Hair coloring with natural dyes. Hair coloring with walnut

Marina Nikitina

If you decide to change your hair color, choose a natural dye, because it is safer and healthier than chemicals.

Rules you need to know before painting

These are general rules to follow, pay attention to them:

Use natural hair dyes only on strands that have not been touched by store or salon dye, as well as on those that have not undergone any other third-party influences, such as lamination. If this rule is not followed, expect surprises. Curls that have been exposed to unnatural substances will absorb natural coloring components immediately after application, so rinse thoroughly from your hair after three minutes maximum.

Perm before natural processing natural dyes can't be done.

In any of the cases described above, contact of two different materials Not recommended.

Before painting, be sure to ensure that you have clean hair. Rinse off styling products.
After the procedure, rinse off the dyes long enough for the water going down the drain of the bathtub or shower stall to become transparent.
Due to incompatibility various kinds dyes (see rule number one) this method of changing hair color is not suitable for ladies who often change their style.
Another “explosive” combination is henna and sea salt water. What do you think is the result? Green curls! Don't forget about this rule before going to the sea.
To begin with, during the first coloring, conduct an experiment on one small curl. And only after you see the effect with a satisfactory result, finish what you started - cover natural pigments all hair, regardless of the product chosen.

Any paint that is new to you must be checked for an allergic reaction. Henna and basma have been seen to cause similar reactions on the body.
For successful dyeing of dry hair, replace water with kefir in recipes and tips.
While periodic hair coloring is being done natural dyes, change your shampoo to sulfate-free.

Henna

The most popular dye used to create chestnut color hair obtained by grinding lavsonia leaves into powder, alkanes containing tannins and thickening curls. extracted from blunt cassia. Although the colorless powder does not color the hair, it does treat it.

The effect is observed only from the use of paint made from natural dyes on dark blond or brownish curls. For such natural tone and henna is recommended. Experienced “home hairdressers” advise buying Turkish or Indian henna, but you shouldn’t buy Iranian henna. When choosing, determine the quality of the product: look at the color - green and yellow-green are considered normal. The red tint of the powder indicates a stale product.

Henna will give your hair a chestnut tint. A chocolate shade will be obtained in combination with tea (strong infusion) or a teaspoon of hop cones, poured hot water.

Girls who are lighter in color, and especially those with bleached hair, also have the right to experience the effect of this wonderful product, but the result will be different: you will get a carrot-colored tint to your strands, while dark-haired girls will not see the effect at all. Blonde beauties with a golden hue will become fiery red. The same color will appear on the curls if you mix henna with iodine solution (50 ml) and yolk or with a bag of cloves (ground - 10 g), honey (2 spoons) and (1 spoon). The exposure time of this paint is two hours, the rest - about six hours.

Together, basma and henna are used as natural hair dyes at home.

From the possible additives, choose lemon juice to soften and enhance the effect of henna in the amount of one cup (henna is taken at the rate of 100 g per 10 centimeters of hair). Mix the ingredients and leave in a warm place for ten hours, add warm water, thicken the yogurt.

A light brown-golden color will be obtained if you add half a glass of cold, strong coffee to the base mixture and leave in a warm place for 4 hours. Just before applying to your curls, add 3-4 drops of olive oil and a couple of spoons of yogurt.

Henna powder does not color gray hair (only up to forty percent). Store an open bag of powder in the refrigerator. If henna does not “take” your hair, look on the shelves for a product labeled “for body art.” Henna and basma are prepared for spreading on hair only in glass or porcelain containers, and filled with non-boiling water.

Basma

This powder combined with cocoa will give a mahogany color for dark hair. It is made from indigofera (indigo) leaves and is used as part of two-component dyes, because when used independently it gives a blue-green color. Strengthens hair with tannins. Mixes with some other ingredients and gives additional thickening to the hair. Depending on the second component, it makes the hair black or brown.

There are often cases when the final color on the hair turned out to be too dark, for example, instead of an elegant chocolate brown, you saw dark brown in the mirror. This is fixable, basma is lightened by the usual. To do this, take a little warm thick liquid and rub it into your curls. After this, you should warm it up with a hairdryer and repeat the lightening procedure if necessary.

