair, we add in the Indigo plant. The Indigo is
a natural shrub in the legume family that thrives in dry and almost
poor conditions. The Indigo is great for darkening certain Henna shades
and allows us to produce the Black Henna.
For
lighter shades such as the Marigold Blonde, we use Marigold leaves to
produce a lighter potency. One thing you should note is that the
Marigold Blonde Henna won't lighten your hair if you have dark hair. In
fact, no natural henna hair dye product will produce a lightening
effect! So we recommend the Marigold Blonde to customers with grey and
white hair and lighter naturally blonde hair, and to those who want to
add blonde highlights / more blonde effects and conditioning shine to
their greying follicles!
Animal cruelty free.
All Morrocco Method 5 Elements products are gluten free.
Henna hair dye works its magic without damaging, without drying, and
without chemically altering the structure of the hair. Specially
recommended for those with chemical sensitivities.
Our natural hair color lets you naturally change color or add
highlights your hair without exposing yourself to harmful, damaging
chemicals. Lots of colors to select from or mix and match to create your
own unique style! See Color Chart.
The chart shows how the use of various henna hair dye shades may
affect your natural hair color. Actual results may vary depending on
your particular hair makeup and how the henna for hair was prepared and
applied.
HOW TO USE MORROCCO METHOD HENNA
Strand Test
A strand test is a good indicator of what to
expect when using henna. Apply henna to a hair sample, gathered from
your brush or a previous haircut. Unlike regular chemical dye, henna
works as a gloss, resulting in a color that is a mix between the dye
color and the base color of your hair. Keep in mind, henna takes several
days to oxidize, meaning that the final color may become darker in the
days following application. Lighter hair types may need to do multiple
applications to achieve a darker color. You cannot lighten hair with
henna.
Tools:
Small Mixing Bowl (glass or wooden preferable)
Plastic Sealable Baggie, 2
Mixing Spoon (wooden preferable)
Measuring Spoon (wooden preferable)
Gloves (vinyl/rubber)
How to Do a Strand Test:
Measure out:
Please
read the "Stage 1: Applying Henna" instructions below to judge what
liquid to use. If you are using apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, use
only 2 tsp worth.
In a small bowl, take 1 tablespoon of Henna
and stir in enough liquid to achieve the consistency of yogurt. Cover
the bowl in plastic wrap and let sit for 8-12 hours at room temperature.
Use
hair removed from your hairbrush or clippings from a recent haircut.
You can snip a lock of hair from the middle of your head as well. Ball
it up or attach ends to a piece of tape to hold them together. You need
enough hair to be able to discern color difference, so half a handful
should be fine. While wearing gloves, coat the strands with the henna
mixture, thoroughly saturating them.
Store strands in a plastic
bag. Then double bag to prevent dye from seeping through. Keep on your
person, in a pocket for instance, to include body heat as a factor in
dye release. Leave in bag for 1 hour.
Rinse off Henna from hair
strands and let dry. Mix 1 tablespoon of Indigo with enough warm
filtered water to make it a yogurt-like consistency. Apply immediately
to the same hair strands.
Rinse Indigo from hair strands and
inspect the color. Let strands sit for 72 hours to get the most exact
result. View test strands in artificial light and sunlight, as the color
does change with the light source.
How to Mix & Apply Black Henna
Black Henna is a Two Stage Process .
First, apply a coat of RED Henna to your hair, (see instructions to apply under Red Henna), then wash it out, and dry. This
will turn your hair red. Then apply a purely Indigo mixture on the
recently dyed hair. The indigo will stick to the red, creating black.
Stage 1: Applying Henna
Tools:
Mixing Bowl (wooden or glass preferable)
Mixing Spoon (wooden preferable)
Measuring Spoon/Cup
Gloves (vinyl/rubber)
Plastic Wrap -OR- Plastic Shower Cap
OPTIONAL: Fabric Cap (beanie, ski cap, etc.)
Ingredients:
Black Tea, 2 cups strongly brewed and cooled
Apple
Cider Vinegar, up to 3 tablespoons (use raw, unpasteurized for best
results) -OR- Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice, up to 3 tbsp
Black Henna Kit (1 Bag of BLACK HENNA)*
OPTIONAL: Euro Oil, 1-3 teaspoons
OPTIONAL: Clove, Ginger, or Cinnamon, powdered 1-3 tsp (To lessen the smell of henna)
*One Henna Kit is enough for shoulder length hair. Longer hair may require additional kits.
