Thread: Rainbow Henna product review

Hey ladies- wanted to give you my recent experiance with this product.

I have sandy blondish mousy brown hair but I'm huge fan of henna- I have been ordering henna/indigo from hennafromhair for almost a year now and I love it. I do the henna straight followed by the indigo- yes it is more time consuming but it I really like the resulting black. Much more natural than the a box die of any shade of black.

Like I said- been doing this for almost a year- so I have quet a bit of build up.


Well I've been a bit rough in the financial department and since a hard hat is part of my daily attire- roots showing isn't usually a big deal.

But alas I have an interview and my regular batch of indigo won't get here in time so I picked up some Rainbow Henna- shade of ebony black to cover my rather substantial roots.

Now- to the important part.

I was a little thrown off with the directions- boiling water- no wait time

Different from henna which typically requires several hours to release-and you use lemon juice and inigo can be used immediately and is mixed with water.)

Product smells HORRIBLE- similar to the earthy emelll of henna/indgo but not really but looked vaguly ike the indigo I use so I pressed on.

Its much more grainy and was far more chalky than the henna and definitly more than the indigo (which can be chalky and fall off in clumps- this stuff was 10 times worse than the regular procedure- which is indeed messy and labor intensive on its own- don't get me wrong.)

I waited about 2 hrs to let it set on my short length hair.

Washed as usual and I blow dried a bit (not normal for me) just to see the final result faster.

And... now I see- my roots have a distint green tint.

had my hair been longer or more of it someway- it might have been less of an issue- but as short as it is- the roots were definitly noticable- not glowing green- but that grayish green.

And the rest of my hair was chalky and not happy- which is obviously a big departure from the soft result of the henna.

So. Off I went to a professional to get it fixed for my interview- couldn't be helped unfortunately. It looks fine now- no issue with the black chemical match they did- but it will be back to the henna/indigo in 4 weeks.

I can't tell you about the other colors or variations- I didn't try them- but- now you know- the eboy Rainbow henna- FAIL.

I do NOT recommend this product at ALL. Stick with henna from hair products if you want to go ith henna or indigo.

Thanks for the 'heads up' (har, har...I slay me)....Light Mountain is easier to use and does give a pretty good result but you have to live with greenish roots for a couple days until the color oxidizes to black. What kind of henna do you use?

I did a little product review after I bought it and before I used it and it had mixred reviews- but I was suprised I honestly had no idea that light mountain or rainbow exhisted- I only knew of henna for hair- and I'm very happy with their stuff!

I typically buy any one thats on sale that I can get about 5-600 grams of at a pop. I think I started with the yemen and moved to the stuff from pakistan.

I think I got such a marked color difference on this rather than what I normally use is that I go henna as one full step- and then I do indigo as a full second step.

this was supposed to be one step on its on (which I was skeptical of but again- emergency!!!) and I didn't have time to wait it out- I wouldn't have cared as it was close enough for day to day life under a hard hat or under a beanie and just suffered with it until my indigo came.

I'm pretty sure I'd be down right mad if I used this product for a "black" and that was the only product I used. Unsatisfactory.

It shouldn't be marketed or sold as henna if it's a "shade of ebony black". Since you're familiar with henna, you should know right away that there's something fishy going on since pure henna is red-brown shade, NOT black especially if you see blackish powder in there! Be careful...there might be PPD in that mix since it's not asking for acids for dye release.

that was my first suspicion- but they pretty much preblended the indigo and henna- and it looked a lot like actual indigo when I got my hands on it.

Ingredients: Lawsonia Inermis (Red Henna), Indigofereae (Black Henna)

I think they threw cassia in some of the other ones.


But I checked for PPD- saw nothing- and it definitly didn't smell chemical in the least.

Shrug. there are some great reviews but my experiance- sucked. LOL