Prefabricated dye recipe:

Option 1. Chestnut. 3 spoons of henna, 1 spoon of basma.

Option 2. Bronze. 1 spoon of basma, 2 spoons of henna.

Option 3. Black. 3 spoons of basma, 1 - henna.

The substance “basma” is stored after opening the bag in a dry and dark place.

Another variation of preparing dye for curls to give a chestnut color is this: take amla (“gooseberry” from India, sold in Ayurvedic stores) - three tablespoons of powder, previously diluted with water. Heat this mixture for about three minutes in the microwave or 6-10 minutes in a water bath. Add basma - 100 g, lavender oil - two drops. Pour the solution into the henna base mixture.

Chamomile

This famous medicinal flower, which brightens curls, removes gray hair and makes them healthier. In addition, natural hair dyes containing in, make the hair golden and soften it. The composition is prepared as follows. Take a glass - one and a half dried chamomile flowers and stems and pour four glasses of vodka (it is believed that one glass contains 250 ml by volume). The next step: infuse the mixture for fourteen days, you can increase the period by two to three days. The tincture is filtered to remove the softened base and hydrogen peroxide in an amount of 50 ml is added to the liquid. The composition is ready for use - apply to hair for thirty to thirty-five minutes. Wash off with shampoo and warm water.

It is important not to overexpose the mixture with peroxide on your hair, so as not to “burn” the scalp.

Another recipe involving the use of chamomile is this: a glass of dry chamomile is placed in a container and filled with half a liter of boiled water. After two hours, the infusion must be strained through four folded gauze. Adding three (large, tablespoon) will soften the hair further. Keep the solution spread for an hour, covering it with a cap (oilcloth, bag) and a scarf.

Nettle

Nettle is used together with chamomile to make a decoction. To maintain the proportions, mix two dry substances (and chamomile flowers) at a ratio of one to one. Soak the curls in the pre-strained liquid and wait an hour for the effect, then you won’t even need shampoo. Rinse after the procedure with infused chamomile.

Linden

Linden blossom is also used for safe coloring curls. The color that comes out as a result of manipulations with the flowers of this tree is light brown or chestnut-golden. Take 60-70 g of dried healthy parts of linden and brew with water (boiling water) in the amount of one and a half large (about 250 ml) or two small (about 200 ml) glasses. Unlike others medicinal herbs, this one is brewed over low heat, rather than with the usual pouring of boiling water.

Wait and stir the mixture for quite a long time - until approximately 100 ml of water has evaporated. Then turn off the gas under the pan with healing decoction and, after checking the volume of the remaining solution (1 cup), let it cool. The mirror will tell you when to wash it off - desired color received, then wash your hair with warm water.

Saffron

For golden hair, take a pinch of dry saffron, boil over a fire and pour in henna. Once mixed until smooth, pour onto strands and distribute.

Onion peel

Application dosage coloring pigment, located in it, is rubbed into the hair every day if strong coloring is necessary. With such frequent use of light, fair-haired girls It turns out dark chestnut.

Onion peels color gray hair or give a golden, brown tint.

To have something to rub in, make a decoction and strain. Use depending on intensity desired effect by “coloring” hair. Following the logic of the last instruction, for a slight lightening effect, prepare a mild solution (decoction).

Beet

Beet and cranberry juices will give your curls a cosmic (Martian) red tint. These ingredients are also replaced with Cahors. Heat the wine to sixty degrees and mix with henna.

Walnuts

The nut peels will make your strands brown after use. Natural hair dyes at home include green walnut skins that are not woody. It is ground in a blender and then prepared like this. Mix crushed any in an accessible way peel with water until such a mass is formed that it reminds you of sour cream, and thick. After application, keep on your head for no more than twenty minutes.