Other Liquids
Black
Tea with Apple Cider Vinegar/Lemon Juice is the most common liquid used
when mixing henna. However, you may replace this liquid entirely with:
Apple or orange juice, 2 cups
Herbal tea (chamomile, rosemary, etc.), 2 cups strongly brewed and cooled
Filtered Water, 2 cups warmed (with or without lemon juice)
Mixing & Application
Pour
bag labeled Black Henna into mixing bowl. Add clove, ginger, or
cinnamon at this point to lessen smell of henna, if using. Add apple
cider vinegar or lemon juice. The more you use of either ingredient, the
deeper the end results will be. But it will also increase the time
needed to release the dye and may have a drying effect on the hair &
scalp.
Slowly add black tea to Henna until the consistency of
yogurt. Basically, the mixture should not drip from the spoon but should
still be easily spreadable. You may not need all 2 cups of tea to
achieve this.
Add Euro Oil to mixture, if using. Use more Euro
Oil if you added a lot of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. Do not use
more than 3 teaspoons, as the oil can prevent the color from sticking.
Cover
the bowl with plastic wrap, pressing to remove any excess air, and let
sit for 8-12 hours. If a generous amount of lemon juice or apple cider
vinegar were used, we suggest letting it sit the full 12 hours. If the
temperature is below 60 degrees, it may take longer than 12 hours. Check
the surface for color change from the original green/olive/tan to a
darker brown-red, which will signal the dye release.
Section
your hair, put a towel around your shoulders, and you can apply Euro Oil
to your hairline and ears to prevent skin staining. Using gloved hands,
apply henna to clean, dry hair. (It can be applied to towel-dried hair
but not wet).
Wrap hair with plastic wrap or put on a shower
cap. Optionally, put on a fabric cap over the plastic to trap body heat.
The key is to keep the paste moist and warm.
Leave mixture in
hair for 1-4 hours. The longer it is left, the more dye will saturate
into your hair. Do not leave it in overnight.
Unwrap your hair
and rinse with water only. Use a drain catcher to prevent possible
clogging. Use Pearl Essence Creme Rinse or a few drops of Euro Oil to
aid in the henna rinsing process, especially if you used a lot of apple
cider vinegar or lemon juice. The Morrocco Method Scalp Massager may
also help in removing the henna.
Towel dry hair or allow to air dry, then continue to Stage 2. Stage 2 can also be done 1-2 days after Stage 1.
Stage 2: Applying Indigo
Tools:
Mixing Bowl (wooden or glass preferable)
Mixing Spoon (wooden preferable)
Measuring Spoon/Cup
Gloves (vinyl/rubber)
Plastic Wrap -OR- Plastic Shower Cap
OPTIONAL: Fabric Cap (beanie, ski cap, etc.)
Ingredients:
Warm Filtered Water, 2 cups
Black Henna Kit (1 Bag of BLACK INDIGO)*
OPTIONAL: Euro Oil, 1-3 tsp
OPTIONAL: Pinch of sea salt (To deepen the Black)
Mixing & Application
Mix
bag labeled Black Indigo in a clean bowl with warm water until it is
the consistency of yogurt. Add a pinch of sea salt to the water for
darker color. Do not let sit. Immediately move onto the next step.
Apply
Indigo mixture as you did the henna mixture. The goal is to cover all
parts of your hair now reddened from Henna with Indigo. Section your
hair, put a towel around your shoulders, and apply Euro Oil to your
hairline and ears to prevent skin staining. Using gloved hands, apply
Indigo to clean, dry hair. (It can be applied to towel-dried hair but
not wet).
Wrap hair with plastic wrap or put on a shower cap.
Optionally put on a fabric cap over the plastic to trap body heat. The
key is to keep the paste moist and warm.
Leave it in your hair for 1-4 hours. The longer it is in, the darker the color.
vUnwrap your hair and rinse with water only. Use a drain catcher to
prevent possible clogging. Use Pearl Essence Creme Rinse or a few drops
of Euro Oil to aid in the henna rinsing process, especially if you used a
lot of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. The Morrocco Method Scalp
Massager may also help in removing the henna.
Do not shampoo your hair until 24 hours after the treatment. The
full color will appear after 72 hours. You may notice a greenish tint;
this will oxidize and disappear in a few days. Color will last 8-12
weeks.
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FAQ's
Made
from the leaves of the Lawsonia plant, henna works its magic without
damaging, without drying and without chemically altering the structure
of the hair. To debunk any myths, perhaps the best way to define henna
is with three simple words that describe the results it yields — sheen,
body, color. Henna is, in many ways, the ideal colorant.
