Body Art Quality Henna (BAQ) Choose henna that is body art quality to ensure that you get good color. I purchase BAQ (body art quality) Henna from www.Mehandi.com . Your hair will start out a much brighter color and darken over the next two days. If you want an even darker color henna your hair several times to build up layers of color. For maintenance of your color, henna once every month or two. You can henna just your roots instead of the whole head. A recent tip: Apply coconut oil on hair after rinsing the henna out and wait at least 6 hours before washing/conditioning/adding products to your hair. Will 1 – 5 hours be long enough? 1 – 5 hours has been noted to be long enough to set the color. Some choose to keep it in longer. Once the dye has been released that’s it, therefore more applications deepens the color than time kept in. Check out the Henna Queen www.CurlyNikki.com blogs on Henna: www.curlynikki.com Here’s a link to other peoples mixes: www.hennaforhair.com Mixes for Grey Hair (click on square color of hair picture for recipes): www.hennaforhair.com (besides the fact that it can dye your hair naturally) The Benefits of using Henna: www.mehandi.com Other Links about Henna: 1. www.mehandi.com 2. thebeautybrains.com Powders used to make your Henna Smell Better www.mehandi.com *If lemon juice is too drying, the best alternative would be to use strong chamomile tea which has conditioning properties. *Heated but do not boil liquids, boiling liquid will cause …