Natural Ingredients of Lustrous Henna REALLY Benefit Your Hair
“Is Lustrous Henna® natural hair color dye really made with all natural ingredients?”
Lustrous Henna® is made completely from nature. However, this a valid question because we all should be concerned with the ingredients found in so-called “all natural” hair color dye mixes, since many do contain some chemicals that can be potentially harmful. Lustrous Henna® does not contain any chemicals. The various natural hair color mixes include:
Indigo Powder.
The botanical name for Indigo is Indigofera Tinctoria. Other synonyms are true indigo, pigmentum indicum, neel and neelii. The indigo 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, it is used along with henna to create shades of color. It also makes hair soft and silky to the touch.
Catechu powder.
The botanical name is Acacia Catechu. It is commonly known as mimosa catechu, cutch, katha or khar This thorny tree grows up to 50 feet tall in the vicinity of Asia, China, India and the Indian Ocean. The heartwood extract is a natural hair coloring dye and is also used to dye textiles. The bark is a natural breath freshener called, "Katha".
Bacopa monnieri
Bacopa monnieri is a thyme-leafed water hyssop that is also called Brahmi, Halneem or Bacopa. Bacopa monnieri is a perennial creeping herb that grows 1-2 feet tall that grows in wetlands, muddy shores and other marshy areas. As seen in the image, the leaves of bacopa monnieri are succulent and thick. The plant contains small, white flowers with four or five petals. Bacopa monnieri can be found in the marsh in India and neighboring countries. It is also found in the USA in Florida and other southern states.
Acacia concinna
Acacia concinna is also known as Shikakai or Satla has been used in the Indian Subcontinent since ancient times for hair care. It’s known as, “fruit for hair” and is used as a mild cleansing shampoo in India. It doesn’t strip hair of natural oils and it also acts as a detangler.
Eclipta Alba (Eclipta
prostata)
The common name is False Daisy, yerba de tago, Bhagra, Beemraj and Bhringraj. Found on the foot hills of Northern India as well as moist places around the globe. It is a weed known for its benefits in ayurvedic medicine.
The leaf extract is considered quite beneficial for the hair and has been traditionally used externally on the hair (and scalp) to stop hair loss, promote hair growth, stop graying of hair and improve natural hair color. It’s used as a hair tonic and hair conditioning agent.
Rubia cordifolia
Rubia cordifolia was extensively cultivated for centuries form antiquity until the mid nineteenth century. It was an important source of a red pigment found in its roots throughout Asia, Europe and Africa. It is still being cultivated today in the foot hills of the Himalayas in Nepal, India and Bhutan -though not as extensively as in earlier times due to the introduction of synthetic chemical dyes.
It is also known as: Madder, Manjith, Manjistha, Tamaralli and Manditti. It is a flowering plant in the coffee family. It is a shrub that climbs with tiny hooks in the leaves and stems. It has small pale yellow flowers. The roots grow to over three feet long. It is used for dying and coloring hair and textiles and it also has anti-fungal properties.
Emblica officinalis
More commonly known as Indian gooseberry, its synonyms are: Awla, Amla, Amalake, Aamla, Aavalaa, Amlaki, and numerous others. It is a fruit-producing tree of 12-18 feet high that grows in central and northern India.
The entire tree has a variety of traditional medicinal and Ayurvedic uses. Amla oil and shampoo contain multiple benefits for the hair: nourishing scalp, stimulating hair growth and preventing premature gray hair.
Lustrous Henna® really is a natural hair color dye based entirely on nature is absolutely essential for those of us that want to "keep it green".
