A huge range of colors is surprising and striking, but many of them have chemical components that destroy the structure of the hair. That is why, recently, natural hair coloring has begun to enjoy great popularity. Means for this procedure are ideal for those who suffer from allergies.
Such dyes are preferably applied to the hair without curling or coloring. Natural dyes do absolutely no harm to curls. On the contrary, they give them a beautiful shine, natural shade and silkiness.
Each time after each hair wash, some of the dye is washed off. The only exception is henna or basma, as they last much longer.
What are
Natural hair coloring can be brought about using such means as:
- henna;
- Basma
- vegetable coloring broths.
A great advantage of such funds is their naturalness, which is why they do not do absolutely any harm to the hair structure, but on the contrary, nourish and enrich curls. After the staining procedure, you do not need to make special restoring masks or apply other means for restoration.
The use of henna and basma
Dyeing hair with natural henna is the oldest way to change the color of curls. In addition, basma is used as the paint. Henna is a dry leaf of an alkane or lavsonia. Their properties are the same. Basma is obtained from crushed leaves of indigophera, which have a greenish-gray color. These products contain tannins, promote hair growth, nourish the skin.
Henna is recommended to stain brown or dark blond curls. Discolored or very light strands can become bright red or carrot, and black will not stain at all. Very carefully you need to handle curls after perms.
Basma dyes hair in greenish or greenish-blue tones, which is why in its pure form it is not used. However, in combination with henna, it gives a variety of shades. Basma is applied to damp clean hair after preliminary staining with henna.
These terns are considered the best and most resistant of plant components. For dry and normal hair, henna is best diluted not with water, but with kefir or serum, as this will allow you to more evenly color the curls.
You need to dye your hair with henna or basma every week, as this is an excellent tool designed to strengthen them. Depending on the length of the strands, 25-100 g of dry powder is taken. The ratio between henna and basma can vary depending on the desired shade and the intensity of the applied color. If they are taken in equal proportions, they will give a rich chestnut color. If you take 1 part of henna and 2 basma, you get a black color, but on the contrary, the shade will be bronze.
For natural hair coloring, you need to grind the dye powder with hot water with a spatula in a wooden glass container so that a thick slurry is obtained. Flaxseed broth, shampoo or glycerin can be added to the resulting product. All these components will help to evenly apply hair dye.
Apply the prepared mixture to the ringlets washed and slightly dried with a towel. Before coloring, lubricate the skin on the forehead along the hairline with cream or petroleum jelly. Wrap it all with plastic wrap and a bath towel. Keep the paint for 10-40 minutes until a light shade and 1-1.5 hours for a dark tone. At the end of the procedure, rinse your hair with warm water. Shampooing is not recommended.
Application
Natural dyeing of hair can be carried out using paints made on a plant basis. These include coloring agents such as:
- Biokap;
- Chandi;
- Logona;
- Aasha;
- Khadi.
Italian Biokap paint is based on plant extracts. According to reviews, natural dyeing of hair with this tool helps not only change the color of the hair, but also perfectly paint over the gray hair. In addition, it does not provoke skin irritation.
Chandi Natural Paint contains henna and medicinal herbs. The lightest shade is golden, and there are also many dark tones. According to reviews, it turns out a luxurious natural color, and the hair becomes silky and healthy. The only negative is that the paint is powder.
Dyeing hair in a natural color can be done using Logona paint. It contains plant components. That is why substances do not destroy natural pigments. It is recommended to use it as a therapeutic agent on an ongoing basis.
Walnut application
Natural hair coloring, the photo of which shows all the luxury of shades, is very popular. To give the locks chestnut tones, you can use walnuts.
To get natural paint, you need to take the green peel of a young nut, grind it in a blender and dilute it with water so that the mixture is like thick sour cream. Apply it on curls and hold for 20 minutes.
Take 3 tbsp. l chopped green walnuts, add 1 tsp. alum and 0.5 tsp vegetable oil. Add 50 ml of boiling water, boil for 15 minutes. Cool the mixture and filter. You will get a dye that needs to be applied for 40 minutes to the hair, and then rinsed with water.
Chamomile application
Natural hair coloring in a light shade can be performed with chamomile. She gives curls a golden color.