A strong walnut recipe is intended for permanent coloring of your curls, although the color will be the same as in the previous example. This time, take three spoons of chopped or ground green peel (large ones, of course) and mix with one spoon of alum and half a spoon -. Pour boiling water - 50 ml, simmer gently over low heat for fifteen minutes. Be sure to cool the mixture after turning off the gas and strain later. You will get a dye. After forty minutes of staying on the hair, the drug is washed off with water.

Tea

It is recommended to use black tea for dandruff, as it will get rid of this problem and at the same time color your hair. dark- Brown color, sometimes with reddish tint. Hair coloring with natural dyes is made with cocoa and tea: they are combined in a mixture for an intense brown effect. Mix dry tea leaves (20 g) and boiling water (50 ml). After forty to forty-five minutes of boiling, add cocoa (20 g), tie a scarf on top of the head wrapped in cellophane. Do not wash off the solution, it will color faster.

Another recipe with tea for “copper” hair: take 200 grams of onion peels, add three spoons of black tea, a bottle of white wine and heat it on fire. After half an hour, apply to wet hair.

Coffee

Light brown hair is dyed using a darkening dye. For these purposes, ground is suitable - 20 grams, boiled for 5 minutes. Add a bag of henna to coffee and cool by ten degrees. Apply for half an hour and rinse with warm water.

Choose finely ground coffee good quality to achieve a deep toning effect.

“Assorted” decoction: coffee (1 tsp), brewed liquid tea (3 tbsp), cocoa powder (1 tsp), boiling water (250 gram glass). This is boiled for twenty minutes, and kept on the hair for the same amount of time, covered with a film of cellophane or polyethylene.

Rhubarb

Consider hair dye made from natural dyes, namely rhubarb. To obtain golden color, do the following: pour rhubarb root (200 grams) with a glass of dry white wine. Heat over low heat for twenty minutes until half the liquid has evaporated. Add henna and mix. Apply with smooth movements to your curls and leave for 40 minutes. Alone, without additives, the roots and stems of rhubarb paint curls an ashy color.

Sunflower and navel

Take two spoons from a decoction of dye navel or sunflower and dilute it with water - the wonderful “blond” paint is ready. It will lighten the strands if you leave this mixture for thirty minutes and rinse your hair until the liquid for coloring hair with natural dyes runs out. Wash your hair with this product every day and monitor the changing color. Stop when you achieve what you want.

Technological process of painting

Dyeing hair with natural dyes is no different, or rather completely identical to the procedure using chemical dyes. Apply the prepared solution from the roots, spreading further, to the very ends of the strands. A disposable cap is worn in such cases, and on top is insulating material - a scarf. What will you do to further improve the effect:

Sip tea with lemon and relax.
Have some coffee.
Drink a glass of cognac.

Choose one thing and blood circulation will increase, this will help the absorption of coloring substances into the strands.

20 April 2014, 15:56

Natural hair dyes are increasingly appearing on store shelves, displacing henna and basma. They promise not to damage your hair and even treat it. Are all these products really safe, and which one is trustworthy? What features does organic matter have?

Henna for hair

There is an opinion that natural dye cannot do any harm, especially if it is henna, which is used to treat hair. However, the statement is not entirely true: such a product cannot be safe, but it causes much less damage than an artificial chemical composition. How to dye your hair with henna, is there a difference between the old budget version and the new expensive dye?

Beneficial features

Mostly Indian henna is on sale, and Iranian henna is a little less common. Its source is the Lawsonia bush, the leaves of which are processed to produce dye. For more than 5 centuries, henna has been used to eliminate dandruff and as an antiseptic to strengthen hair and thicken its structure. Compared to dyes containing ammonia, it is less likely to cause allergies and is allowed during pregnancy.

Flaws

the main problem of this natural product – it dries. This becomes an advantage for women with oily skin scalp, but for damaged, thin, brittle hair suffering from a lack of moisture, this dyeing method is undesirable. Level out this disadvantage possible by adding coconut oil, which is quickly washed off and does not affect the result. Another disadvantage cannot be covered by anything - the impossibility of lightening after henna.

