Indigo - Natural Hair Dye

Applications: Hair care

Difficulty of use: Normal

Cosmetic recipes: Yes

Different ways to use this product:

• As a macerate (leave to macerate for 24 hours in water at 4°C in the fridge) or as an infusion (10 minutes in water at 70°C), then filter through a coffee filter. This macerate can be used in rinsing lotions, shampoos or other hair care products.

• In powder form: in hair colouring pastes, in hair mascaras, in dry shampoos, in bar shampoos.

Warning: using plant-based colouring powders on bleached hair gives more intense colours!

How to prepare your colouring paste

How much paste for how long hair?

Roots

50 g or 1/4 of a 250 g pack

Short hair

100 g or 1/3 of a 250 g pack

Medium-length hair

150 g or 1/2 250 g pack

Long hair

250 g or 1 whole pack of 250 g

Making the colouring paste

Application of colour paste

What results will you achieve by applying 100% Indigo to your hair?

On white hair

Before and after

Result: Bluish white

On dark brown hair

Before and after

Result: Bluish black

On ginger hair

Before and after

Result: Bluish black

Quick recipe from Aroma-Zone

Mix 100 g Rajasthani Henna + 350 g water

Add 100 g Indigo + 350 g water

Note: This recipe is for short hair. Multiply the ingredients by 3 if you have long hair.

Recommended blends

In blends, always use:

• After using Rajasthani henna or Egyptian henna.

To create a hair care product, we recommend adding non-colouring plant-based powders. Select according to your hair's needs (see How do you colour your hair naturally? for suggestions).

On blonde hair

Dark chestnut

Before and after

• 100% Egyptian Henna

• Then 100% Indigo

Natural brown

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• Then 100% Indigo

On ginger hair

Deep brown

Before and after

• 100% Egyptian Henna

• Then 100% Indigo

Ebony black

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• Then 100% Katam

Bluish black

Before and after

100% Indigo

On light chestnut hair

Deep brown

Before and after

• 100% Egyptian Henna

• Then 100% Indigo

Brown with mahogany highlights

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• Then 100% Indigo

Brown with copper highlights

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• Then 50% Amla + 50% Indigo

On dark chestnut hair

Ebony black

Before and after

• 100% Egyptian Henna

• Then 100% Indigo

Bluish black

Before and after

• 100% Indigo

Black liquorice

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• 100% Katam

On white hair

Spotlight on the coverage of white hair:

Honey chestnut

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• Then 50% Indigo + 50% Amla

Bluish grey

Before and after

100% Indigo

Natural brown

Before and after

• 100% Rajasthani Henna

• 100% Indigo

Culture

Organic, certified by Ecocert Greenlife in accordance with the Ecocert standard available at http://cosmetiques.ecocert.com

Quality

100% pure and natural, just plants.

This indigo comes directly from an organic producer in Rajasthan, India. Once harvested, the leaves are taken to Jodhpur to be washed, dried and ground. The fineness and regularity of this powder makes it easy to make the paste, and ensures that it adheres well to your hair for optimal results when dyeing your hair.

Production process

The leaves are soaked in water, then dried and ground to a fine powder.

Part of the plant extracted

Indigo leaves

Function

Ingredient for plant-based hair dye

Country of origin

India

INCI name

Indigofera tinctoria leaf powder

Presentation

Very fine-grained powder, green in colour and with the odour of dried grass, packaged in a zip-lock bag.

Main active ingredients

Natural precursors of indigotine and indorubine, blue pigments that are released onto the hair on contact with air in the presence of water.

Storage

Store away from air, moisture and light. Close the container tightly after each use.

Precautions

• Powedered product, do not use near a source of ventilation.

• Staining product, protect clothing when using.

• Avoid contact with eyes; if contact occurs, rinse thoroughly with clean water.

• Keep out of reach of children.

• This powder is highly active. We recommend that you always perform a patch test in the crease of the elbow 24 hours before application.

• It is not advisable to carry out chemical bleaching after colouring with natural indigo. This is because the melanin (the hair's natural pigment) is oxidised by the product, which lightens the hair's basic shade, but the pigments deposited by the plant on the hair can remain and stand out, which can lead to blue-green highlights. We advise you to wait at least 6 weeks after colouring your hair with indigo to allow it to fade before any chemical bleaching.