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Do you think in the old days women had nothing to dye their hair with? I was very surprised...

They had natural dyes - henna, basma, rhubarb, chamomile, tea, green walnut shells, walnut kernels, onion peel, black poplar buds and leaves, linden flowers ...

When talking about natural hair coloring, where should you start? First of all, with the fact that hair coloring with vegetable dyes is harmless.

With the help of these dyes, you can get different shades of hair. But it should only be noted that natural dyes can act differently depending on your natural hair color, on its thickness and on individual susceptibility.

And so, where do we start?




chamomile

It is especially good to use chamomile to lighten hair. It will make your hair manageable and shiny. Chamomile is best used for oily hair, as well as for coloring gray hair.

gray hair

it is enough to brew 1 cup of dried chamomile flowers with 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, then add 3 tablespoons of glycerin. Next, apply the composition to the hair, put a plastic cap on the head and wrap it with a towel for warming. Wash off after an hour. Gray hair will become with a golden hue.

How to lighten hair with chamomile?

To do this, pour 0.5 liters of vodka into 150 g of dried flowers, insist for 2 weeks, strain and squeeze. To enhance clarification, you can add 50 g of hydrogen peroxide to the composition (as you can see, there were some chemicals here). Apply the composition to the hair and hold for 30-40 minutes, then rinse with water and shampoo. Hair will turn golden.

If you have blonde hair,

use chamomile as a rinse after every hair wash. Your hair will also become golden.

What if the hair is dark?

Then brew 1 cup of dried flowers with 1.5 cups of boiling water, insist for 1 hour, strain, then add 50 g of hydrogen peroxide. Now apply the composition to clean, dry hair, soak for 30-40 minutes and rinse with water and shampoo. Your dark hair will lighten.

You can dye your hair with a mixture of chamomile, henna and tea.

Heat 400 g of water to a boil and add 10 g of black tea, 50 g of chamomile, 40 g of henna. Boil for 5 minutes, then let cool, add 200 g of vodka, leave for 2-3 days. Then strain the mixture, squeeze out the remainder. Moisten the hair with this mixture and leave without wiping for 30-40 minutes, then wash with shampoo.




Onion peel for hair coloring

Onion peel is a useful hair product, with which you can not only color, but also strengthen your hair and get rid of dandruff. A special compound, quercetin, was found in onion skins, which dyes hair in orange-reddish hues. You can simply rinse your hair with its decoction.

Blonde hair

you can dye it in a dark chestnut shade if you wipe your hair every day with a strong decoction of onion peel.

If you want blond hair to become bright golden, wipe every day with a weak decoction of onion peel.

Gray hair on dark hair.

Use a strong decoction of onion peel. Pour half a glass of husk with a glass of boiling water, boil for 20 minutes, strain, add 2 teaspoons of glycerin. With this composition, you need to wipe your hair every day until you see the result.




Hair Coloring Tea

The same compound, quercetin, is present in tea leaves as found in onion skins. Tea gives a reddish-brown tint.

To prepare the paint, it is enough to boil 2-3 tablespoons of tea in 200 grams of water for 15-20 minutes, let it brew. And then use the same way as onion peel, that is, the resulting tincture can either be rinsed or applied to the hair, keeping it for a while, then rinse with warm water.

gray hair

it is necessary to brew 4 teaspoons of black tea in 1/4 glass of water. Boil this brew for another 40 minutes on low heat, strain and add 4 teaspoons of cocoa or instant coffee. Stir the mixture until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Apply to hair with a brush, then put a plastic cap on your head, and wrap your head with a towel for warmth. Leave the mixture on your hair for one hour, then rinse with warm water.

Gray hair will take on a straw-yellow hue if you rinse it with strong brewed black tea after each wash!




Hair coloring with rhubarb is a fairly ancient method.

This plant contains orange-yellow chrysophanoic acid, which will give your hair golden hues. Depending on the color of your hair, you may get straw yellow or light brown shades. Dig up rhubarb roots at least three years old in the spring, chop and dry in the shade. If this is very difficult, buy ready-made at the pharmacy.

For short hair you need 10g, for long hair - 20g,

for very long ones - 30g of dry rhubarb.