Henna dyeing

IN pure form henna always gives hair warm shade, red in its various variations. You won’t be able to get a soft light brown or blonde color with it, but you can vary the brightness and depth. For this purpose, basma or food products are added to henna: for example, coffee beans or cocoa to darken, nettle decoction to reduce the intensity of the red pigment, beet juice to enhance it.

• Painting with henna is very simple: dilute the powder herbal decoction or hot water until the consistency of a thick puree and distribute over wet strands.
• The holding time depends on desired result: light shade on light hair – 5-10 minutes, on dark hair – 25-30 minutes. Bright saturated color– 1-1.5 hours. The head must be covered with polyethylene.

Basma for hair

In its pure form, this product does not give a black color, as is commonly thought, but a blue-green color. This explains why its single use is not recommended. In combination with henna, basma blocks red and orange pigments (according to color rules), and the result is a calm shade. For example, chocolate or chestnut. Black is obtained with a high proportion of basma - 2:1.

Beneficial features

High durability is the main advantage of this product: the pigment shrinks almost tightly, but does not harm the health of the hair. The ease of working with basma also deserves special attention: you can prepare the composition in a few minutes, it is also applied faster than traditional dye, and is easier to wash out of the hair. If desired, you can “tint”: make a homemade strengthening mask from food products and add a pinch of basma with henna.

Flaws

Impossibility to predict exact result– one of the main problems of any natural hair dye. With basma, this minus becomes especially significant, since not everyone wants to have a green or blue tint in their hair due to an error in proportions. However bad shade you can change it with new coloring, but you can’t say whether this method will suit you. Basma dries hair less than henna, but is not absolutely safe.

Coloring with henna and basma

The operating principle is the same as described above. The proportions of henna and basma are taken arbitrarily, depending on how dark or bright color it should work out. If you take them in equal parts, there will be a classic brown, when basma prevails - black, and henna - bronze. You don’t have to mix the products, but dye your hair first with henna, then with basma. The main thing is not to forget to wash off the previous composition from your hair.

Natural natural hair dyes

Before you study folk recipes, take into account the main condition for using organic matter: it can only be used to paint natural hair. If you have previously been exposed to them chemical composition, especially ammonia, you will have to wait until it is washed off or the hair itself grows back before cutting it off. Or you can apply organic matter on top, but the result is difficult to predict.

For dark hair

Keep in mind that in order to create a working composition from natural hair dye, you need to use a ceramic or glass container and a wooden spatula, otherwise its components may oxidize. This applies to both factory and homemade mixtures. It is advisable to cover your hair with polyethylene and a warm towel, then heat it with a hairdryer for better results.

• Brew strong coffee, rinse clean hair in it for 15-20 minutes, doing several approaches. Afterwards you can pour cool water over them.
• Add 3-4 tbsp to your mask. l. cocoa powder, stir well, leave on hair for 50-60 minutes, warming it up. Rinse off without using shampoo.
• Brew 1 tbsp. dry chestnut leaves in 500 ml of boiling water, cool and rinse your hair several times.

For lightening

Bleaching hair natural ingredients very difficult, since this requires one way or another to open the cuticle and destroy some of the pigments. This cannot be achieved without artificial ingredients. The most popular products for gentle lightening are lemon juice, chamomile decoction, and hydrogen peroxide. The result will appear only on unpainted canvas, after 4-5 procedures.

• Combine fresh lemon juice and clean water V equal proportion– 50 ml each. Shake, distribute and go out into the sun. The holding time is 60-90 minutes.
• Boil 500 ml of water with 4 tbsp. l. chamomile flowers, keep covered, but not on fire, for half an hour, cool. Rinse clean hair in this liquid, do not rinse with water afterwards.
• Stir 3 tbsp. l. cinnamon and the same amount of liquid honey, warm, apply to the length, wrap with polyethylene or foil. Wait 2-3 hours and wash off.

For gray hair

This kind of source material is the most difficult to work with, because everything falls on it very brightly. You can use any of the recipes discussed above, but professionals advise adjusting the proportions so that the proportion of red and red pigment is as low as possible. The same good option suggest oriental women– they cover their gray hair with walnut peels, previously boiled in boiling water.

