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(138 customer reviews) 90 of 92 people found the following review helpful
Great Color but NOT "all natural"!!,
February 28, 2007 thinking out loud (Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surya Henna Mahogany Cream 2.31 Ounces (Misc.)
First, be warned that this is NOT a nice, super-safe, all natural herbal henna hair color! The advertising and packaging are very misleading. The main ingredients in this preparation are Ethoxydiglicol (helps the dye penetrate the hair shaft), which is NOT recognized as safe in Europe and even worse is the Methylpyrrolidone which is an industrial solvent! There are other less than innocuous ingredients including monoethanalomine and mineral oil. This is all listed in micro-size print on the bottom flap of the box and requires a magnifying glass to read. On the side of the box they list all the warm, fuzzy, safe, "natural" ingredients in large type with little pictures.
Since the "natural, herbal" ingredients comprise far less of this product than the "questionable unnatural" ingredients, I think this is just plain unethical, especially given their web site advertisements making it sound as if their product is so much safer than hair dyes with ammonia, PPD and peroxide,...Read more
73 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Covers Gray Wonderfully Easy!,
July 11, 2007 Happily Natural (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Surya Henna Dark Brown Cream 2.31 Ounces (Misc.)
I've been using this product for 2 years on my African-American medium curly hair. My hairdresser was uncomfortable applying henna on top of all the chemical dye (and bleach) she had been using on my hair for over a year to cover gray. I switched to henna on my own, trying various types (forget the powder-it's too messy and iffy for color). None of the hennas caused adverse effect to my hair. Surya Henna was the only henna that covered all my gray immediately. My hair was fabulously shiny! Once a month treatment keeps my gray at bay (approximately the same amount of time to touch up chemical dyes for my hair). Rinse color out of hair well to reduce staining on your pillow. But it is easily washed out of anything that gets stained. If you use a clarifier before shampooing your hair (like lemon juice and water) the henna connects with the hair better, and there is significantly less runoff of color. This is temporary color, so each time you wash your hair henna will rinse out as well...Read more
96 of 105 people found the following review helpful
Unnatural ingredients,
October 1, 2007 C. Harris "reviews by cech" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surya Henna Chocolate Cream 2.31 Ounces (Misc.)
This product says it's made from all natural ingredients, but once you really read the fine print, it has the following:
May contain the following:
HC Blue 2
HC Yellow 5
HC Red 3
HC Yellow 2
HC Yellow 4
HC Red 1
Disperse Violet 1
HC Violet 14 D
Disperse Black
So basically you are putting a bunch of synthetic dyes on your head. If you search on any of these synthetic dyes, they are pretty scary.
The product does a nice job of coloring your hair....but it certainly isn't a natural product. I tried calling the company, but they are down in Brazil and my portugese is pretty lousy!