Pour the crushed root with 200 g of cold water, boil for 15 - 20 minutes, stirring all the time so as not to burn. A thick mass is formed. It must be cooled down and allowed to brew a little. Sometimes a pinch of baking soda is added to give a dark brown tint. Rhubarb infusion is added to pure henna so that the bright color inherent in henna becomes more subdued. In this case, the proportions are observed - 30 g of rhubarb powder and 70 g of henna powder.

If you have blonde hair

and you want light brown with a golden or copper tint, then after washing your hair, rinse your hair with the following composition: pour 2 tbsp. tablespoons crushed rhubarb roots 1 cup cold water, put on fire and boil for 15-20 minutes with constant stirring, then cool and strain.

If you want to dye your blond hair light brown, then add a little dry white wine or apple cider vinegar to the above decoction (100 g of wine or vinegar per 0.5 liter of water). The whole composition is brought to a boil, then aged over low heat until half the solution is obtained. Rinse hair should only be clean, after washing.

For normal or oily hair.

To obtain a light brown shade, you can use another recipe: 200 g of rhubarb (leaves and roots) are crushed and boiled in 0.5 liters of white grape wine until half of the original volume is obtained.

Gray hair.

If you use rhubarb to color gray hair, you will get a blond tint.




Walnut

Walnut has long been used for hair coloring. In this case, you can get various chestnut shades. To do this, collect the green peel of the walnut, it can be used both fresh and dried.

To make your hair brown

mix 0.5 cups of olive oil, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of alum and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of chopped walnut rind. The whole composition is poured with 1/4 cup of boiling water and put on a slow fire for 15 minutes, after which it is cooled and squeezed. Apply to hair for 40 minutes, then rinse with warm water. It must be applied with a brush, otherwise the fingers will be stained.

And this recipe gives the most stable result.

2 tablespoons of green walnut peel per 100 g of alcohol. We get a chestnut color. Leave on hair for 10-30 minutes.

Another paint option:

Boil 100 g of green walnut peel in 1 liter of water to 2/3 of the original volume, then apply to hair and hold for about 20-40 minutes.




Linden

Hair was dyed with linden in ancient Russia. This coloring not only colors, but also strengthens the hair. Linden dyes hair in a chestnut or brown shade.

Let's look at a few recipes.

Pour 1.5 tablespoons of linden flowers with 1.5 glasses of water, put on a slow fire and stir constantly until 100 ml of water evaporates. There should be about 1 cup of broth left. Then cool the broth and strain. Apply the resulting liquid to the hair and hold until the desired shade is obtained.

You can make a decoction of linden branches and leaves. Prepare the mixture and use it in the same way as in the first recipe. Get brown.




Coffee

Coffee contains many coloring compounds in its composition, so it can also be used for hair coloring.

The easiest way

Brew strong coffee and rinse your hair after washing your hair, after which you do not need to rinse with water. Hair will take on a new shade.

If the hair is blond,

you can get a rich chestnut color.

To do this, take 4 teaspoons of ground coffee, pour 1 glass of water and boil for 5 minutes. After the coffee has cooled slightly, pour 1 sachet of henna into it. Mix everything and apply to the hair along the entire length. Now put on a plastic cap, and a warm towel on top. Depending on the desired shade, hold the mixture for 10 to 40 minutes.




What other natural remedies can be used?

Cocoa.

Take 3 - 4 tablespoons of cocoa, mix with 25g of henna and brew according to the technology indicated on the henna bag. Apply to clean hair for 20-30 minutes. Thus, you can get a shade of mahogany on dark hair.

Blackberry juice

will give your hair a reddish brown tint. This is the easiest way to color - apply the juice to clean, dry hair and keep it for at least 1 hour. Be careful, blackberry juice can get on your hands and clothes.

Spruce bark will dye hair black.

To do this, grind spruce bark into powder, brew with boiling water and apply to hair. It must be kept for at least 1 hour.

Sage decoction

4 tbsp. brew a spoonful of dry sage with a glass of water. If you apply the infusion daily to the hair roots, even gray hair will be colored. Sage dyes hair dark.

Lemon juice

You can lighten your hair with this. To do this, squeeze lemon juice, mix it in a 50:50 ratio with vodka, apply to damp, clean hair, then dry your hair in the sun, as the ancient Romans did. Wash your hair with warm water afterwards. This method should not be used by those who have dry hair.

As for such means as henna and basma, this is a separate topic, which should be discussed further.))

Look at the colors here...