Professional natural paint

Factory-made products are based not only on henna or basma, but also on some floral components - for example, stems and flowers of aster, jasmine, or even walnut and lemon squeezes. Deserves special attention colorless henna. Professionals assure: this is not herbal paint– the composition contains chemical powder, because no organic hair dye can lighten it. Which brands to trust?

• Aveda. It is 95% organic and works well on gray hair if you work correctly, according to the instructions.
• Natulique. Ammonia-free paint, produced in Denmark, environmentally friendly pure product, but it is very difficult to purchase - only through salons.
• Khadi. Made entirely from natural herbal ingredients, it contains henna.
• Aasha. Ayurvedic remedy, in the palette there is bright hues, but they will also be given a golden-red hue.

Video: hair coloring with natural dyes

How to change hair color at home using natural dyes. Recipes for vegetable dyes.

Plant-based natural dyes do not harm hair at all and do not cause allergies. With the help of chamomile, henna, rhubarb and other plants, you can not only strengthen and heal your hair, but also give it a pleasant shade. In addition, vegetable dyes, when used repeatedly, help improve hair structure and eliminate dandruff.

Despite the obvious benefits of vegetable dyes, it has one insignificant “disadvantage” - you will never know what shade of hair you will end up with. The final result is influenced by the thickness, structure, individual sensitivity of the hair, proportions herbal ingredients, temperature of the coloring composition. If you do not want to take risks, then dye a small strand first, and if the result pleases you, proceed to dye the entire mass of hair.

For hair coloring at home, chamomile flowers, henna, basma, rhubarb, onion peels, black tea, coffee, and walnut shells are most often used. Various base and essential oils are used as additional components.

Recipes for natural paints at home

Chamomile

Chamomile () dyes hair a pleasant yellowish-golden hue. Boil water, add 1 cup of dried chamomile flowers, let the broth brew for 30 minutes, strain it and let it cool completely. After each wash, rinse your hair with the resulting decoction and let it dry. To enhance golden hue You can add saffron or turmeric to the decoction. This recipe is suitable for fair-haired girls and those with gray hair.

Onion peel

Onion peel () gives the hair a golden-reddish hue. To prepare natural dye, take 50 g of husk and boil it in 200 ml of water for 15.20 minutes. Take the broth, strain it, and then rinse your hair and do not rinse. This decoction colors hair, strengthens it and accelerates growth. Onion paint suitable for girls with brown and light brown hair.

Rhubarb

Rhubarb () dyes hair in light brown and straw shades. It can be used independently, or added to henna to mute red tones. Boil 30 g of chopped rhubarb roots and let the broth cool completely. Strain it and rub into clean hair.

Henna

Henna () gives rich scope for creativity. With henna you can dye your hair golden, red, chestnut and even red. Henna with chamomile gives honey-golden tones to hair. Henna with black tea or coffee will color your hair deep brown. Henna with decoction onion peel will help you become "colored" fire truck». Classic recipe henna dyeing: dilute the powder with boiling water to a consistency convenient for you, apply the paste along the partings on cleanly washed hair. Wrap your hair cling film and walk like this for 30 minutes to 2 hours. The longer you leave the henna dye on, the more saturated the shade will be. You can even leave the henna on your hair overnight.

Black tea

Black tea () gives hair red-brown and bronze shades. Mix 2 tablespoons granulated black tea with 2 glasses cold water. Place the mixture on the fire and cook for at least 30 minutes. Apply the warm infusion to clean hair, then wrap your head in cling film and walk like this for several hours. The longer you walk, the more rich shade get the result. Vegetable paint made from black tea is perfect for brunettes and girls with brown hair.

You can safely mix herbal ingredients with each other, change the proportions and time of exposure on your hair, and be happy with the result every time. Even if for some reason you are not satisfied with the color, you can almost start the dyeing procedure again on the same day without the risk of damaging your hair.

Natural hair dyes good because they do not harm the hair and allow you to achieve amazing results.

