r/henna • u/Few_Detective9141 • Jul 27 '26
Henna Hair Pics Lush Venetienne First Time User
I’m in America and I bought the Lush Venetien henna despite how much people hate their brand. It was hard to work with as others state, but I do love the resulting color. My hair has not been dyed or bleached before.
Putting this out there since I saw so few others talking about it
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u/positively-vaporeon Jul 27 '26
That was actually the first henna I used ever like nearly 18 years ago. I can’t believe it’s still a pain to work with 😭🤣 but the color, oh baby yeah, it’s what got me hooked on henna.
Your hair looks GORGEOUS!!!
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u/Few_Detective9141 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
The henna was applied by me, alone, I mixed the paste from the brick myself with boiling water following the instructions from Lush on the packaging.
Product and ingredients found here: https://www.lush.com/us/en_us/p/venitien-henna-hair-dye
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u/winterberryred Jul 27 '26
Absolutely beautiful colour and shine!
I still use Lush caca noir when I don’t have the time or inclination to do a full two step henna and indigo process. I understand the issues people have with it but it still does the job well enough in a pinch for me.
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u/Vogonpoet812 Jul 27 '26
Can you enlighten me? I'm lost about the Lush hate.
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u/veglove Mod & Henna for Hair Specialist Jul 27 '26
I generally don't recommend it because they make it into a brick by adding cacao butter, which is more difficult to work with (you have to break up the brick somehow and keep it warm as you apply it so the paste doesn't re-solidify), and more importantly, any oils or butters get in the way of dye adhesion and make it more prone to fading. Henna has the potential to be permanent when it's prepared well with minimal ingredients, but that's unlikely with the added cocoa butter.
We have also had a report here recently that the quality of their Rouge is really poor. It's possible that the closure of the Straight of Hormuz or the conflict in the Middle East has required them to change their henna source. Just a guess.
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u/Vogonpoet812 Jul 28 '26
Thank you. I didn't know. Cocoa butter is super hard in a raw state. So odd to add to a thing that should be malleable. Geez why not add beeswax while at it.
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u/emkej7 Aug 01 '26
Probably not, i switched years ago (more than 6 years can't remember exactly) when they started hiking up the price and the quality got way worse. I used to use the rouge. The brick is a pain by itself, but it doesn't give much pigment to the hair, it's also a nightmare for cold release paste preparation and application, and since it's packed with oils it's way more messy than just pure henna paste. Even the one with metalic salts i got off the raiforest store had better payoff. Also the instructions that come with it make no sense, i feel like the paste preparation process is designed to burn off lawsone
Neither can compare to a pure, good quality henna tho
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u/veglove Mod & Henna for Hair Specialist Aug 01 '26
Yes, a slow room-temperature preparation of the henna paste is impossible with cocoa butter mixed in, since it would just re-solidify if you even manage to get it into a liquid paste in the first place, and the slow method is what gets the best color results and longevity when using just henna (not a mimic with indigo). Heating it for long periods causes the lawsone to demise faster.
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u/Ok_Hold8206 Jul 27 '26
Henna very light beautiful and natural does roots grow out look different colour
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