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

We select the shade of natural hair dye

In order for the result of staining to match the original ideas, you should choose the right dye depending on the tone of the hair. The main types of coloring tools are described below in accordance with the natural color of the curls.

For dark color

To give your hair a darker 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 are mixed with 1.5 parts of basma;
  • in order for a darker brown hair to come out, it is necessary to observe a one-to-one ratio;
  • black color will turn out if you mix one part of henna and two parts of basma in a container.

Also, to give the curls a darker color, you can use a decoction of sage, which for some time needs to be applied to the hair roots - this will even paint over gray strands.

To get 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 peel, but in this case the hair will acquire a lighter brown tone. The saturation of the color depends on the degree of strength of the infusion.

If you conduct several experiments, you can choose the most suitable product and dilute it with water to change the degree of concentration. To obtain a rich chocolate color, an infusion on crushed walnut peels is perfect.

For blond hair

You can get a light brown color with a combination of rhubarb and white wine. These ingredients allow you to achieve the best result in transforming white or yellowish hair into a rich light blond tone.

  • To get a light brown shade with a copper overflow using rhubarb dye. Recipe for decoction: 2 tbsp. l. 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, a little white wine is added to the infusion.
  • To get a beautiful light blond shade I use lime. To prepare a coloring broth, you need 8 tbsp. l. dried linden pour 400 ml. water, boil, strain. The hair is treated with a decoction and kept for about 30 minutes. If you keep the 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 then use the remedy from coffee and henna. For this 4 l. ground coffee pour 200 ml. water and boil for 5 minutes. After the coffee drink has cooled, add 1 sachet of henna to it. The components 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. Hold the paint from 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 gray hair, adding shine and yellowness to them, you should wash them with chamomile decoction. For the same effect, a mixture of turmeric and cinnamon infused or diluted in a small amount of water may be suitable.

If it is necessary to color the curls in a dark, for example brown, color and do it most quickly, then you need to mix classic black tea, instant coffee and cocoa powder together. This mixture is able to eliminate gray hair in the least amount of time no worse than expensive synthetic paints.

  • cocoa with tea. To create natural paint 4 tbsp. l. brewing black tea, pour 0.4 cups of boiling water. 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 on fire until the liquid evaporates and turns into a thick mixture. Apply paint to wet hair, wrap and hold for about 1 hour.

Types of natural dyes and their application

It should be noted right away that dyeing with dyes of natural origin should not be carried out on extended strands or hair after perm, as well as curls that were previously dyed 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, do not forget about gloves, since the skin of the hands can also change its color.

It is also important to note that different types and natural hair colors lend themselves to coloring in different ways - this is partly due to the individual characteristics of the 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 in the mixture. Thick, long and coarse curls require a longer exposure to obtain the desired tone. Unfortunately, there is no universal formula here, which requires additional control over the hair during dye saturation. Below are the main types of dyes that will achieve one or another result.

Henna and basma

Henna and basma are the most famous and commonly used hair coloring products. Both elements are a powder of dried and crushed leaves of plants, which have a huge amount of healing properties, in addition to coloring pigments.

Henna itself gives the hair a coppery, rich and bright color, most often it is used as a means for dyeing hair red. Basma, in turn, is a component used as a natural dye only in combination with other ingredients. This is a prerequisite, because in its pure form, the grass dyes the hair blue-green, dooming them to an 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 the hair and gives it strength, volume and natural shine. The tool perfectly tints curls and is able to darken the strands by four tones.

To prepare raw materials, you will need to pour four tablespoons of chopped oak bark with a liter of boiling water. After that, 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 wrapping the processed strands in cellophane, where they should languish for about 4-5 hours. On top of the head is wrapped with a towel, which is also important during staining. The length of hair exposure determines the degree of darkening, for this reason, you need to adjust the time so that the result best meets expectations.

Chamomile decoction

A decoction of chamomile allows you to get a wide variety of shades, especially if you combine the product with other ingredients. Here are some quality recipes for tinting strands with chamomile decoction:
to lighten the 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 a hot henna gruel;

to paint over gray hair, dry chamomile leaves in the volume of one glass should be poured with half a glass of boiling water, and then let the mixture brew for several hours. At the end of time, 3 tablespoons of glycerin are added to the composition. Now the product can be applied to the hair, distributing it along the entire length and concentrating on areas that especially require dyeing. It is necessary to withstand the coloring compress for about an hour, and then rinse with water; rinsing the hair after each wash with a non-concentrated infusion of chamomile will give the strands a golden tone with a natural shine.

onion peel

Onion peel is primarily a remedy that can make it possible to qualitatively strengthen and improve hair. By coloring 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 for the purpose of light toning curls.

