SuryaHenna Golden Blonde Cream 2.31 Oz. 2 Pack

Worked well

I've been using body-quality powdered henna for several years, which is time-consuming, messy, and stinky. However, I get a nice intense stain (I use 1/2 henna, 1/2 cassia). I am a brunette, and want to reproduce a stain that is makes my white hair strawberry blonde or amber. I have tried Surya golden brown, which turned my white hair a weird grayish color. I hoped to get a deeper golden color, so I tried this. In all the product was good, but not to the standard I wanted.Product pros:1. Super easy to use, especially if you've used henna pastes. You just squirt it on your scalp and leave it for 30 minutes or more. I wanted a deeper color, so I left it on for 2 hours.2. Smell nice. Henna paste has a strange odor that lasts for about a week. If you do roots once a month, 1/4 of your life is spend stinky.3. Conditions and left my hair glossy and smooth.Product cons:1. The color is weak. My white hair turned a light blonde, straw colored, and this was using the whole bottle and leaving it on for 2 hours. Also, this brand uses something to coat the hair in color, and this coating lasts a few days. I wish they wouldn't, because the coating gives an un-natural greyish tint.2. The color doesn't last as long as henna paste, which so far (4+ years) has been permanent. I rarely henna paste my ends (maybe twice in 4 years), and the color is still a natural golden on my white hairs.In all, this is much easier than henna paste, but doesn't deliver the same quality of intensity and permanence.I'm going to try Surya copper color next. If I cannot get a golden/amber color on my white hair, I may go back to henna paste.The product was delivered in a few days. Although I ordered 2 bottles, I only received one, but was only charged for one as well.Update: Since writing this review, I have tried the copper color. Again, the first few days I was left with a strange color, and my scalp and hairline were orange. After a few days, my scalp went back to its normal color, and the white hairs were a nice golden, a bit brassy though. That was about 3 or 4 weeks ago, and my white hairs are yellow, but not the amber color that I get with home-mixed henna paste. Still, I'm so lazy, and I hate the henna smell, I will continue to use Surya henna creme.