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Cassia Obovata, all in a poultice.
Cassia Obovata is a plant that offers numerous benefits for hair health: it strengthens the hair, adds shine and volume, works as a natural anti-dandruff treatment, and also helps reduce excess oil. It’s an essential hair care treatment to nourish your hair.
Is your hair going through a shedding phase? Does it feel weak and lack volume? Or maybe you just want more shine? Cassia Obovata is here to give your hair the boost of energy it needs. This plant, also known as Cassia Italica or Neutral Henna, is a yellow-flowered legume that offers similar properties to Henna (Lawsonia Inermis), but without dyeing. Want to learn more?
Features and Properties of Cassia Obovata
- Ideal for all hair types.
- Adds exceptional shine and strength, as it naturally acts on the hair’s keratin, reinforcing its structure and delivering impressive shine and volume.
- It's an ally against oily hair, helping to balance the scalp’s pH, which allows it to treat both oily and dry hair from the root. With regular use, you can regulate your scalp’s pH to a neutral state. This treatment is also very popular among men, as it controls excess oil while adding shine and strength—without coloring the hair.
How to Use It at Home
Ideally, apply Cassia Obovata once a month to maintain healthy hair. Depending on the condition of your hair, you can apply it more or less frequently.
Important: This powdered treatment requires the hair cuticle to be in good condition to counteract its astringent effect and fully benefit from its properties. If your hair is damaged, has split ends, or is bleached, and you haven’t prepared it for at least a month, we don’t recommend applying Cassia Obovata, as your hair won’t be ready to absorb the plant’s nutrients. If you need to prep your hair, we explain exactly how in Steps 1 and 2 of the Henna Morena Method.
How to Prepare It
Watch this video tutorial:
Combining Cassia Obovata with Herbal Hair Color
In addition to being an excellent strengthening treatment, it’s perfect for mixing with other plants. Since it doesn’t add color, it helps tone down the intensity of pigment-rich plants like Henna or Chamomile. That’s why you’ll find it in some of our formulas: Henna with Cassia Obovata, Chamomile with Cassia Obovata, Chamomile, or Henna with Chamomile.