To prepare a mixture toning in gold, pour 50 grams of raw materials with a glass of boiling water and put on a slow fire 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 in the same way, boil the composition for 20 minutes.

Coffee

This dye is recommended to a greater extent for dyeing darker hair in order to obtain a rich black or dark chestnut tone. It is useful to know that the coffee solution will allow the brown-haired women to drown out the redhead and make the strands more even and dark in color. A rich chocolate shade comes out when stained with coffee medium and light blond strands. 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

Mostly dried sage leaves and stems are used to color dark hair, but the product is also suitable 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 as a rinse in the hair to give it a light ashy accent, or applied to the strands in a higher concentration for a dark color.

Video: henna hair dye at home

As part of the video, the process of dyeing hair with henna is described step by step. The material includes a qualitative description of the preparation of a mixture based on henna powder, followed by application of the composition to the hair. The author of the video shares his own opinion and reveals the secrets that allow you to more accurately choose the tone for yourself during painting.

Now, when literally everything around contains chemistry, including products and caring cosmetic compositions, sometimes I really want to use some kind of natural remedy to take care of my beauty. , to cause less harm to health. And sometimes it is even preferable, for example, during pregnancy or if you have allergies. After all, no one knows exactly how endless dyeing of hair with chemical reagents affects the health of a woman. Although scientists have already conducted a lot of research on this topic, and some disappointing conclusions have already been made. Consider in the article - what means of natural origin you can dye your hair.

Why natural remedies are preferred

The vast majority of women in our country dye their hair with chemical dyes. As a result, after some time, all ladies notice that their hair becomes lifeless, dry, and looks more like a bunch of tow than curls. This is how the effect of chemical reagents is manifested - oxidizing agents, pigments, alkalis. Moreover, the reaction of hair to the paint does not depend on the cost. Expensive hair dye can ruin hair in the same way as cheap hair dye. Therefore, if you still use paints from the store and are going to use them in the future, from time to time conduct hair restoration and treatment sessions. Be sure to regularly make masks and use special balms and oils.

Consider the positive aspects of natural hair treatment:

  • Coloring occurs in a gentle way, does not irritate and does not spoil the hair structure.
  • The color changes gently. You will not be surprised by an unexpected shade or a radical change in image.
  • Natural remedies can be used as often as you want - they do not harm the hair.
  • Natural coloring agents are simple and easy to obtain, and their cost is quite low.

For all their positive qualities, natural remedies also have significant disadvantages. Let's take a look at them too:

  • The paint stays on for a short time. Usually the shade will remain on the hair until the first wash.
  • The process of making a coloring composition can be quite laborious for home conditions.
  • In some cases, especially when staining is done with henna or basma, the result may be unexpected.
  • Trichologists do not advise shading curls with natural preparations after chemical staining. A good result is guaranteed only on hair that has not been subjected to any coloring.
  • In order for the natural remedy to color the hair properly and to get the desired shade, the compositions have to be kept on the head for quite a long time.

Natural remedies for hair coloring

Consider the most famous natural remedies that can be used to make a coloring composition.

Henna and basma - true friends - natural oriental colors.

These two remedies have been used by women, especially in the East, since time immemorial. And they are known not only as coloring compounds, but also as hair-strengthening agents.

Henna paint gives chestnut curls a beautiful golden-copper shade. If you conduct an experiment and dye light, blond hair with this paint, you may be surprised at the unexpected result in the form of bright carrot or fiery red hair. If you try to dye black curls, then in this case there will be no result - henna does not “take” the hair of brunettes. But she can strengthen them well.

Basma paint without henna is practically not used, since by itself it can only give hair a strange greenish tint. Many times there were such cases when girls, without first finding out all the information, tried to become burning brunettes using one basma. As a result, they then received a reflection in the mirror with an unusual blue-greenish hair color.

How basma is used:

  • In equal proportions with henna, a beautiful hazel color will turn out.
  • One third of basma and two thirds of henna will give a light bronze tint.
  • Two thirds of basma and one third of henna powder will make you a brunette.

The less you keep the composition on your hair, the less bright and saturated the selected hair tone will be. And vice versa - hold longer - you get the selected shade in all its glory and brightness.