To achieve the desired effect, take one and a half glasses of chamomile flowers and pour a liter of vodka. Give the finished mixture well infused for 2 weeks, then filter and pour 50 ml of peroxide. Apply the prepared composition to curls and leave for 40 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water.
Application of linden
To get brown and chestnut natural shades, hair coloring can be done with linden. This tool has been used for a very long time and still has not lost its relevance. Such natural hair dye gives curls not only beauty, but also benefits.
To give your hair a luxurious chestnut shade, you need to take 5 tbsp. l linden flowers, pour 1.5 tbsp. water. Boil the mixture so that 1 tbsp. decoction. Cool and filter the finished product. Then apply a decoction to the hair and leave until the desired shade is obtained. You can also prepare a coloring agent from twigs and linden leaves. The proportions and method of preparation is the same as in the first recipe.
The use of onion peel
Natural hair coloring can be done with onion peels. It helps to strengthen curls and helps get rid of dandruff, if you rinse the locks with a decoction of this product.
To dye your hair with onion husks, you need to wipe them daily with a cotton swab dipped in broth until the desired shade appears. To give light curls a dark chestnut shade, you need to wipe them daily with strong infusion of onion peels, and to golden - weak.
The broth helps to eliminate gray hair on dark hair. It should be strong enough. For this, 0.5 tbsp. husks pour 1 tbsp. boiling water and boil for 20 minutes. Filter, add 2 tsp. glycerin.
Tea application
Black natural tea is recommended for the treatment of dandruff, as it helps to get rid of this problem. In addition, it can be used to dye hair in a dark brown color with a reddish tint.
To get a beautiful tone, combine the tea with cocoa until a deep brown color is obtained. Take 20 g of tea leaves, pour 50 ml of boiling water, boil for 40-45 minutes. Add 20 g of cocoa. Cool, apply on hair, wrap with cellophane and a towel on top. Do not rinse the solution so that the hair dyes faster.
To get a beautiful copper tint, take 200 g of onion husks, add 3 tsp. black tea, a bottle of white wine and warm. After 30 minutes, apply to wet hair.
The use of coffee and cocoa
Natural dyeing of hair in a dark color is possible with the help of coffee and cocoa. The result is especially noticeable on light brown curls. Take 20 g of ground coffee, add water and boil for 5 minutes. Then cool, pour a bag of henna, mix. Smear the hair with the finished mixture, leave for 30 minutes and rinse with water. To get a deep and rich shade, you need to take finely ground coffee of good quality.
Mix 1 tsp. coffee, 3 tbsp. l brewed cool tea and 1 tsp. cocoa powder. Add 250 ml of boiling water. Boil for 20 minutes, cool, apply to wet hair, leave for 20 minutes, wrapped in cellophane and a towel.
The curls will acquire a completely new luxurious shade if, after each washing of the head, they are rinsed with strong brewed coffee and not washed off. This product contains many coloring pigments. Take 4 tsp. finely ground coffee, pour 1 tbsp. water and boil for 5 minutes. Then pour 1 bag of henna in a little chilled coffee. Mix everything, apply to wet hair along the entire length, then wrap it with polyethylene and a towel on top. Hold for 10-40 minutes.
Natural hair coloring at home can be done using cocoa. To give the curls a shade of mahogany, you need to take 3-4 tbsp. l cocoa, put 25 g of henna. Dilute the finished mixture with water as usual henna. Apply to clean curls, leave for 20-30 minutes.
Other coloring agents
Dyeing hair in a natural color with rhubarb allows you to quickly achieve the desired result, and the shade lasts a long time on the hair. This plant helps to give curls a light brown or ashy shade.
To give the hair a copper or golden tint, you need to rinse them with a rhubarb broth after washing your hair. Take 2 tbsp. l rhizomes of a plant, pour 1 tbsp. cold water. Boil with constant stirring for 15-20 minutes, then cool and filter.
To dye your hair brown, add 100 g of apple cider vinegar or white dry wine to 0.5 l of water in a rhubarb broth. Bring the mixture to a boil and boil until half the liquid evaporates. Rinse the hair with the resulting decoction.
Take 200 g of roots and leaves of rhubarb, pour 0.5 liters of white dry grape wine and boil until the original volume. Rinse normal and oily hair with this product.
