Surya Brasil Henna Dark Brown Cream - 2.37 Ounce

I absolutely love Surya Brasil Dark Brown Henna! My hair is 90% gray, and after being gray for over five years, I decided it was time for a change. I discovered this product through Dr. Dray on YouTube, who recommended it as a non-toxic, chemical-free hair dye that leaves your hair softer, shinier, and healthier. That’s exactly why I gave it a try—and now I’m on my third bottle! This henna has exceeded all my expectations. My hair looks amazing, and I often receive compliments on how soft and shiny it is. One thing to note: I do need to leave the product in my hair for at least double the recommended time to fully cover my grays. For root touch-ups, I need to refresh my roots every three weeks or so. When I do this, I simply mix the touch-up amount into my roots and then work it into my hair, like highlights, ensuring it blends seamlessly. What I love most about Surya Brasil is that it has no strong smell, no harsh chemicals, and no irritation. As someone highly sensitive to chemicals, I stopped dyeing my hair years ago, but this product has been a perfect solution. It’s gentle, effective, and leaves my hair looking and feeling healthier every time I use it. I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. If you’re looking for a safe, non-toxic way to dye your hair and improve its health and appearance, I highly recommend giving Surya Brasil a try. You won’t regret it!

I find it interesting to read the reviews for this product, because some people expect it to be as natural as pure henna powder, and others expect it to be as convenient, lasting or as exactly-colored as chemical hair dye. It does neither perfectly, but comes closer than anything and strikes an excellent balance. This company has in reality created a new category, which is a natural hair dye that contains some real henna extract and way fewer chemicals than the standard stuff, even when called "natural." (naturtint for example contains PPD.) So I've seen negative reviews from people who expect it to be one way or another, but far more positive reviews from people who realize the beauty of the new category. It isn't pretending to be 100% henna and isn't hiding the ingredients. Personally, I love it. I come from the 100% pure category, but now I've switched and Surya dark brown cream is now my new go-to favorite. Warning the next part is long! But fun and informative if you want to read. :) For the last several years (7+) I've been regularly dyeing my 15ish% gray hair (almost all in front!) with henna and buxus, and more recently, henna and indigo. Those who have dark hair and cover gray with henna know what I'm talking about. For those new to henna, I'll explain. First you mix the henna powder a day before you want to use it. Then you prepare your bathroom and get everything out of the way that could be stained, and put the whole goop on your hair. it smells wonderful if you like the smell of henna and awful if you either don't like it or maybe aren't used to it. You leave it in for two hours or overnight. You carefully pick up the pieces of it that fell on the floor and made a huge mess. And wear old clothes or you darkest bathrobe for the application. You can't really clean house or do anything else--if you have light carpets or furniture--because the occasional drop WILL come out and stain something. You pretty much have to lie down and rest. Then you remove it. That takes about an hour, all told. My old process was: wake my husband up at 5am to bring out a huge bucket of warm water to the yard where the henna wouldn't stain anything, rinse, repeat (black swimsuit outside in any weather, yes, 5am because I can no longer remain asleep with the massive, leaking henna turban on my head). Then go in the bathroom and rinse, wash, condition, etc. The next step was buxus, which was wonderful until we had a trade embargo with Yemen and couldn't get it anymore. For those not familiar, I will explain again. I have that odd shade of "midnight brown" hair someone else referred to in a review here, which appears black from a distance, but up close is actually a dark ash brown, even a medium ash brown with a dark cast to it. And I do have natural red & mahogany highlights. Buxus as a second step after henna would produce a muddy reddish brown, dark enough not to look red or brassy and light enough not to look vampy. But alas, buxus fades very quickly. If your natural hair is pure jet black, it's easy for you. You can apply straight henna then straight indigo (which lasts longer than buxus) for about an hour each, and you'll get an all-natural, pure jet black that is pretty much permanent. My South Indian friend tried it and it looked gorgeous on her, but it was too much work so she went back to plain red henna. For me the problem is that if my hair turns black, I just look awful and vampy. When my hair darkens beyond a teeny fraction of a shade, my skin looks grayish and pale (which normally appears light olive and rosy), wrinkles appear that were never there before, my grays turn YELLOW and the rest of my normally ash brown hair is BLACK so I look like a BUMBLEBEE. So for the last year or so since I couldn't get buxus, I used Henna, (the painstaking process described above) and then Henna plus Indigo as a second step. Another painstaking process, believe me. The color comes out okay, but a bit dark for my taste. And I have to be extremely careful with how long I leave it on. If I leave it on 5 minutes too long it'll get that blackish cast again and I'll be vampy all over again. But the fuss was worth it because I wasn't visibly gray and it was truly all natural and even organic. :) So I happily went through that elaborate process for several years! Fast forward to now and I'm running two businesses, not one, and can't do it anymore! Plus the fact that my gray quantity has increased enough that I have to redo it EVERY WEEK. For me that was where the rubber met the road. I searched "natural hair dye" hoping someone might have come up with something easy and relatively natural that worked. I was delighted to find Surya Henna cream! It works great! It's reddish but dark enough with some dark brown that it's not screaming, and not too black. It still has a little bit of that red/black thing going, but the colors are soft enough that I look like neither like Ronald McDonald nor a vampire. And it's SO EASY. It works perfectly when you follow the instructions! ;) Let me tell you my mistakes with use so you don't have to repeat them. :) I first tried the burgundy in this brand (followed by a little black to stop the shouting of red) and got great coverage with oily hair. I used to leave my hair unwashed for several days before applying henna (it's good for it and helps the color stick) so did that in this case, thinking the effect might be similar. The burgundy stuck fine, but the black didn't take at all. So this time I tried the straight dark brown over one week unwashed hair (and extra oil added) and nothing took! Well, it did but there were still some pale roots. So, when all else fails, follow the instructions! I washed again, didn't condition, then re-applied. The color is a teeny bit on the dark side (duh...I applied it twice!) but still great, very soft and shiny, and oh, did I mention how EASY it is? I may go back to Henna and buxus at some point if we can get buxus again, and maybe even henna/ hennaindigo again occasionally just for fun...when I don't have so much to do. But I'm so glad I've found this and that someone cared to experiment with all these lovely herbs and a few not-too-scary chemicals so we can have this wonderful, luscious convenience! I'm a convert!