If you dye your hair initially dark, then you should keep the composition on your head for about an hour and a half, if light - half an hour is enough.

In general, the coloring with these products is quite persistent - both henna and basma can stay on the hair for about a month. And after this time, you can again completely calmly dye your hair again - there will be no harm.

If you do not want to change the shade, use colorless henna - this is a natural remedy for strengthening curls, it will make your hair smooth and silky.

Hair lightening

Consider how folk natural methods can make curls lighter.

  • Use onion peel. It can give blonde hair a beautiful golden hue. How to do:
  • Take the husk in an amount of about 30 grams - this is from four medium onions and pour it with a glass of water.
  • Boil the husk for about 20 minutes.
  • Strain the composition and add two teaspoons of pharmacy glycerin.

Apply this way: moisten the hair with the resulting composition daily for two weeks. After about 10-12 days, they will acquire the desired shade. If the composition is over, and the hair is still not colored enough, prepare the product again.

Lightening with lemon juice

It is necessary to mix the juice of one lemon with half a glass of vodka and immediately apply this composition to the hair. Warning: since vodka and alcohol-based products dry out hair, this natural dye will be more effective for oily hair.

Rhubarb will help!

This garden plant can be used not only for delicious jam. Rhubarb is also a natural hair dye. For this, roots are used: about 40 grams of crushed roots are taken per glass of water - these are two tablespoons. The remedy should be boiled for about 15 minutes until boiling, let it brew a little. Use it, rinsing the hair after washing, then do not wash it off with anything. After some time of regular use, rhubarb gives the hair a light blond, and sometimes ashen shade. In some cases, rhubarb also gives curls a shade of light straw - soft and delicate.

  • Decoction of pharmacy chamomile A wonderful and useful way to lighten hair, add shine and radiance to it. This recipe was used by girls in ancient Russian villages, and remember what thick and long braids they all had. This is what it means to use only natural remedies.

In addition to chamomile, herbs such as calendula and saffron are also great for blond hair - they are also able to give blonde hair a beautiful golden natural shade.

dark shades

How can you give the entire hair beautiful dark tones without the use of chemical dyes:

Linden blossom uses

This pharmacy remedy, it turns out, can make curls darker. To do this, four tablespoons of dry lime blossom should be poured with a glass of boiling water and left to evaporate over low heat. When about one third of the original volume remains in the saucepan, the fire is turned off, the liquid is filtered and applied to the hair.

In order for the curls to darken considerably, you will have to repeatedly apply this composition - at least 4 times.

Can use coffee

Only natural ground coffee is used for coloring. Of course, it will not radically color the hair, but it can give a light coffee and chocolate shade. To do this, you need to brew coffee as usual, cool and use for rinsing.

chestnut shade

In order for your naturally blond hair to acquire this wonderful tone, you need to use nettle decoction to rinse them after washing. A decoction can be prepared independently from dry nettle grass purchased at a pharmacy. For a longer-lasting coloring effect, you can moisten your hair with this infusion at night.

  • To color the curls dark brown, you can use walnut shells. To do this, you need to take half a kilogram of the shell and sweat it over low heat in a liter of water for five hours. The recipe, of course, is quite complicated, and few people will undertake to cook it. But on the other hand, the result will be a persistent natural hair dye, which will please with its beauty and long-term coloring without any harm.
  • Cocoa powder. To give a beautiful chocolate shade to dark hair, you can use cocoa powder. Only natural cocoa is required, not baby cocoa with sugar and vanilla. When washing your hair, mix a little cocoa powder with shampoo and wash your hair with this composition. This should be done with every wash and soon you will see that your curls take on a wonderful shade of dark chocolate.

How to help gray hair

More than half of women with age have a serious problem with gray hair. And if earlier a woman turned gray at an advanced age, now it is often possible to meet an ordinary middle-aged ordinary city woman with gray strands. Experts attribute this trend to a deterioration in the quality of life in general - stress, poor nutrition and lack of time for rest are not in vain.

So what to do, than to paint over the gray strands that appeared at the wrong time? Unfortunately, gray hair is a complete lack of pigment in them. Chemical paint on them "takes root" only for a short time and is washed off first. Consider whether natural colors can return the curls to their previous shade.