Millions of women around the world cheat every day own appearance, experimenting with makeup, manicure and hairstyle. It would seem that such a process as hair dyeing is very a simple task, because the corresponding paints can be purchased at any cosmetics store. However, many of the products offered have negative impact on hair, since they contain many harmful substances, such as ammonia or strong alkalis. In this case, you can achieve the desired result by replacing synthetic products natural dyes of natural origin. They will not only help you achieve the desired hair shade with high quality, but will also contribute to the restoration and treatment of diseased and split ends.

Selecting a shade of natural hair dye

In order for the coloring result to correspond to the original ideas, you should choose the right dye depending on the tone of the hair. The following describes the main types of coloring tools according to natural color curls.

For painting dark

To give your hair more dark shade you can use a combination of natural products such as henna and. Color saturation is determined by the proportion of ingredients:

• brown-haired - 2 parts of henna mixed with 1.5 parts of basma;
• in order for a darker brown-haired person to come out, it is necessary to maintain a one-to-one proportion;
• The black color will be obtained if you mix one part of henna and two parts of basma in a container.

Also, to give your locks a darker color, you can use a decoction of sage, which should be applied to the hair roots for a while - this will allow you to paint over even gray strands.

To obtain a chocolate shade

To obtain a chocolate color of various shades, you can use decoctions of various herbs, such as linden leaves, black tea or onion peels, but in this case the hair will take on a lighter brown tone. The color saturation depends on the strength of the infusion.

If you conduct several experiments, you can choose the most suitable product and diluting it with water to change the degree of concentration. To obtain a rich chocolate color An infusion of chopped nut peels is perfect.

For brown hair

Get light brown color using a combination of rhubarb and white wine. These ingredients allow you to achieve the best results in transforming white or yellowish hair into a rich light brown tone.

• For getting light brown with copper overflow Rhubarb dye is used. Recipe for preparing the decoction: 2 tbsp. l. Finely chopped rhubarb pour a glass of water and boil for about 20 minutes over low heat. As a result, you will get a balm that you need to rinse your hair after washing. To enhance the effect of using rhubarb, add a little white wine to the infusion.
• To get a beautiful light brown shade I use linden. To prepare a coloring decoction you need 8 tbsp. l. pour 400 ml of dried linden. water, boil, strain. Treat the hair with the decoction and leave it on for about 30 minutes. If you leave a linden-based coloring agent for more than an hour, you can get a beautiful chestnut shade.
• If you want to go from light brown to chestnut color then use a remedy made from coffee and henna. For this purpose 4 l. pour 200 ml of ground coffee. water and boil for 5 minutes. After cooling coffee drink add 1 packet of henna to it. The ingredients must be mixed and distributed over the entire length of the hair. Put a plastic cap on top and wrap your hair in a towel. Keep the paint on for 10 to 40 minutes, depending on what shade you want to get, light or dark chestnut.

For coloring gray hair

If the task is to slightly transform white or White hair After adding shine and yellowness to them, you should wash them with chamomile decoction. A mixture of turmeric and cinnamon, infused or diluted in a small amount of water, may be suitable for the same effect.

If you need to dye your hair a dark color, such as brown, and do it as quickly as possible, then you need to mix classic black tea, instant coffee and cocoa powder. This mixture is capable of eliminating gray hair in the least amount of time, no worse than expensive synthetic dyes.

• Cocoa with tea. To create natural paint 4 tbsp. l. brew black tea, pour 0.4 cup of boiling water. The tea is boiled over low heat for about 40 minutes, after which it is filtered and combined with 4 tsp. cocoa. The mixture should be kept on the fire until the liquid evaporates and turns into a thick mixture. Apply the dye to damp hair, wrap it up and leave for about 1 hour.

Types of natural dyes and their use

It should be noted right away that coloring with dyes of natural origin should not be carried out on extended strands or hair after perm, as well as curls that were previously colored with synthetic dyes. Natural coloring ingredients are applied only to clean, washed, still damp hair. For application it is better to use sponges, brushes or cotton pads, you should not forget about gloves, since the skin of your hands can also change its color.