I switch to a henna-based color about nine months ago. I wanted to use something that didn’t have a strong odor, and that hopefully would save my hair. I’m about 40% gray, and I have a huge “skunk stripe” in the front of my hairline. The picture that you can see is the day of coloring. Usually my hairline is very white. Almost all of my gray hair is concentrated at the front as well as my temples. Which is unfortunate for me, But this henna color does a very good job of hiding that. If you have any experience with Hannah color, you know that you can’t use it to make your hair get lighter, but that was never my goal, I just want to have chestnut brown hair like I did when I was younger. I know that and it doesn’t work for everyone, but this one has really worked for me. I mix the Hana in a bowl and use a brush to apply it at the route and at my hairline. I apply it to clean, wet hair. I also use a clarifying shampoo BEFORE applying the color to get all the oils out of my hair first. I don’t think that’s technically “required” but I always have better gray coverage when I do that. Are use a shower cap and also I use a hat to keep my head warm while the color is processing. I’ve learned overtime that my gray hair is extremely stubborn, so I usually leave it on about two hours. It doesn’t irritate my scalp at all, and I have very sensitive skin. The processing time is long, and that is a bit of a pain, but it’s worth it for me. It completely covers my gray, doesn’t irritate my scalp, and doesn’t have a foul odor. I always wash it out with the co-wash shampoo, like Wen. I don’t use regular shampoo as a matter of course, except before I color my hair, and that might be why my color last longer but it seems to last a really long time. I only do all over color about once every two months. That takes an entire container. I do a touch up about every three weeks, I just pour a small amount into a mixing bowl and apply it to the front of my hair as well as my temples and once again use a shower cap and a beanie to keep my head warm and moist while the color is processing. It took a while to get used to this kind of color, as opposed to other box colors, but I like this one so much more. My hair is much healthier now.

Happy with the product and will buy again

Surya cream henna is the best. The only thing I noticed lately though is that their "golden blonde" is no longer golden brownish, it makes hair reddish, so I'm not thrilled about that, but it still does the trick.

Es un buen producto de pintura para el cabello sin maltratar, libre de amonia lo recomiendo ampliamente

Very happy with my experience of this product so far. A much less toxic option for adding natural looking beautiful healthy colour to my naturally dark brown hair that has some grey's coming through. Thank you. It is beautiful and most of all, I'm so impressed that the colour is such a perfect match for my dark hair! :)

It takes more than an hour probably have to put in for at least 3 hours to get a perfect colour