If initially blond hair has turned gray, you can rinse it with chamomile decoction. This will help give your hair a golden hue. To do this, take half a glass of chamomile flowers and pour them with water in the amount of half a liter. The water must be boiling. After that, the infusion should cool and infuse for 30-40 minutes. Then you can already use it for its intended purpose. In order for there to be a visible effect, chamomile infusion must act on the hair in one session for at least an hour.

Black tea

This simple remedy, which is in every kitchen, taken in one proportion or another, is able to give natural beautiful shades to gray hair and save a lady from an unpleasant problem for a long time.

How to cook: take two tablespoons of ordinary tea leaves and pour two cups of boiling water. After that, it is necessary that the tea leaves stand on a small fire for about half an hour. Then cool the resulting composition and then wet the hair with it and make it for half an hour. It is worth putting a rubber cap or polyethylene on your head for a stronger effect.

If you add a few teaspoons of coffee to it during the preparation of the composition, you can get a beautiful coffee shade at the output. And if you add onion peel, the color of the curls will become slightly golden.

In order to properly and harmoniously dye your hair with natural means, you need to learn a few more useful recommendations.

  • It should be borne in mind that a prepared coloring composition with your own hands may not always immediately appear on the hair. This requires several sessions.
  • Since homemade formulations are liquid and watery, it is better to apply them to the hair with a dishwashing sponge.
  • When you are going to use basma or henna, you can add a little kefir to the composition when mixing the components - the curls will be colored and at the same time will be provided with food.
  • After perming and dyeing, natural dyes are also not used, since the reaction in this case will be unpredictable.

The current range of hair dyes is amazing, but most of them have chemical ingredients that mercilessly destroy the health of those who use them, as well as the hair.

Fortunately, it is possible to replace chemical paints with natural ones. Dyeing your hair with natural dyes is the best option, especially for those who have allergic reactions to hair dyes.

Natural hair dyes are - most often henna and basma , as well as walnut, tea, coffee, onion peel, chamomile, etc. . It is desirable to use such dyes on hair where there are no traces of perm or dyeing with any chemical dye. Natural dyes do not do any harm to the hair. On the contrary, they give the hair shine, silkiness and natural color. The only drawback of natural dyes is their lack of stability. Each time after the next washing of the hair, part of the coloring pigment is washed off. Therefore, if you decide to dye your hair with natural dyes, then after each hair wash they will have to be applied again. The exception is henna and basma, their color lasts longer.

All natural dyes are applied to clean and damp hair with a sponge, brush or cotton swab. It should also be borne in mind that thin and sparse hair is dyed with natural dyes faster and requires less dye. Thick, thick and long hair requires longer exposure and more natural dye.

When starting to dye your hair at home with natural dye, do not forget to throw an oilcloth, polyethylene or an old towel over your shoulders, and also wear rubber gloves. At the same time, divide the hair into partings and lubricate with natural paint from the roots to the ends. As they grow, paint over only the roots.

After applying natural dye to your hair, wrap your head with cellophane and warm it with a terry towel on top. After that, you need to try to increase the blood circulation of the vessels of the brain (so that the paint clings to the hair better). To do this, you need to drink some kind of strong drink: tea with lemon, coffee, mulled wine. You can just drink 20g. cognac or a little coffee with cognac.

With home hair coloring, it is impossible to predict in advance what color your hair will receive. To save yourself from unpleasant surprises, we advise you to play it safe: before dyeing all your hair, try dyeing one small strand first.

Before giving preference to a certain shade, it is necessary to take into account many factors: the color of the skin, eyes, as well as the possibility and desire to keep the head in order after dyeing the hair. When choosing a hair color, you must also remember that too dark hair emphasizes age, wrinkles, tired skin and fatigue. If you have a lot of gray hair, choose a color that is slightly lighter than natural.

1. Hair coloring henna and Basma

This is the oldest way to change hair color.

Henna - dried and crushed alkane leaves, which have a yellow-green color or lavsonia leaves, which have a red-orange color. The properties of these types of henna are the same.

Basma - crushed leaves of indigo, which have a greenish-gray color. Henna and basma have tannins in their composition, they nourish the scalp, promote hair growth, strengthen hair and restore vitality and shine to them.

henna it is recommended to dye natural brown or dark blond hair. Bleached and very blond hair becomes carrot or bright red after henna staining, and natural black hair is almost never dyed at all. Care should be taken with hair that has previously been permed, as they will instantly “grab” the new color.

