Henna Hair Dye: A Brief History.

Henna Hair Dye Botanical Name: Lawsonia inermis

“Henna (Lawsonia inermis, also called mignonette tree¹) is a flowering plant used since antiquity to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather and wool. The name is also used for dye preparations derived from the plant, and for the art of temporary tattooing based on those dyes. Henna has been used as a cosmetic hair dye for 6,000 years. In Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra and Nefertiti were known to have used it. It was commonly used for many centuries in areas of India, the Middle East, and Africa.”*

Henna Hair Dye through History

“In Europe, henna hair dye was popular among women connected to the aesthetic movement and the Pre-Raphaelite artists of England in the 1800s. The fashion for Orientalism led young women with a bohemian inclination to begin tinting their hair with henna.² Dante Gabriel Rosetti's wife and muse, Elizabeth Siddal, had naturally bright red hair. Contrary to the cultural tradition in Britain that considered red hair unattractive, the Pre-Raphaelites fetishized red hair. Siddal was portrayed by Rosetti in many paintings that emphasized her flowing red hair.³ The other Pre-Raphaelites, including Frederic Leighton, Evelyn de Morgan, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, and French painters such as Gaston Bussière (painter) and the Impressionists further popularized the association of henna hair dye and young bohemian women.  

Opera singer Adelina Patti is sometimes credited with popularizing the use of henna hair color in Europe in the late 1800s. Parisian courtesan Cora Pearl was often referred to as La Lune Rousse (the red moon) for dying her hair red. In her memoirs, she relates an incident when she dyed her pet dog's fur to match her own henna hair color.⁴ By the 1950s, Lucille Ball popularized "henna rinse" as her character, Lucy Ricardo, called it on the television show I Love Lucy. Henna hair color gained popularity among young people in the 1960s through growing interest in Eastern cultures.⁵”**

 

About Lustrous Henna® Natural Hair Dye

Since the start of the civilization we have always cherished beauty. Once upon a time when modern day chemical concoctions were not available, henna hair color was the most admired herb for beautifying hair and skin. However, the choice of henna hair color was limited.

• Lustrous Henna® natural hair dye is nontoxic, contains no chemicals such as Para-phenlenediamine (PPD). It is PPD-free! See: Ingredients of Lustrous Henna ®.
• Lustrous Henna® natural hair dye also does not contain ammonia, peroxide, or other synthetic dyes.
• Lustrous Henna® is 100% natural hair dye and comes in 9 beautiful henna hair colors shades (combined with other natural botanicals).
• Lustrous Henna® natural hair dye is truly admired by and benefits all users, male or female.

*Article partially reprinted.**Sources cited from Wikipedia “Henna”: 1.Bailey, L.H., Bailey, E.Z., and the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.2· Kortsch, Christine Bayles (2009). Dress Culture In Late Victorian Womens' Fiction. Ashgate. pp. 81. ISBN 978-0754665106.3·"Aesthetics". Retrieved August 15, 2011.4· Pearl, Cora (2009). The Memoirs of Cora Pearl. General Books LLC. pp. 978–1151590527. ISBN ISBN-10: 1151590525.5·Sherrow, Victoria (2006). Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History. Greenwood. pp. 206–207. ISBN ISBN-10: 0313331456 ISBN-13: 978-0313331459.  


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Author: L.J. O'Neal, writer and researcher. (L.J. is also a Lustrous Henna® user.)

©2011. L.J. O’Neal. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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