A few years ago I stumbled upon a product that I love. It’s a healthy version of something many of you like and use, so I thought I’d share it as today’s self-care idea!

First though, a little background.

Some of the health struggles I’ve had have taught me that the more chemicals we ingest or breathe or slather on our bodies, the more work our liver has to do!

Consequently, I have been on the lookout for beauty products that won’t add to the toxic load my body has to process. {If you’ve ever had an allergic reaction to lotion or perfume or some food or animal or chemical, especially hair dyes, you’ll know how important this concept is!}

So here ’tis.

Today, you can buy {very inexpensively} a product that is made of plant materials that can color your hair without one chemical! Permanently! With many natural colors to choose from! I’ve tried several brands, and this one is easily my favorite.

Are you excited?

I think henna is amazing! It comes as a dry powder. If you don’t have really long hair, you can probably get more than one usage out of one package. For short hair, maybe even four or five or six applications! That is extremely inexpensive considering that the 3.5 oz. package is about $13 + shipping.

All you do is add water to make it about the consistency of yogurt, and apply it to your hair.

After an hour or so, you rinse if off. That’s it.

It doesn’t smell horrible. {Well, not chemically horrible, it smells like weeds, and that’s a little weird, but what you might expect.} It won’t hurt you in any way. It’s permanent. It covers gray beautifully. It doesn’t lift your natural color off, meaning it doesn’t “process” your hair. Therefore, it doesn’t make your hair dry and straw-like, but instead it actually leaves it in better condition.

That said, there are some pretty wild colors! {Don’t hold me responsible if you decide to get crazy and go from gray to burgundy!} I’m personally not up for the red or red orange that looks like it is glowing, though I think it can be stunning on others. And black henna is really, really black.

In the last year or so, the guy at Henna Hut came up with a blonde that is permanent and his light and medium browns are beautiful, though they do lean a little red the first few days. {The color settles a bit after you wash your hair a few times.}

So, what do you think? Care to give it a try next time you want a change?

{If you do, please show us a before and after picture!}

Here’s to your health and happiness!

Love,