Color of the powder is rusty brown (not bottle green like natural henna powder should be).
Smells like ayurvedic shampoo/soap (Easily distinguishable if you know how raw mehendi leaves smell like).
Color coats the hair in hues of metallic brown to chocolate. (Pure Henna colours in hues of tan or dark brown).
Color shedding off/washing out of your hair like brown paint from a paintbrush. You don’t need to apply shampoo to see the brown foam, a shower next day will get brown water flowing out of your hair (Henna doesn’t wash out like paint).
SEVERE HAIR LOSS IS GUARANTEED.
Suffered ITCHY SCALP AND FOREHEAD ACNE. I’ve tried and retried the product thinking that I must have been mistaken in my own head. I’ve tried buying 3 different packs from different batches and manufacturing dates from different shops, just to be double sure that a brand like Banjara can market such a worse, chemical based, downgraded product.
To my surprise, my observation was correct each time. The product is packed with chemicals and artificial colouring agents that does more harm than good to the hair.
As soon as I changed the brand, my hairfall issue got resolved immediately and forehead acne disappeared on its own.
P. S. I have good genetics and blessed with thick, natural dark brown shoulder length hair and been a henna user for the last 6 years on a weekly basis.
I’ve tried many brands over the years and Banjara Henna is the worst of all henna powders that I’ve ever used.