Chemically-based dyes often cause split ends and lifeless hair; henna
does not. Rather than chemically changing the hair structure and
weakening it, henna binds with the keratin of your hair, preventing
brittleness and breakage. It wears off gradually over a period of
approximately 8-12 weeks, eliminating the dark-root problem you must
contend with when using chemical tints. Our henna hair color also
includes Indigo (Indigofera tinctoria) and Cassia (Cassia obovata), both
natural plant powders that give us a variety of colors.
Henna
Hair Color is a 3 step process. First you mix the henna, then allow to
sit (as the dye saturates into the mixture) for 8-12 hours. You may or
may not add indigo powder, depending on the color. Then apply the
mixture to clean, dry hair and allow to sit for desired time. Once
finished, simply rinse with a little conditioner and allow the hair to
dry naturally. Using Neutral imparts no color, but overall conditioning.
The
henna in our product is Lawsonia inermis, which is naturally a
red-orange dye. In order to achieve our variety of colours we use other
plant powders. Our browns and black are mixtures of Lawsonia inermis and
Indigofera tinctoria in varying ratios. Neutral Henna is pure Cassia
obovata. Blonde Henna is actually Cassia obovata mixed with marigold and
chamomile flowers.
We
switched to more economical packaging. For the Red and Neutral Henna
Hair Dye, nothing has changed except the packaging! But for the Light
Brown, Medium Brown, Dark Brown, and Black Henna, we used to mix the
henna (Lawsonia inermis) and the indigo (Indigofera tinctoria) leaf
powders together. After some further research, we decided to improve our
henna hair dye by separating out these two ingredients. Their dye
release times vary and while henna needs an acidic environment to
release its dye efficiently, indigo doesn't like to be in acidic
environments long. This way, there is little chance of getting an orange
result and the browns are richer and deeper than they were before.
The
Black Henna now contains the mandatory treatment of Red Henna, because
you need henna for indigo to stick to your hair. Before, you had to buy
the Red Henna separately and do the "Two Step Method" with the Black
Henna. Now, you just buy one Black Henna!
The Light Blonde Henna
Hair Dye now includes Blonde Tea, which is the best liquid to add to
Light Blonde Henna Hair Dye. The ratios of herbal ingredients has also
been tweaked, but nothing that changes the base ingredients.
If
you have a Brown or Black Henna Hair Dye, then one bag is HENNA and one
bag is INDIGO. All the Browns add up to 4oz, which is enough for one
treatment of shoulder length hair. The Black Henna Hair Dye has a full
4oz treatment of Red Henna (labeled BLACK HENNA) and a full 4oz
treatment of Indigo (labeled BLACK INDIGO).
If you have Red or Neutral, the only change is the packaging, everything else is the same.
For Light, Medium and Dark Brown, simply mix the two powders together and then proceed as you would have before the change.
For the Black, you'll still need to do the Red Henna step first, but then the Indigo step would be your original Black Henna.
For the Light Blonde, exclude the Blonde Tea and mix as you would normally.
Yes!
Henna is the only way to safely color your hair without toxins that
won’t affect women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. There are NO
chemicals in MM henna.
Yes!
But we suggest waiting 6-8 weeks since your last chemical treatment in
order to ensure there is no interference with the henna.
If
choose to continue with chemical dyes after applying henna, you'll need
to wait 6-8 weeks until it fades. It won't "burn" your hair, which is a
reaction to chemically-adulterated henna, but it can give you
unpredictable results. Plant dyes don't lift easily out of your hair,
leaving the end color unpredictable, and it fades faster because henna
makes your hair less porous.
Going lighter cannot be done with a
box dye, and the amount of developer you will need to lift the henna
will damage your hair to the point where it won't take dyes well. When
dying your hair with henna and indigo, it will only lift the henna, and
not the indigo, giving you green hair. The amount of chemicals you need
to remove indigo from your hair will make your hair too damaged to hold
any dye at all. You can, however, dye your hair the same color or
darker.
Yes!
Our new henna line is the best yet at covering grays. But if you are
having issues, there are two methods for covering gray hair with Brown (
Light , Medium or Dark ) and Black MM henna and they both involve using Red henna .
Red henna sticks to gray hair the best and is an important part of
covering grays, since the Indigo NEEDS henna to stick to your hair.
