Godrej Nupur Heena, 150g

UPDATE 2/22/15: I really feel bad for taking 3 years to update this review, but I've totally changed the way I've used this henna in terms of the preparation. My original review works very well, but is very time consuming, and as you can tell...it's filled with newbie flaws. Gorej Nupur Mehendi Powder is the only henna I've ever used, and it has helped me grow my hair 4 inches (with regular trimming, as well as a really cute cut about a year ago), as well as overall increased thickness and hair health. The way I prep my henna is as follows: 1 package of henna, 1 can of coconut milk (make sure it's coconut milk that DOES NOT contain other additives such as any type of sugar or other fillers. The only ingredients should be coconut and water) and a tbsp or two of liquid coconut oil. I add the coconut oil after the henna and coconut milk have sat in a warm place for about 6 hours. I add the coconut oil to the mixture and mix it well and apply it to my hair. Usually my hair's dry, but I've applied it to wet hair also and the results are the same. I leave it in anywhere from 3 to 6 hours. It rinses SO MUCH easier than the fiasco I experienced in my review below, and once the water runs clear, I co-wash (use conditioner instead of shampoo) about 3 times, rinse and towel dry. Unlike my review below, I don't mix the henna with the indigo powder, as I've noticed that the color doesn't seem to last as long. So after I'm done with my henna application, I follow up with the indigo just on my roots to cover the gray (which after the henna application is bright orange), leave it on for 1 hour, rinse, co-wash, rinse and it comes out perfect. When it's all said and done, my hair is so soft and manageable and PRETTY! NOW FOR MY ORIGINAL REVIEW: This was my first time using Henna, and for the most part, I love it! I'm African American with relaxed hair, and I'm trying to improve the health of my hair. Seeing as I relax and usually use chemicals to color my hair (cover the gray), I decided that I can at least stop using chemicals for color (and stretch my relaxers). I love the way this Henna colored my hair, and the 9 herbs I believe is an added benefit! Here is the way I prepared and applied my Henna: Thursday evening, I steeped 5 bags of Earl Gray Tea in about 2 cups of water. I then boiled about a half cup of red wine and added it to the water. I put it in the fridge, and let it cool down to luke warm. I then emptied about 1/2 of the contents of the Henna into a plastic bowl and added enough of the tea/wine mixture to get it to a pudding consistency. I whisked it until it was smooth, covered it with plastic wrap (pushed down into the container to sit directly on the henna so there is no air/henna contact) and then placed the cover on the container. My boyfriend likes to keep the apartment somewhat cool, so I needed to create a warm environment to store my Henna. I went into the wash room which is not as cool as the rest of the apartment, buried my container in the clothes basket, and turned on the dryer for about 1/2 and hour to warm up the room. I then left the container to 'marinate' for about 24 hours. You don't have to leave it for that long, but I wouldn't be able to use it until I got home from work Friday evening. When I woke up Friday morning, I was anxious to see if I'd made my mixture correctly, so I checked on it and it was brown so I knew I was on the right track. I put a dab of henna on my palm (I read on many henna websites that this was recommended to check to see if the dye released correctly), re-covered the henna, and placed it back in the clothes basket. After about 5 minutes I rinsed it off and my my skin was nicely orange where the henna had sat. Yay! If I wanted to, I could have actually used it then. Unfortunately, I had to go to work, so I left it until I got home that evening. (and the whole time I was at work, I hoped that it wouldn't have been left for too long and it started losing the color! I'm a newbie at this so I wasn't sure what would happen...) When I got home, I ran to my waiting henna, unwrapped it, and it looked great, so that was a relief! I got the indigo, 100g Pure USAWHR Indigo Powder Indigoferra Tinctoria To dye Hair Black Naturaly NO PPD ,emptied about 1/3 of the packet in a separate plastic container, mixed that with enough water to create a pudding like consistency, and let it sit for about 10 minutes. My goal was to color my grays, which was mainly on my front edges. I had a few flecks of gray on my roots all over my head, but from ear to ear around the front half of my head was about 1/2 gray and half natural color. If I wore my hair back, I looked like I had a grayish halo. Yay me. Sooo.... After I let the indigo sit for about 10 minutes, I added about 1 tablespoon of the indigo to my henna mixture, and about 1 tablespoon of my henna mixture to my indigo. The goal was to add the indigo with a little bit of henna (darker mixture) to my edges and my roots (I didn't want an orange halo), and the henna with a little bit of indigo (lighter mixture) to the rest of my head, hoping that my edges would be about the same color of the rest of my head in the end. I then added about 1 tablespoon of paprika and 2 tablespoons of honey to the lighter henna mixture. I applied the indigo heavy mixture to my edges, and sectioned my hair and applied it to my roots. I then got the henna heavy mixture and applied it to the rest of my hair. It took a bit of extra time to do the separate applications, but I knew what I wanted and was willing to spend a bit of extra time to achieve it. I didn't actually time the application, but I figure somewhere around 40-45 minutes. It was my first time applying it, so I figure the next time might be a bit quicker. After I completed applying the mixtures, I wrapped my hair in saran wrap, covered it with a plastic shower cap, and also about an hour in, I covered the plastic cap with a hot wet towel. And planned to let it stew for about 4 hours. Mind you, because my boyfriend and I decided to stop and get a drink and a bit to eat, I got home about 8:00. By the time I finished applying the henna, it was about 9 PM. Ugh. About 2 1/2 hours in, I was so tired I decided to wash it out knowing that if I wasn't happy with the color, I could re-apply it in a couple days. I was content in just getting the benefits of a healthy henna treatment. I rinsed my hair and was very happy that the water ran clear in about 5 minutes. I then washed my hair 3 or 4 times and was a bit dismayed because my hair felt very hard. Very, very hard...which I expected, but was still not used to. I towel dried my hair, added a mixture of Kinky Curly Knot Today Conditioner, 8 oz , Honey, and Olive Oil, wrapped my hair in saran wrap, covered it in a silk wrap, and went to bed to let it deep condition. I woke this morning and rinsed my hair, and it was still hard. Annoyed. I washed it 2 times, added more conditioner and let it sit for about 10 minutes. I rinsed it out, and it felt a little bit better. A very little bit. It was very difficult combing out my hair, but remember reading somewhere that once you dry your hair, it will feel better. Actually, as I was combing out my very hard and knotted hair, I was contemplating if all of this was worth it. Combing tangles out of your hair is difficult enough...but when you have to do it when it's as hard as straw was just disappointing. In saying that, after I got the knots out and I blew my hair dry, it felt and looked better than I ever remember it feeling before. And, the color came out perfect!! I didn't have to leave it in for the 4 hours I'd planned. 2 1/2 hours worked just fine! My roots, edges and the rest of my hair is a nice dark brown/burgundy color. Exactly what I wanted! I'm giving this Henna the 5 stars it deserves because my hair feels soooo good, and it looks just a fabulous. Soft, shiny, with a nice dense rich color. I will use this again, as it did exactly what everyone said it should do. Right down to making my hair feel hard like straw until it dries. And from what I've read, it might feel that way for the next couple of days (if I decide to wash it, it might have the same straw feeling until it dries). My mission now is to do more research on how I can get the knots out a bit better and easier. Anyway, I highly recommend this Henna. And if anyone can suggest how my hair can be a bit more tame when I rinse and wash it right after my application, please leave a comment! Thanks!!

