About This Item
High quality Indigo leaf powder without any other substances such as chemicals, colors, preservatives, cheaper substitutes.
- Natural alternative to chemical hair colors
- First apply henna and rinse off. Then soak indigo in water for 5 mins and apply to hair. In 60 to 90 mins, hair turns black.
What causes white/grey hair?
Melanin, a protein pigment in the 2nd layer of hair, decides hair color, and also protects us from UV rays. Deficiency of this causes white/grey hair. Genetics, nutrition deficiency, stress impact melanin levels.
How chemical hair colors work / damage hair?
- Chemical colors remove melanin to color the hair uniformly with synthetic colors. To reach melanin, they lift keratin cells of hair’s protective layer. This process damages the hair. They use ammonia, PPD, hydrogen peroxide to achieve this.
- Some colors claim to be free of those chemicals. But they use a different set of chemicals that work similarly and cause similar damage. Ex: Instead of ammonia, they use ethanolamine.
- Check for these ingredients: ethanolamine, monoethanolamine, MEA, PTD, toluene-2 5-diamine sulfate, 4-aminoaniline; 1,4-benzenediamine; p-diaminobenzene; 1,4-diaminobenzene; 1,4-phenylene diamine
- “Black henna” produces black from a chemical called PPD. Check the ingredients. Henna cannot produce black.
- Some brands show irrelevant ingredients on their products to look natural. But they have no practical purpose in coloring hair. Example: Amla, shikakai, hibiscus, aloe vera, almond oil, tea.
How do henna & indigo work?
Henna makes a permanent bond with keratin cells of hair’s outermost layer without damaging melanin. This makes hair red-orange.
Indigo powder, over the red-orange color from henna, colors hair black.
How To Use This
Method 1 (Slow but effective. For perfect black)
- Apply henna on clean hair & rinse off as per the instructions
- Make a thick paste by mixing indigo & water. Let it soak for just 5 mins.
- Apply it to the hair immediately and rinse off with plain water after 60 to 90 mins. The longer, the better.
- Never soak Indigo for more than 5 mins, as it looses its color and becomes useless. But henna requires long soaking.
Method 2 (Faster & less effective. For dark brown/light black)
Use this method, if you don’t have time for method 1.
- Soak henna for 7 hours /over night as per the instruction.
- Just before applying to hair, add indigo powder, water to the henna paste and mix well.
- For dark brown color, take equal amount of indigo and henna. For light black color, indigo should be 3 times henna.
- Apply the henna-indigo paste to hair and rinse off after 60 to 90 mins.
- Never soak Indigo for more than 5 mins, as it looses its color and becomes useless. But henna requires long soaking.
Additional Instructions
- Color becomes perfect after repeated usage.
- Indigo quantity required depends on hair volume.
- You may add a little salt to indigo. But do not add anything else like milk, curd, oils, as they make henna/indigo less effective.
- Sprinkle water when indigo dries on the hair. Cover the hair with shower cap or repurposed cover, if possible, to avoid drying.
Common Questions
Only indigo leaf powder. Nothing else.
No. Indigo actually gives blue, which combines with red-orange of henna and appear black. So, henna is compulsory.
- Black, if applied after henna.
- If indigo & henna are mixed and applied, dark brown when they are in 50%: 50%; light black when they are 75%:25%.
Up to 18 months when stored in airtight cover or container.
Specifications
| Brand | Unbranded / Generic |
| Quality | High-quality, Original. |
| Type | Fine powdered form |
| Ingredients | Indigo leaf powder only. Other ingredients or chemicals not used |
| For | Hair coloring |
| Weight | 920 gm. |
| Excluding packing material weight | |
| Delivery | Free shipping across India |
| Packing | Airtight pressing covers |
| Shelf life | 18 months, if stored airtight |
Packing & Delivery
Product will be packed within a working day and shipped by DTDC / Xpressbees / Ecom Express / Delhivery / Ekart. It then takes 3 to 6 days to reach you based on the delivery location.