Do one full Red Henna treatment and then follow up with a Brown Henna treatment. You can also cover grays with our Light Blonde Henna
which turns your gray hair into a lovely, sun-streaked blonde. This is a
great option for people tired of chemical highlights and their gray
growth!
Wait
72 hours for the color to oxidize and re-evaluate it. You can get a red
tint to your hair color when using henna and all our browns are warm
browns. In order to achieve the deep, rich color you’re trying for, you
may need to apply the henna several times. Wait 24 hours between
applications and make sure it is done on dry hair. 2-3 applications
should give you the color you’re looking for. Are you experiencing this
due to your gray hair? See the question above.
You
cannot fully remove henna but don’t worry — it will fade. However,
blonde and very light hair types might still have a more dark gold tone.
In the meantime, the best way to lift Henna color is with a homemade,
overnight oil treatment. The most effective treatment is mixture of oils
consisting of mostly olive oil, coconut oil and a bit of Argan oil:
Start
by creating the oil treatment. Mix enough oil so that you have an ample
amount to cover all of your hair, with a bit leftover for touching up.
When
you have the right amount, apply the oil to your hair from root to tip.
When your entire head of hair is covered, we recommend that you leave
the oil treatment in overnight using a protective towel to cover your
pillow.
In the morning, to remove the oil treatment, first
thoroughly saturate hair with an undiluted MM Shampoo and massage in
well. (Since oil and water don’t mix, wetting your hair first would
require more shampoo). Rinse. Shampoo normally.
This process
will cause the color to fade. Multiple applications may be necessary.
The number of applications varies from client to client depending on
individual hair type and color.
Mixing
color is simply changing the ratio of henna and indigo. Add more henna
to lighten, add more indigo to darken. Here are the ratios:
Red: All Henna
Light Brown: 2/3 Henna, 1/3 Indigo
Medium Brown: 1/2 Henna, 1/2 Indigo
Dark Brown: 1/3 Henna, 2/3 Indigo
You
can mix in Light Blonde Henna or Neutral Henna to dilute the color of
any of the browns, but doing so might cause an oranger result.
Black doesn't require mixing henna and indigo, but two separate treatments.
about the Morrocco Method
sustainable, equitable, fair trade
The Morrocco Method strives to honor fair trade principles of
sustainability and equity in all of our products. Fair trade products
are generally created by smaller producers who are paid fair prices and
who pay fair wages to their employees. Fair trade producers practice
sustainable, environmentally aware farming and manufacturing.
The Morrocco Method of hair, face and body care is unique as well
as comprehensive. It represents over forty years of research and
experimentation, integrating modern scientific knowledge with the
ancient healing arts of Ayurvedic and Chinese herbalism.
Anthony Morrocco has, for over 40 years, carefully studied and
practiced holistic hair care. His quest to find a naturally based
treatment for hair and scalp problems began with his apprenticeship at
world famous Kenneth's, a posh New York salon, where his clients
included Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mia Farrow, Lauren
Bacall, Joan Rivers, Faye Dunaway, Liza Minelli, and numerous other
celebrities.
For years, Anthony watched as the rich and famous walked into
Kenneth's with hair care problems and left with the same problems, only
covered up with styles, perms, blow drying, gels, mousses, bleaches and
chemicals. Anthony discovered that, regardless of the money spent on
traditional hair care, the problems just didn't go away. This
realization inspired Anthony to create a new system of hair and scalp
treatment that would have successful, long term results.
healthier, more vibrant hair
Now, after more than four decades of travel, research and
experimentation, including his study of Chinese herbalism and
acupressure under Bruce Lee's master, Mr. Fung Yi of Peking and Dr.
Cecilia Lu of Shanghai, Anthony has perfected a holistic program for
women and men determined to make positive changes for healthier, more
vibrant hair.
The Morrocco Method of hair, face and body care is unique as well
as comprehensive. It represents over forty years of research and
experimentation, integrating modern scientific knowledge with the
ancient healing arts of Ayurvedic and Chinese herbalism.
All Morrocco Method products contain only the finest organic derived
minerals and botanicals harvested from around the world. and selected
for maximum potency. We have followed the principles of Old World
farmers who understood that planting, harvesting and storing foods
according to the lunar cycle maximizes the energetic potency of the
plants.
Every Morrocco Method product contains each of the 92 trace
minerals. Each product is carefully designed to both detoxify and
nourish. Our products have been featured in CBS News, InStyle Magazine,
People Magazine, Farmers Almanac, the Los Angeles Times, and many other
international publications.
The Morrocco Method is unquestionably the finest, most effective program of holistic hair care available today.
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