About Pure Indigo for Hair Reminder
Pure Indigo Leaves Powder.
The botanical name is Indigofera Tinctoria. Other synonyms are true indigo, pigmentum indicum, neel and neelii.
The plant is actually a leafy shrub that grows 3-6 feet tall with magenta-colored flowers.
Indigo has been used since ancient times as a natural dye. It was used by men and women to dye textiles and hair. The dye is made from processing the plant’s leaves by soaking them in water and allowing them to ferment. This converts the natural glycoside indicant into the dye, indigotin. It can then be pressed into cakes, dried and powdered.
As a hair dye, pure indigo is a green plant and the green leaves are dried, crushed and powdered. When used properly with pure henna, it will create shades ranging from brown to jet black color. It also makes hair soft and silky to the touch.
What Pure Indigo is NOT:
It is not the so-call misnomer, “Black Henna”.
"Black Henna" is not pure indigo or "black" indigo. If indigo is mixed with chemicals dyes, or even henna that has been compromised by chemicals, including PPD, then it is not pure indigo or the so-called, "black henna". Stay far away from “Black Henna”.
Lustrous Henna® in Soft Black Shade is NOT “Black Henna”.
The soft black shade is derived from mixing pure henna (from the henna plant) with the extracts of pure indigo and other natural botanicals found in nature.
Lustrous Henna® is completely para-phenylenediamine-free (PPD-free hair dye); also, ammonia-free, peroxide-free.
Lustrous Henna® remains in its natural herbal form (a powder).
To avoid confusion, always make sure of the company’s reputation that you are dealing with, since there are no regulations in many countries, including India, for ingredient labels. For this reason, “Black Henna” dyes usually contain even higher concentrations of PPD than many commercial hair dyes sold in the USA. Sadly many individuals think that when they purchase this product, it is pure indigo (or pure indigo only mixed with pure henna) and the results have led to sad consequences and also some dermatologic horror stories.
When you want pure indigo, make sure what you buy is: pure indigo.
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Author: L.J. O'Neal, writer and researcher. (L.J. is also a Lustrous Henna® user.)
©2011. L.J. O’Neal. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Do not copy or reprint this article without the consent of the author.
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