Hair Care
Shikakai Powder
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Traditional shikakai pod powder for natural hair-care routines.
100 g
The powders a South Indian hair-wash routine is built from. Shikakai and reetha to cleanse, bhringraj for the pack afterwards.
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THENVANAM Hair Care powders are the single-ingredient cleansing and pack powders used in a traditional South Indian hair-wash routine: shikakai, reetha and bhringraj, each in a 100 g pack.
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Traditional shikakai pod powder for natural hair-care routines.
100 g
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Finely ground reetha powder traditionally used as a natural cleansing ingredient.
100 g
Hair Care
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Pure bhringraj leaf powder for traditional hair and scalp-care preparations.
100 g

Sembaruthi and nellikai, the two powders most often mixed into a traditional hair pack, with aloe vera gel as the base.
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Two powders sit on the traditional South Indian hair-wash shelf. They come from two different plants and two different parts of them — here is how they actually differ.
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Blends are easier to sell and easier to buy. Here is the argument for the harder option.
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Both are traditional cleansing powders — shikakai from Acacia concinna pods, reetha from soapnut fruit. Either is mixed with water into a paste and applied to wet hair.
No — bhringraj is traditionally used as a pack, mixed with water, aloe vera gel or another suitable base, rather than as a wash.