It is also important to note that different types And natural colors hair can be dyed differently - this is partly due to individual characteristics hair. Thin and sparse strands can change their color quite quickly - the procedure for dyeing them will require a lower concentration of the solution and the amount of components included in the mixture. Thick, long and coarse curls require longer exposure to achieve the desired tone. Unfortunately, there is no universal formula, which requires additional control over the hair while it is saturated with dye. Below are the main types of dyes that will allow you to achieve this or that result.

Henna and basma

Henna and basma are the most famous and frequently used hair coloring products. Both elements are powders made from dried and crushed plant leaves that have a huge amount healing properties, in addition to coloring pigments.

Henna itself gives hair a coppery, rich and vibrant color; it is most often used as a means to dye hair red. Basma, in turn, is a component used as natural dye only in combination with other ingredients. This required condition, because in its pure form, the grass dyes the hair blue-green, dooming it to immediate correction. By combining both products, you can get absolutely any tone of curls, ranging from soft warm chocolate to deep black.

Oak bark for hair coloring

A decoction of oak bark is not only used as a natural substitute for industrial dyes, but also as an effective balm that saturates hair and gives it strength, volume and natural shine. The product perfectly tones curls and can darken strands by four tones.

To prepare the raw materials, you will need to pour four tablespoons of crushed oak bark into a liter of boiling water. After this, the mixture is covered with a lid and infused for 3-4 hours. After this time, the composition is filtered and applied to the hair. A necessary condition is to wrap the treated strands in cellophane, where they should languish for about 4-5 hours. A towel is wrapped around the head, which is also important during dyeing. The duration of hair exposure determines the degree of darkening, for this reason you need to choose the time so that the result the best way met expectations.

Chamomile decoction

Chamomile decoction allows you to get a wide variety of shades, especially if you combine the product with other ingredients. Here are several high-quality recipes for tinting strands using chamomile infusion:
to lighten your curls and give them a soft golden glow, you should make a chamomile tincture (a tablespoon of dried leaves in half a glass of boiling water) and add it to the hot henna paste;

To cover gray hair, pour one glass of dried chamomile leaves with half a glass of boiling water, then let the mixture brew for several hours. After time, 3 tablespoons of glycerin are added to the composition. Now the product can be applied to the hair, distributing it over the entire length and concentrating on areas that especially require coloring. Leave the coloring compress on for about an hour and then rinse with water; rinsing your hair after each wash with a non-concentrated infusion of chamomile will give your strands golden tone with natural shine.

Onion peel

Onion peels are first and foremost remedy, which can allow you to qualitatively strengthen and improve your hair. By dyeing your hair with this product you can get a golden or light brown tint, but only on the condition that the natural strands are not dark. This dye is perfect for blondes to lightly tint their curls.

To prepare a mixture tinted in gold, pour 50 grams of raw material with a glass of boiling water and put on low heat for 20 minutes. To achieve a darker tone, it is necessary to increase the volume of the original product to 200 grams and mix with the same amount of water and according to the same scheme, boil the composition for 20 minutes.

Coffee

This dye is recommended for to a greater extent Use to color darker hair to achieve a rich black or dark brown tone. It is useful to know that a coffee solution will allow brown-haired women to drown out the red hair and make the strands more even and dark in color. Saturated chocolate shade comes out when dyeing medium and light brown strands with coffee. For brunettes, a dye made from coffee will not give a special constructive change in tone, but it will add shine and beauty.

To prepare coffee paint, mix the following ingredients:

• a teaspoon of coffee;
• 1 teaspoon olive oil;
• cognac in the amount of one tablespoon;
• 2 egg yolks;
• warm water in the amount of 2 teaspoons.

Sage

Predominantly dried leaves and stems of sage are used to dye dark hair, but the product will do and for gray strands. As a result, you can get the most unexpected colors, ranging from light brown with yellow to dark brown. To prepare the paint, pour 6 tablespoons of raw materials with 2 cups of boiling water, then let them brew for 30 minutes. This mixture can be used to rinse hair to give it a light ash accent, or applied to strands in greater concentration to achieve a darker color.

