It’s important to use distilled water with Ancient Sunrise products like henna, cassia and indigo, and you can see why in this picture. We held a spoonful of tap water over a flame until all the water boiled away. The white film you see in the spoon on the right is the residue from minerals […]

A question we often answer is whether it’s possible to “eyeball” the measurements when mixing henna. You can do rough estimates of the ingredients in your mix but it’s better to use precise measurements to get consistent color. It’s also important, when you’re creating your own mix, to make careful measurements and take notes to […]

This is my hennaed hair! I hope you can see how it shines, how it is healthy and thick. It is all thanks to henna!!!! My hair is naturally dark brown and with henna and indigo it is becoming a bit darker and sooooo shiny!!! I have used henna for the past 3 or 4 […]

I have been bleaching highlights into my hair since the beginning of time and hating the results without fail. Generally my hair does not hold dye very well at all, so after a week or so, I end up with an ugly brassy color and fried hair. Here is my hair two weeks after using […]

Some people ask why our products aren’t pre-mixed like some other companies’ products. When purchasing Ancient Sunrise hair color products you can buy a kit but the products will be individually packaged. Henna, Cassia and Indigo work on different development levels. Henna and cassia need to have time to dye release properly. To get the […]

Ancient Sunrise fruit acid powders can help you get the best results when you use henna to color your hair. We offer several choices to give your hair the right tone. For henna-only mixes or henna/cassia mixes, your best options are Ancient Sunrise Malluma Kristalovino, Citric acid, Copperberry and Kristalovino. Malluma Kristalovino gives a deeper, […]

A few months back, my mom and aunts asked me to start dying their hair at home rather than shell out the big $$$ at the salon. My mom and one of her sisters are very gray, while my other aunt only has a spray of gray in the front with a few grays throughout. […]

My natural hair color is black with considerable amount of gray. I used to use commercial hair dye to cover the gray. Last summer my sister introduced henna to me. From then on, I henna my hair once a month. My mix is very simple: with my short but thick hair, I use about 50g […]

My hair is normally what my friends call “dirty dishwater blonde”. It’s also rather fine so although I’ve always wanted it long, every time I grow it out it starts splitting and getting coarse feeling. Anyway, I’d heard about how good henna is for hair, so I decided to do some research and in the […]

My natural hair color is a strawberry blonde, but have been experimenting with different colors for several years trying to find a color that was me. I was disappointed in over-the-counter hair dyes because they just didn’t last and I was also becoming concerned about the effects all those chemicals they contain may have. So […]