Rhubarb is also well suited for painting gray hair. The result is a very beautiful and rich light brown shade.
Hair coloring in a natural color is carried out using blackberries. Squeeze the juice and apply to clean and dried hair, leave for at least an hour. The blackberry will help to give ringlets a reddish-brown tint.
Grind the bark of spruce to a powder state, brew boiling water and apply infusion to the hair. Leave for 1 hour. This tool will help to dye your hair black.
A good natural hair dye is a sage broth. For this, 4 tbsp. l dry plant brew 1 tbsp. water. Daily it is recommended to apply the finished infusion only to the roots of the hair. The result is a beautiful and rich dark color.
Natural hair coloring at home can be done with lemon. This fruit will help to give curls a beautiful light shade. You need to squeeze the juice from the lemon, mix with vodka in a ratio of 1: 1. Then apply to clean, slightly damp hair and dry it in the sun. Then wash as usual. As a result, the curls lighten at least 1 tone. The degree of lightening largely depends on the initial shade. Lemon clarification is not recommended for those whose curls are very dry.
How to dye gray hair
Regardless of age, everyone wants to look very good and be attractive. Gray hair scares everyone, especially women. However, this problem can be eliminated by natural dyeing of gray hair. In this case, you can not radically change the color, but only give a slight shade.
Natural dyes are products that have a lot of coloring matter in their composition, but at the same time they are environmentally friendly, without chemistry, which negatively affects the condition of curls.
There are many tools with which you can carry out natural dyeing of gray hair. There are a lot of them, and you can prepare paint for blondes, brunettes and red-haired. If we talk about ready-made dyes, they can be divided into two categories, namely henna and basma, and it is also quite possible to use paints from popular brands that do not contain ammonia in their composition.
There are many shades that do their job well. In terms of resistance, such products are not inferior to chemicals, but the hair remains healthy. A good and safe stain is henna and basma. However, sometimes the shade may turn out to be too dark and saturated. You can soften it with masks made of warm vegetable oil, which are applied to curls for 30 minutes.
For blondes, you can stain with chamomile and lemon. Take 1 tbsp. dry chamomile inflorescences, steam them with boiling water, let them brew under the lid. Then add 3 tbsp. l glycerin. Distribute the mask over the hair, leave for 1-1.5 hours, then rinse with shampoo and rinse with infusion, which subsequently needs to be used regularly to obtain color fastness.
To dye your hair with natural dyes, mix chamomile tea and lemon juice in a ratio of 3: 1. Apply on curls and do not rinse. This tool is recommended for use in the summer, as to brighten the hair you need to be in the sun.
For fair-haired and fair women, take ½ tbsp. l sage herbs, pour 500 ml of boiling water. Strain for 20 minutes, then cool, filter, apply on curls and leave to dry completely. This tool can be used constantly to give a golden hue.
Take 3 tbsp. l marigold leaves, chamomile flowers, lemon skins. Pour boiling water over all this and boil it. When the broth has cooled, add 2-3 tbsp. l apple cider vinegar.
To stain in a dark color, add 1: 1 cocoa powder to the shampoo. As a result, the hair will not only smell good, but also darken every time if it is already gray.
Take 3 tbsp. l henna, dilute 4 tbsp. l strong coffee. Then add to the mixture 2-3 tbsp. l oils. Apply the mask to the hair until the desired shade is obtained, and then rinse off.
Staining rules
In order for the staining procedure to be successful and bring the desired result, certain rules must be followed. It is necessary to apply dyes only on natural hair. If you previously dyed with another paint, then it is very difficult to guess which color will result. You can also not use such dyes if a curl has recently been done. The strands are very dry during this period, and they react differently to staining. It is also not recommended to use natural means for dyeing hair before curling, as this can damage their structure.
After the required time has been sustained, you need to carefully wash off the paint. Wash off the coloring matter until the water is clear.
Natural dyes are durable, that is, they hold the color for a long time. Until the paint loses its expression, it will not be possible to dye the hair in a different shade. That is why you need to carefully weigh everything before staining.
When dyeing hair with natural dyes, you need to remember that such dyes react sharply to external factors, in particular, such as contact with sea water. In this case, curls stained with natural henna can turn green. That is why it is not recommended to carry out a similar procedure before a vacation at sea.