Ancient Sunrise© Henna for Hair
by Catherine Cartwright-Jones, PhD
The NEW
"Ancient Sunrise® Henna for Hair" book explores the art, science, techniques, and history of using henna, indigo, and cassia to dye hair. This book is a timely update of the previous book, "Henna for Hair" by Catherine Cartwright-Jones, to address the problem of the epidemic of para-phenylenediamine sensitization: the increasingly dangerous and widespread allergy to chemical hair dye.
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Chapter 1 "Henna for Hair"
This
chapter discusses the risks of using chemical hair dye, and the
epidemiology of millions of cases of hair dye allergy and
introduces the solution for allergies to chemical hair dye and
associated chemical sensitivities.
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Chapter 3 "Compound Henna"
This chapter discusses the addition of metallic
salts and other dyes to henna, and how these created conflicts
with chemical hair dye.
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Chapters 2 and 4 are being revised and will be available soon.
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Chapter 5 "Plants that Dye Hair"
This chapter discusses henna, indigo, and cassia, (lawsonia inermis, indigofera
tinctoria
, and cassia obovata) and the chemistry of each of these dye plants.
Understanding the botany of these plants will help you
understand how to get the best results from your henna hair
dye.
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Chapter 6 " Henna and Acidic Mixes"
Learn
about the necessary chemistry of mixing henna and cassia with a
mildly acidic liquid. This chapter discusses several sources of
fruit acids, and how each has a different effect on henna.
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Chapter 7 "Mixing and Testing your Henna Mix"
This chapter discusses the mixing, dye release,
formulation, and testing of a wide range of non-chemical
permanent colors from henna, indigo, and cassia. This
chapter includes step-by-step instructions to produce the color
you want for your hair.
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Chapter 8 "How to Henna Your Hair"
This
chapter has step-by-step instructions for first time users dyeing hair
blonde, red, brunette or black with henna indigo, and cassia.
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Chapter 10 "Lightening your Hennaed Hair"
This chapter discusses the application of henna
over chemically lightened hair, and chemically lightening
hennaed hair and demonstrates the technique of highlights with henna and foils.
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Chapter 12 "Troubleshooting"
This chapter provides answers to the most
frequent questions from people who henna their hair; these
include problems with hard water, slight adjustments in color,
getting complete and permanent color, and the occasional
surprise.
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Chapter 13 "Henna and Your Health"
This chapter discusses the safety and wellness
aspects of dyeing your hair with henna: why it is recommended
for pregnant and nursing women, how it can enhance your
wellness, and who should not dye their hair with henna.
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Chapter 14 "Stylists and Salons"
This chapter is directed to stylists who wish to incorporate
henna into their salons because they need to serve clients who
have become sensitized to chemical hair dye, or they,
themselves, have become sensitized to chemicals.
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"Ancient Sunrise® Henna for Hair"
by
Catherine Cartwright-Jones PhD is
licensed under a
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
License
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