Basma dyes hair green or green-blue, so it is not used in its pure form. But in combination with henna, basma gives different shades, from brown to black. Basma is applied to clean, damp hair with henna or after henna staining. Home hair coloring with henna and basma is separately used mainly for painting over gray hair (first henna, then basma).

Undoubtedly, henna and basma are considered the best and most persistent of vegetable dyes. Henna gives shades from golden to reddish. For dry and normal hair, it is better to dilute henna not with water, but with kefir or serum - this will make the dyeing process more convenient and dye your hair more evenly. At the same time, it is not necessary to heat the kefir.

You can dye your hair at home with henna or henna with basma every week, because it is not only a wonderful dye, but also an excellent tool for strengthening and thickening hair.

Depending on the length of the hair, take from 25g. up to 100g. dry powder of henna and basma. The ratio between them varies depending on the desired tone and color intensity. So, equal parts of henna and basma will give a chestnut color, 1 part of henna and 2 parts of basma - black, 2 parts of henna and 1 part of basma - a bronze tint.

Henna and basma powder is carefully rubbed in a glass bowl with a wooden spoon with hot water, or with hot infusion of strong natural coffee, or warmed red wine, until the gruel is thick. Flaxseed decoction, glycerin or shampoo can be added to the henna solution. These components help to apply the dye to the hair more evenly.

The prepared mixture is applied to washed and slightly towel-dried hair. Along the hairline, the skin is lubricated with petroleum jelly or cream. If this is not done, then for some time after the procedure your forehead will be “decorated” with a bright yellow stripe.

The remaining gruel is diluted by 1 / 3-1 / 4 with hot water and paint is applied to the ends of the hair. Hair is removed under a plastic wrap, and warmed with a terry towel on top.

The paint is kept from 10-40 minutes (to obtain a light tone) to 1-1.5 hours (to obtain a dark tone). After that, the hair is rinsed with warm water. Shampooing is not recommended. Rinsing with acidified water can be done only after a day.

It's important to know!!!

1. Homemade hair coloring with pure henna has a bright red color.

2. To get a light chestnut color, you can add a strong decoction of tea to the henna solution at the rate of 2-3 teaspoons of dry tea leaves per glass of water or strong insoluble coffee!

3. If you like a chestnut color with a cherry tint, then dilute the henna not with water, but with Cahors, heated to 70C 0.

4. To get a chestnut color that is very close to natural, add 3g to henna powder. powdered dried rhubarb leaves.

5. Dark chestnut color will turn out if you pour henna with a decoction of buckthorn bark: 100g. bark in 2.5 cups of water. Boil the decoction for 25 minutes. and strain.

6. To obtain the color of mahogany, cranberry juice is added to henna, and before dyeing, the hair is abundantly smeared with the same juice and dried.

7. To recolor dark hair into light, with a golden hue, add chamomile infusion to the hot gruel of henna at the rate of 1 tbsp. dried flowers in 0.5 cups of boiling water.

2. How paint over gray hair henna and Basma

So, we have henna and basma (it is advisable to buy fresh and high-quality!). First we take henna and fill it with hot water and leave to infuse. On wet hair (you can also dry, but there will be more paint consumption), apply warm henna with black brewed coffee (or without). You can wrap it with cellophane and a towel. Keep for a long time (4-5 hours). Wash away. Hair that was gray will turn red, but there will still be a noticeable difference.

The next day, on dry hair, apply a warm mixture of basma with henna for 3-4 hours (there is a lot of basma, henna is only 1 spoon). Wash away. The hair will turn dark brown, closer to black. Now the gray hair should be completely painted over.

It's important to know!!!

The main secret is painting in 2 stages. First with henna, and then with basma. The second point is that it is desirable to keep the mixture for a long time both times!

Henna dries hair and skin, so you can make masks 2 times a month with olive oil.

3. Hair coloring onion peel

Natural hair coloring is possible with the help of onion peel. Onion peel itself is very useful for strengthening hair and for dandruff, if you simply rinse your hair with a decoction. But also onion peel is a wonderful natural hair dye. How to dye your hair with onion peel?

To dye your hair in this way at home, they are wiped daily with a cotton swab moistened with a decoction of onion peel until the desired shade appears.

1. To give blond hair a dark chestnut tint, the hair is rubbed every day. strong decoction of onion peel, bright golden hue - weak decoction of onion skins.

