Mahogany Hair Dye Ingredients

Indigofera Tinctoria - The common name true indigo and is one of the original sources of indigo dye.  The dye from I. Tinctoria is still available, marketed as natural coloring.

Lawsonia Inermis - Henna or Hina is a flowering plant.  It produces a red-orange dye molecule, lawsone. This molecule has an affinity for bonding with protein in skin, hair, fingernails, leather, silk and wool.

Red Kaolinite or Red Clay - Has been known to draw out excess dirt, oils and other impurities, when paired with Henna it leaves the hair soft and shiny.

Eclipta Alba - "Bhringraj"- Is a plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, In ayurvedicmedicine, the leaf extract is considered a powerful liver tonic, rejuvenative, and especially good for the hair. A black dye obtained from Eclipta alba is used for dyeing hair and tattooing.

Centella Asiatica -  A small herbaceous annual plant of the family Mackinlayaceae. It is a mild adaptogen, is mildly antibacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerogenic, anxiolytic, a cerebral tonic, a circulatory stimulant, a diuretic, nervine and vulnerary.

Terminalia Chebula -  An evergreen tree whose fruit is believed to have medicinal qualities to cure many different aliments.  It is regarded as a universal panacea in the Ayur-Vedic Medicine.

Terminalia Bellirica Roxb. -  In traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Beleric is known as "Bibhitaki;" in its fruit form it is used in the popular Indian herbal rasayana treatment triphala.