Video: dyeing hair with henna at home

The video describes step by step the process of dyeing hair using henna. The material includes a qualitative description of preparing a mixture based on henna powder and then applying the composition to the hair. The author of the video shares his own opinion and reveals secrets that allow you to more accurately choose the tone for yourself during painting.

Ever since Ancient Rome and Egypt were known for a variety of natural remedies, which allowed girls to change the shade and color of their curls. Such natural hair dye, as a rule, was created on the basis of the leaves of the alkana (better known today as henna) or indigo (basma) plants. In addition, it was during that period that techniques began to appear with which it was possible to bleach strands of color. It's interesting that the most in an unusual way beauties enjoyed bleaching Ancient Egypt. They made a tincture from lemon juice and donkey urine. Sun rays, ammonia and acid gradually “removed” the hair color. Of course, we will not use such radical methods. What natural hair dye will help you quickly and harmlessly change your image?

Pros of natural dyes

1. Since they do not contain aggressive substances or chemicals, they can be used repeatedly.
2. Thanks to their special structure, natural hair dyes, reviews of which indicate their popularity, do not damage your curls.
3. Their use does not dry out the scalp, so you will not suffer from dull hair or split ends.
4. Among other things, you get excellent remedy to nourish and restore the beauty of strands.

Disadvantages of using natural dyes

Despite all the advantages, natural paints also have their disadvantages, which you will learn about below:

1. Natural hair dye can only be applied to hair that has not previously been dyed with chemicals.
2. Most of these dyes wash off very quickly. Only henna and basma can remain on the hair for a long time.
3. If you use natural paint, you will not be able to say with 100% accuracy what color you will get.

Natural paints and dyes

If your hair is no different good health, are brittle, dull and overdried, then you should never use chemical dyes. It is in this case that it is best to dye your hair with natural dyes. Natural hair dye can be made even at home, and you don’t need to be a master to change your image. Be prepared to have to repeat the paint job to achieve the desired result. Henna and basma are the most famous paints. Henna has a yellow-green tint, basma has a gray-green tint. If you dye your hair with pure henna, then you will get a red or reddish color (depending on how long you left the mixture on your head). Pure basma, as a rule, is not used, as it gives a greenish-blue tint. It is combined with henna to get black hair. If you take two parts of henna and one part of basma, you will get a beautiful bronze shade. Reddish-blond is obtained by mixing henna with a few teaspoons of coffee. The shade of mahogany is obtained when henna is mixed with cocoa. In order not to damage too dry hair, it is better to dilute henna or basma not with water, but with kefir. Unfortunately, natural dyes for gray hair are practically not used, since they are unable to color gray hair to such an extent that it disappears.

Tinctures for hair coloring

If you just want to give your hair an interesting shade, and not dye it, then you can use special tinctures from herbs and plants. Wherein various colors are obtained if you simply use natural hair dyes (blonde, red, golden, brunette).

To blonde hair become more golden and shiny, use chamomile infusion. To make it, you need to take 150 g of chamomile inflorescences and boil them for 5 minutes in water. Then let it sit for about an hour. Wash and dry your hair, rinse it with the broth. Don't wipe. Dry at room temperature.

Rhubarb is also suitable for those who want to give their light brown locks a golden color. At the same time, he also does too much greasy hair drier. A decoction can be prepared from fresh or dried roots. In this case, it is better that the plant is at least three years old.

A decoction of walnuts is well suited for creating a chestnut color; you can also get a brown tint by making a product from regular black tea.

What do you need to remember to ensure a positive result?

Even if you plan to apply natural dye to your hair, you should remember that it will not cause any harm to your body. allergic reaction. Before dyeing your locks, try to apply a small amount of the product to your skin (it's best to choose the crook of your elbow or the part behind your ear). Leave it there for at least half an hour (but preferably longer) and then wash it off. If no rashes, dry skin, or redness appear in this area within a day, then you can use this dye to color your hair without worrying about your health.