About Henna Hut? and Harvest Moon? Cosmetics
Henna Hut? was born October 2006 and officially launched in June of 2007. Jamie and Rodney Harper pioneered the natural beard dye industry and re-invented the natural hair dye industry, with both investigative intuition and perseverance. We never copied anyone and only learned by our own experiences. We had never heard of henna hair dye or chemical free hair dye and came up with the idea while at a festival doing henna tattoos, when a lady walked up and said she did her hair with it. At that very moment a light bulb went off. Doing research we found no one was mixing any henna or indigo and basically sold it in a zip lock baggy and had people mix it themselves.
Research
It was when we started doing research that we found thousands of people with "secret" or "summer" recipes. This intrigued our curiosity and started the forward motion of what made Henna Hut's? Harvest Moon? what it is today.
We also soon learned that henna is a perishable commodity and that a whopping 95% in stores was bad and even worse 90% on the internet was also in perish. This sent us on a quest to India that would never be the same.
After going through several hundred henna fields and growers, we learned many things that made great henna and horrible henna. The land needed nourishment and it simply could not set out over time.
Our mission was simple: Give people the absolute best highest quality henna regardless of how much it cost us. Help the planet and help those that are sick from chemical hair dye and cancer.
It took two years to find that quest and at 7 years later we have several suppliers and have a licensed trade mark in India and many other countries. This is and still continues to be the most challenging business in our lives, while it took over 3 years to make a profit, we never gave up.
To this date, Henna Hut? has mixed henna over 2,000 different ways with other natural ingredients. Our biggest goal is to help the people have gotten sick from chemical hair dye and those that chemical hair dye is bad for them from the start. Another major impact is our planet. Millions of gallons and packets of chemical hair dye go down the drain each and every year. Our goal is planet and people awareness and the health of our customers.
Packaging
We strive to the highest standards of customer service fast service and quality product. We answer all calls and with professional staff at the other end. We have lived in Texas for over 35 years and inventory over 1 million in products.
We use limited environmental packaging, no boxes for the simple reason we are tree huggers and animal lovers. We are the pioneers in packaging. We make it environmentally recyclable 100% and packaged to be fresh every time guaranteed.
Who We Are
We have rescued over 14 animals in the past few years and house, Buddy, Emma Lou (Australian shepherds), cats - Pixie, Dixie, Scarlet, Flash and loving memory Cozmo (RIP) . Yep Pixie and Dixie are named after the cartoon mice! Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks 1950's cartoon characters.
Rod Harper Founder - Loves outdoors, playing golf, working on the PC, loves his wife Jamie and son Nic and animals!
Jamie Harper Co-founder CFO - Loves the outdoors and building bird feeders as well as watching them. She loves the beach and swimming as well as her favorite sitcom she also loves animals so much she would adopt them all if possible.
Nick Harper- Loves BMX bike riding and Camaros. He has out grown his Xbox and is now looking to score his first Camaro. Nick is the gopher of the group. He loves fishing, the beach and traveling as well.
Brooke -Customer service manager loves the outdoors, roping and riding, animal rescue and raising great Danes, animals, blogging and photo shop. She is in customer service and is sweet as pecan pie, a true country girl.
Wilma - Shipping and handling manager. Wilma has been with us for a long time and wears a lot of hats, she fills orders and gets it all ready for bob. She loves to travel in her RV and is also an animal rescue person. She has over 7 dogs and 2 cats at any given time. Pugs and chiwawa are her favorite. Loves scrap booking and doing research on her ancestry.
Bob - Shipping and handling- Bob is the man, he is also an animal rescuer and mad about shipping on time. Bob is like a Timex watch. When it comes to shipping he gets the job done. Rain or shine, cold or hot our packages go out at 5:30 every day Monday - Friday. This is how we are able to ship all the way to 5pm central time.
Shasta- Online email customer service: if you are on the website, forum or sending emails, more than likely you will be talking with Shasta. Shasta has been with us from the start and extremely professional and knowledgeable. Shasta, also an avid animal lover has guinea pigs and dogs and loves spending time with her husband. She loves shopping and doing hair, the perfect ingredient for the business. She amazes everyone she types so fast with super long nails. She admits her touch screen phone is sometimes a problem though.
Our mission is simple, help save mother Earth, and get as many as we can off of chemical dependence and give the best service possible. We love our customers and love hearing from them. Our dyes and product are safe for the whole family and we plan on keeping it that way.
