The Cassia Thread (see first post for link to FAQs)

[Nightshade]

I´m sorry to hear that. Do you think you had a good quality cassia from a reputable seller? Sometimes they *might* mix something else in, which you are unaware of - some other, cheaper herb (which you might be allergic to), or, as I´ve heard - green sand (gasp!). I had a lower quality cassia years ago, which gave me a green tint I could not get rid of - I don´t think it was only cassia, but something else mixed in as well.

The green tint is almost never from additives, but from the Chrysophanic acid reacting with minerals in your water. It will stay on your hair until you use something chelating to remove the minerals. Senna is generally a very inexpensive herb, so while odds of it being cut with something else is possible, there's no great profit motive for it.

[Bat]

I have no issue with the henna and indigo I got from the same person I'm wondering if I'm just very slightly allergic to it or it could be the upside down washes but I've never had headaches from that using chemical dyes.

I'll try it again next week without the aloe powder because selling a kilo of Cassia would be annoying. Still getting rid of the fenugreek helped

[Bat]

Yeah I'm going to have to sell my cassia I tried it without aloe powder and it still makes me feel a tiny bit *off*

[Ylva]

Yeah I'm going to have to sell my cassia I tried it without aloe powder and it still makes me feel a tiny bit *off*

That's too bad. I would've been interested in buying it off of you if the shipping wasn't going to be something crazy!

[maborosi]

Yeah I'm going to have to sell my cassia I tried it without aloe powder and it still makes me feel a tiny bit *off*

That really sucks, Bat! I'm sorry. Have you ever had trouble with any other herbal dyes before?

[Gwenselenia]

Have you noticed any other difference between cassia obovata and cassia auriculata than that obovata gives some color but auriculata doesn’t? I have used cassia auriculata few times and obovata only once, and I´m wondering what differences there are between those two. I´ve used Cultivator´s cassia that includes cassia auriculata and aloe vera, and that makes my hair only little bit dry after the treatment, but after using cassia obovata (Khadi Senna/Cassia) I felt that my hair was quite dry, but I guess that could be just the aloe vera missing

Is there any difference between those two on how long the good effects of cassia stay in the hair?