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
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54 of 56 found the following review helpful:
Great Color but NOT "all natural"!!Feb 28, 2007
By thinking out loud 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.
61 of 64 found the following review helpful:
Covers Gray Wonderfully Easy!Jul 11, 2007
By Happily Natural 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!
84 of 92 found the following review helpful:
Unnatural ingredientsOct 01, 2007
By C. Harris
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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!
27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
I'm a fan!Jan 01, 2010
By Kathleen Hawk I've been using Surya Henna Cream for about four years. My dark brown hair is now more than 30 percent silver-grey, totally grey at the top hairline and temples, salt-and-pepper everywhere else.
The best thing about this product is how easy it is. I never cease to be amazed at how little effort or mess is involved. I wash my hair, towel dry it, apply to my roots all around and then work it through wearing plastic gloves. Put the plastic cap on, wrap it in a towel and then wait for an hour or two to rinse it out. Some reviewers have complained about how thin it is; you get used to that. Occasionally, I notice a bit of thick material in a bottle. Adding a little water and shaking it up takes care of it, and doesn't affect the performance.
I also follow-up the initial rinse with a shampooing and conditioning. I find this product leaves my hair a little dry at first, and that counteracts it. I also want to wash off as much of the "loose" color as possible to protect my pillowcase and clothes. (Though it does wash off easily in the washing machine.)
The color is rich and deep. However, it does fade with each wash. Over the years, I've eliminated shampoos with laurel or laureth sulfate, and now I use Wen cleansing conditioner. But anything that cleans your hair is going to remove a bit of color. So when it's time to color again, for me (and I wash my hair as infrequently as possible), my formerly dark brown hair has lightened to a medium auburn. (To counteract this, I now mix in Surya's black, about 1 to 3, to hold the dark color a bit longer.)
Unlike chemical dyes, henna does not penetrate the hair shaft very deeply. Rather it coats it. The "cellophane" products that hairdressers use are generally henna-based, and that gives you an idea of how this color works. It is like a cellophane coating on whatever color is underneath it. If that color is white or grey, the impression inside may be the true dyed color, but if you go out into sunlight, it has an usual brilliance of color. (I have a convertible and sometimes when I'm driving with the top down, the formerly silver parts of my hair just look on fire in the sun.)
Anyone who uses henna regularly raves about the condition of their hair. And I'm no exception. There is none of the damage you get from chemical dyes. I cover my gray and still have soft, shiny, natural hair.
Finally, one other consideration in using henna is that, although it fades, it does not disappear. When it fades, it fades to red, and once you start using it, unless you're prepared to go through a multi-phased, hair-damaging process of stripping it out, you're pretty much committed to keep using it. It's generally a bad idea to try to use a chemical color on top of it, because there's a reaction that creates green tones.
I have shoulder-length, but relatively thin hair, and one treatment uses about 2/3 of a bottle. I buy them in quantity -- six dark browns and two blacks. And overall I'm a happy camper. The one drawback, the fading, is easy enough to fix if I have an important event.
I hope this helps anyone trying to make a decision about using this product.
34 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Check out the ingredientsFeb 11, 2010
By Gigi I am a breast cancer survivor and am looking for a safe hair color to cover my gray hair. Unfortunately this is not the one. It contains a few natural ingredients and synthetic ones. I checked this brand out on the Eviromental Working Groups Skin Deep cosmetic date base. You type in the name of the product and it is rated for safety and all the ingredients are listed and broken down into what health hazards they can cause. This product did not do very well. As a cancer survivor I will not be using, or reccomending this product. I encourage everyone to get on line and check out the Skin Deep cosmetic data base before purchasing or using any product!
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