Hair colouring at home: 6 natural methods without chemicals
Our modern world hides many dangers, including almost inescapable exposure to chemicals. However, when it comes to skin and hair care, using quality, controlled products can help us to be conscious and avoid unnecessary harmful substances. Let’s look at some tips on some gentler alternatives to harsh, ammonium-based hair dyes when it’s time to colour your hair! And if you’re also interested in creating a pampering skincare routine that’s best for you, it’s worth a look here.
Beetroot juice and carrot juice
You can add a beautiful red hue to your hair colour by using beetroot juice and carrot juice together or separately. If you want more red, use more beetroot juice and for orange tones use more carrot juice. Be careful though, these juices can easily stain your hair!
How to use: Put a cup of juice on your hair! You can also add coconut oil to the hair for conditioning. Work it deeply into your hair, then wrap it with a towel and leave it on for at least an hour. Wash your hair with water, then rinse with apple cider vinegar! If you want a darker shade, repeat the process!
Lemon juice
Best for colouring.
Use: Spray from a spray bottle onto your hair, and leave on for several hours! If you dry it in the sun, the hair will be even lighter, this effect can be further enhanced by adding chamomile tea. As it is very slow-acting, you will need to repeat several times.
Coffee
Almost everyone has coffee at home. The perfect accessory for dark hair. You can achieve a chocolate shade without damaging the hair.
Use: Mix 2 cups of no-rinse, natural hair conditioner with 2 tablespoons of ground coffee and 1 cup of cooled coffee! Apply to hair and leave on for 1 hour! To make it last longer, flush with apple cider vinegar! If the results are not immediately visible, repeat after a few days to allow the coffee to absorb better into the hair.
Tea
Because it is not as strong as coffee, tea works best on natural hair colour. You can’t turn blonde into brown with it. Dying your hair black with tea is a good way to achieve a slightly darker hair colour or to cover grey hair. Chamomile tea is recommended for blondes and rooibos for redheads.
Use: Use 3–5 tea bags to 2 cups of water! For colouring, you can use natural tea, but you can also mix it with conditioner. If you want to dye your hair to prevent greying, add fresh or dried sage leaves, which open up the hair follicles. Leave it on for at least an hour, but if you want a darker shade, you can leave it on overnight! Finally, rinse with warm water!
Henna
Not only is it great for extravagant tattoos, but the powder made from the leaves of the henna plant is also one of the most widely used natural hair dyes. When used alone, it gives a reddish-orange colour, making it best suited to redheads and brunettes. You may get a more orangey result than you need, so add chamomile tea to prevent this!
How to use it?
Mix 1 cup of henna powder with 2 cups of lemon juice (even better if you add 1 tablespoon of vinegar)! Leave the mixture to stand for 4–6 hours, then comb it through your hair! Wrap your hair with nylon foil and a towel and rinse after 2–3 hours!
Herbs
Depending on your hair colour, you can use a variety of herbs for dyeing.
For red hair
Try marigolds, velvet blossom, rosehip and hibiscus! These can deepen and add new tones to red hair colour. The more you use them, the more spectacular the results will be.
For brown/dark hair
Achieve a beautiful colour with rosemary, nettle and sage!
For blonde hair
Chamomile, calendula, velvet, saffron, and sunflower petals work best. Adding rhubarb root can be even more effective against greying! To make the colour last longer, add black tea to darker shades and catnip to lighter hair colours!
Use: Boil the herbs in water for 30 minutes, then apply the cooled mixture to your hair! For this purpose, it is best to get a spray bottle. Dry your hair in the open air if possible!
Do you see how many natural alternatives there are? Which one have you tried?
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