Surya Cream Henna Hair Color - Natural Ingredients

by Surya Amazonia Preciosa

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Product Description

Color: Ash Blond

Surya Cream is a temporary coloring and hair treatment, in a ready-to-use cream presentation. Practical and easy-to-use, it is a natural and organic product, made from rare and exotic herbs and fruits of Brazil - Amazônia - and India. This product also colors white hair, with no peroxide, heavy metals or ammonia. It treats and conditions, due to the action of the natural properties of herbs and fruits, namely: -Henna: Plant that moisturizes and forms a protective layer on each hair strand. -Arnica: Plant which is a capillary stimulant and acts as a vasoprotector. -Achillea Millefolium: Plant that acts as an analgesic and a bactericide. -Chamomile: Plant that acts as a dermal protector, descongestant, and is a natural tranquilizer. -Amla: An Indian fruit rich in Vitamin C -Mallow: Plant that acts as an emollient, is a natural tranquilizer, and protector. -Hazelnut: Softens and lubricates -Guaraná: A Brazilian fruit that acts as a capillary stimulant. -Honey: An antioxidant and moisturizer. -Açai: Brazilian fruit that moisturizes, acts as an emollient and as a remineralizer -Carrot: Softens and protects skin. -Juá: Brazilian fruit that is tensoactive, anti-inflammatory, and peripheral circulation stimulant. -Aloe Vera: Plant that moisturizes, softens and acts as an emollient.-Acerola: Brazilian fruit rich in Vitamin C. -Brazil Nut: Moisturizes, revitalizes, conditions and acts as an emollient  

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000YDAZRG
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,384 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Color but NOT "all natural"!!, February 28, 2007

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thinking out loud (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Surya Henna Mahogany Cream 2.31 Ounces (Misc.)

First, be warned that this is NOT a nice, super-safe, all natural herbal henna hair color! The advertising and packaging are very misleading. The main ingredients in this preparation are Ethoxydiglicol (helps the dye penetrate the hair shaft), which is NOT recognized as safe in Europe and even worse is the Methylpyrrolidone which is an industrial solvent! There are other less than innocuous ingredients including monoethanalomine and mineral oil. This is all listed in micro-size print on the bottom flap of the box and requires a magnifying glass to read. On the side of the box they list all the warm, fuzzy, safe, "natural" ingredients in large type with little pictures.

Since the "natural, herbal" ingredients comprise far less of this product than the "questionable unnatural" ingredients, I think this is just plain unethical, especially given their web site advertisements making it sound as if their product is so much safer than hair dyes with ammonia, PPD and peroxide, which is just not true. PPD looks to be bad news but is it worse than coating your scalp with an industrial solvent and leaving it on for 45 minutes??!! Ammonia and peroxide dry out your hair, but so do Ehtyoxydiglicol (which acts similar to hydrogen peroxide) and mineral oil.

That being said, it did color my gray quickly and easily with the first application and the resulting color is very nice. I mixed Mahogany with Burgundy as Mahagany is orangish -brown and Burgundy is pinkish brown and together they gave me a fairly natural look. However, my hair was VERY dry and felt awful after I put the dye on it. I used an intensive conditioner after the next 3 shampoos which helped quite a bit.

Overall, I am not sure I would use this product again. I like the color and the ease with which it goes on and I like the fact that it covers gray so well, but I don't like the false advertising of this company and I don't like the way the product made my hair feel. I had been using typical consumer hair coloring products (L'Oreal and Clairol) for years and I don't think I will go back to them either. I want something safer, but effective and I think I will keep looking.

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers Gray Wonderfully Easy!, July 11, 2007

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Happily Natural (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surya Henna Dark Brown Cream 2.31 Ounces (Misc.)

I've been using this product for 2 years on my African-American medium curly hair. My hairdresser was uncomfortable applying henna on top of all the chemical dye (and bleach) she had been using on my hair for over a year to cover gray. I switched to henna on my own, trying various types (forget the powder-it's too messy and iffy for color). None of the hennas caused adverse effect to my hair. Surya Henna was the only henna that covered all my gray immediately. My hair was fabulously shiny! Once a month treatment keeps my gray at bay (approximately the same amount of time to touch up chemical dyes for my hair). Rinse color out of hair well to reduce staining on your pillow. But it is easily washed out of anything that gets stained. If you use a clarifier before shampooing your hair (like lemon juice and water) the henna connects with the hair better, and there is significantly less runoff of color. This is temporary color, so each time you wash your hair henna will rinse out as well. If for nothing else but shine, a once a month treatment will do wonders for hair!

86 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unnatural ingredients, October 1, 2007

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C. Harris "reviews by cech" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surya Henna Chocolate Cream 2.31 Ounces (Misc.)

This product says it's made from all natural ingredients, but once you really read the fine print, it has the following:

May contain the following:
HC Blue 2
HC Yellow 5
HC Red 3
HC Yellow 2
HC Yellow 4
HC Red 1
Disperse Violet 1
HC Violet 14 D
Disperse Black

So basically you are putting a bunch of synthetic dyes on your head. If you search on any of these synthetic dyes, they are pretty scary.

The product does a nice job of coloring your hair....but it certainly isn't a natural product. I tried calling the company, but they are down in Brazil and my portugese is pretty lousy!

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