Color your hair safely and easily with natural means. Coloring hair with natural means whether you want to have brown, gray, blond or black hair is easier than you think. These products are also safe to use during pregnancy and also make your hair much more beautiful.
Chemical hair dyes are often toxic and are not recommended during pregnancy. In contrast, vegetable dyes do not harm your hair, your scalp and your general health. They attach to the outside of the hair shaft and do not penetrate the inside of the hair. Pure, plant-based substances are generally among the most perfect cosmetics nature has to offer.
Natural dyes adapt to the individual hair color. They color the hair without affecting its inner structure. You can even safely say that the hair is not only colored, but also cared for immediately. Before coloring you can wash your hair first. With these 5 tips to wash your hair well, you can be sure that the color will catch on better.
Determining the correct color combination and exposure time is highly dependent on the natural color and structure of the hair. Hair that has been previously treated with chemical dyes or has perm will react differently to natural dyes than hair that has been left undisturbed until now.
It is therefore advisable to first test the use of natural, vegetable dyes on a small tuft of hair. It is best to cut a tuft from the lower parts of the hair and tie it together firmly. This section of hair is then first washed to degrease it. Then apply the dye. This must act until the desired result is achieved. After washing, you should let the hair pluck dry well, because you can only judge the effect well on dry hair. In this way you can quickly and easily determine the reaction time required for your hair.
Once you're actually going to apply the dye to the hair, you have to be careful not to color the scalp as well. To avoid coloring your hands, it's best to wear thin rubber gloves.
Pick up a section of hair each time and apply the dye with a wide brush. Don't forget an old towel to hang! Vegetable dyes not only color the hair and possibly the skin, but also your clothes.
Often women make the mistake of lightening their hair and leaving the eyebrows dark at the same time. If you have very dark eyebrows, you should also color them. A very fine make-up brush is used for this. Apply the same dye gently and evenly to the eyebrows. That way, the eyebrows no longer stand out against the hair in an unnatural way.
In order to be able to choose the right vegetable substance, you must first determine for yourself which natural color shade should be accentuated. With the powder of walnut shells, for example, you get a brown coloring. Henna produces a beautiful red. If you mix both colors, you get an attractive brown-red color. To find the right color scheme, always mix a small amount of food coloring first. You can try the effect on a small section of hair that has been cut off.
2-3 cups walnut shells (depending on hair length)
1 dash vegetable oil
1 dash fruit vinegar
Pieces of walnut shell are available in pharmacies and herbal stores. The shells must be finely ground to a very fine powder. The amount depends on your hair length.
When all the hair strands have been treated, put on an old plastic bath cap. Now let the dye set at an even temperature. Walnut shells cause intensive staining. That is why you have to strictly adhere to the exposure time required to achieve your desired effect. If you are unsure of the required reaction time, you should check the color periodically.
After coloring the hair is washed again. To give the hair a nice shine, you can put a splash of fruit vinegar in the last rinse.
The walnut shell coloring gives dark brown hair a rich, deep brown color. The hair also becomes beautifully shiny and easy to style.
1 to 3 cups chamomile blossom (depending on hair length)
1 dash lemon juice
Blonde hair gets a natural shine. It also works well against dandruff, oily hair and minor inflammations of the scalp.
1 cup henna powder (red coloring)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 egg yolk
The red coloring henna powder is available in herbal shops, some grocery stores and some pharmacies/pharmacies.
Henna dries out the hair slightly. The dye must therefore be applied using a gasket that also cares for the hair.
The red colored henna gives dark brown hair a beautiful red shine. However, you have to be careful with light brown hair, because a not so nice effect can arise quite quickly, reminiscent of rust brown/red.
After the treatment, the hair should be washed thoroughly. With a repetition, it is sufficient to only treat the hair growth with henna. The previously colored parts of the hair will still have their red shine.
From experience I can say that coloring with henna is the most commonly used coloring method among Hindustani Surinamese. The result is impressive:they often have beautiful hair with a beautiful color.
NOTE:Once you have colored your hair with Henna, you cannot go back to chemical coloring so quickly. Henna provides a kind of varnish on your hair.
2 handfuls of cornflowers
1 splash of lemon juice
Taking good care of the hair after coloring is important to enjoy the new color for a long time. Especially in the summer it is important to take good care of the hair. I have listed the most important tips for taking care of your hair in the summer.
Have you ever colored your hair with natural means? How did you like that? Let me know in a comment below the article.