This is a great product. I'd like to give it an infinite number of stars! I have used Rainbow Henna consistently (but infrequently) for over 30 years, mainly for conditioning. I switched to Gorej Nupur Mehendi because I was looking for gray coverage. What is so good about Nupur? For one, it is very fine, so that the paste you make is very smooth, easy to apply, and easy to rinse out. For another, it is very powerful...the color is strong so you don't have to wonder if you're going to get pink hair or apricot poodle hair. And finally, the nine additional herbs have left my hair incredibly shiny and soft without the addition of any oils to my mix. Here's my recipe for changing my short, thin, fine brunette hair with about 35% gray into a soft, glossy, deep brunette with glistening auburn highlights and plenty of body and wave. 1. Mix up these dry ingredients in a 1 qt. freezer bag, then add water, zip it closed with no air inside, and knead until it has the consistency of a stiff pudding): * 30 grams Godrej Nupur Mehendi * 15 grams Hesh Pharma Amla Hair Powder 3.5oz powder (to tone down the red) * 1 heaping tsp. ground ginger (to neutralize the henna aroma) * 1 heaping tsp. ground cloves (to add a lovely clove scent) Note that it is not necessary to add acid (lemon, etc.) when you are using amla. *****UPDATE: Dec. 17, 2012***** Several friends felt that using indigo made my hair too dark, and so I doubled the amla and skipped the indigo. It has been very successful! My hair is a warm brown with dark copper/auburn highlights where it's gray. People who haven't seen me recently have really complimented it and assure me that it looks wonderful in sunlight as well as indoor light. 2. Place the bag into a 2 cup Pyrex filled with water, and nuke it until hot but not boiling. Let it sit for three hours. You will see that the water in the Pyrex shows an orange tint. This means the color has developed. *****UPDATE: Dec. 17, 2012***** I've let the color develop for up to a week and that seems to work very well; it gets less orange with a longer development time. 3. Put on an old teeshirt and wet your hair. Comb it away from your hairline the whole way around and smear a generous amount of petroleum jelly around your hairline and onto your ears...wherever you don't want orange skin. Place a plastic grocery store bag handy (so you can throw away your gloves and the empty henna bag) when you're done. Place a roll of cling wrap and a second grocery story bag handy for wrapping up your head after you finish applying. 4. Put on some vinyl gloves (I get the Sally Beauty Supply gloves when they're on sale). Put about 1/4" of water in your bathtub. Clip off a lower corner of your plastic bag with a pair of scissors, lean over the tub, and squeeze the henna/amla solution onto sections of your scalp, distributing it evenly and scrubbing it in so that you cover all of your hair from scalp to end. If any plops off, it will fall into the tub instead of onto the tile on your floor, where it could stain the grout. If the porcelain on your tub is old and porous, like mine, the small amount of water will prevent real contact and allow you to rinse the tub out quckly when you are done. 5. After all the henna/amla is worked into your hair, sculpt your hair away from your hairline so you can make sure you have good coverage around your hairline, and use a wet paper towel to remove any drips that are where you don't want them. Pull off a length of cling wrap that is long enough to go around your head and overlap. Wrap it around your head, about 1" onto your forehead, over your ears, and 1" below your hairline in back. Then pull off another length and wrap it even lower...2" onto your forehead, over your ears, and below your hairline in back. Using your brow scissors very, very carefully so you don't cut yourself, make a small hole at the center of each ear and gently pull your ear through. Now you can hear! And having the cling wrap below your earlobes will help keep it from riding up. In essence, you've created a cling wrap helmet. Wipe off your neck and any other place where the henna/amla has dripped and tie a grocery store bag on your head to keep the heat in. 6. Allow your color to develop for four to six hours. During color development, check periodically to remove drips with a wet wad of toilet paper. 7. When you're ready to rinse, put a stock pot in your bathtub and fill it with cold water. Pull off the grocery store bag and the cling wrap. Lean over, dunk your head in the stockpot, and shake your head to loosen the henna/amla. Use a big plastic glass or pitcher to pour cold water over the back of your head, and work on getting the henna/amla to loosen from your hairline as well as the rest of your scalp. When the water runs clear, put a couple of handsful of baking soda on your head, and work it into your scalp. The baking soda will help to neutralize the henna smell, and leave you feeling clean without using shampoo or conditioner. Rinse out the baking soda after a minute or two, and then towel dry your hair. You will be astonished at its beauty, softness, shine, color, and body. I just let my hair air dry, and it looks absolutely stunning. This henna is so powerful that my scalp is a bit orange, but wait to shampoo until the next day, or until several days have passed. Then shampoo and give yourself a coconut oil treatment just for good measure, using Dabur Vatika Coconut Hair Oil 150ml, 2 Count . Thank you, Godrej Nupur Mehendi! Your henna is just incredible, thanks to its purity and quality plus the nine special herbs. Keep up the good work and I'll be your customer for life!

美容室にいけない日に使います。質がよいもので気に入っています。

Hood Quality .Gives rich colour to my Hair

I am very disappointed with the quality. The Colour did not come. I Checked the manufacturing date and noted that the old stock was delivered, manufacturing date was 08/22. I have been using Nupur for last 10 years and was very disappointed with the colour.

Yet to use, however, purchased because of the high quality product which contains a number of high quality natural ingredients. Package came with a very generous extra 25%.

حلوه جدا واستخدمتها بعد ما كنت بصبغ ..رجعت شعري زي الاول بيلمع ومش باهت وهي مش لتلوين اوي .هي مغذيه اكتر لشعر .لكن اللون مش هيبقى قوي زي الصبغات أو تغطيه الشعر الابيض