2. A decoction of onion peels well paints over gray hair on dark hair. For these purposes, it is best to use a strong decoction - pour half a glass of husk with a glass of boiling water, boil for 20 minutes. Strain, add 2 tsp. glycerin.

4. Hair coloring walnut walnut

Hair coloring with walnut gives the hair chestnut shades. Walnut peel can be used for coloring, both fresh and dried. Only green shells are used in walnut hair coloring!

4.1. To give your hair a chestnut tint, mix the following ingredients: 0.5 cups of olive oil, 1 tbsp. alum, 1 tbsp. chopped walnut rind. All components pour 1/4 cup boiling water. Put the mixture on a slow fire, and stand for 15 minutes. Then cool, squeeze and, the resulting slurry, apply to the hair with a brush. Leave the composition on the hair for 40 minutes. and rinse with warm water.

4.2. There is another recipe for home cosmetics that allows you to achieve the same result. The peel of a walnut is crushed in a meat grinder and mixed with hot water until the density of sour cream. The gruel is applied to the hair with a brush, aged for 15-20 minutes. and washed off with warm water.

4.3. The combination of 2 tbsp. juice of green peel of walnuts per 100g. alcohol gives a chestnut tone. Apply the mixture to your hair. Keep 10-30min. With this method of home hair coloring, a good and stable result is achieved.

4.4. You can also take 1.5 tbsp. crushed peel and alum, stir in 50g. water and 70g. vegetable oil. The mixture is slightly heated, applied to the hair and kept for 40 minutes.

4.5. Another way to dye hair at home with walnuts: boil 100g. green peel of a nut in 1 l. water to 2/3 of the original volume, apply to the hair. Withstand 20-40min.

5. Dye your hair tea

Have you noticed that if you drink strong black tea, then our teeth turn yellow? Same with hair! Dyeing hair with tea is easy: Tea is available in every store, affordable, easy to use and effective in coloring hair. Tea dyes hair brown.

5.1. For home dyeing of light brown hair in red-brown color 2-3 tbsp. black tea is brewed in 1 glass of water. The tea leaves should be boiled for 15 minutes, and then insisted. The resulting tincture is either rinsed with hair or applied to the hair, kept for a short amount of time and washed off with warm water.

5.2. To dye gray hair brown at home, 4 tsp. black tea is brewed in 1/4 cup of water. The tea is boiled for 40 minutes, filtered and 4 tsp are added to it. cocoa or instant coffee. The gruel is stirred until a homogeneous mass is obtained and applied to the hair with a brush. A plastic cap and a towel are put on the head. The mixture is kept on the hair for 1 hour. and washed off with warm water.

5.3. You can dye gray hair with tea in another way. Gray hair will take on a straw-yellow hue if you rinse it with strong brewed black tea after every wash!

6. Coffee hair coloring

At home, coffee hair coloring is often practiced. After all, coffee contains a lot of pigments.

6.1. Hair will acquire a new shade if, after washing your hair, rinse your hair with strong brewed coffee (without rinsing).

6.2. You can also 4h.l. ground coffee pour 1 cup of water and boil for 5 minutes. 1 sachet of henna is poured into brewed coffee, cooled to 80-90C 0. Mix everything, apply to the hair along the entire length, put on a plastic cap, and a towel on top. Keep 10-40min. depending on the desired shade.

7. Dye your hair with cocoa

Home hair coloring can be diversified with a folk remedy with cocoa. To give dark hair a mahogany shade 3-4 tbsp. cocoa mixed with 25g. henna and brewed according to the technology of henna preparation. Apply to clean hair for 20-30 minutes. depending on the desired shade.

8. Rhubarb for hair coloring

You can dye your hair at home with rhubarb. Rhubarb for hair was used by our grandmothers to give their hair an ashy or light brown hue.

8.1. To recolor blond hair in a light brown color with a golden or copper tint, after washing your hair, rinse your hair with the following mixture: 2 tbsp. crushed rhubarb roots are poured with 1 glass of cold water, with constant stirring, the mixture is boiled for 15-20 minutes, then cooled and filtered.

8.2. To dye blond hair light brown, add a little dry white wine or apple cider vinegar to the above decoction (100 g of vinegar or wine per 0.5 l of water). The mixture is brought to a boil and aged over low heat until half the liquid has boiled away. The resulting decoction is rinsed with clean hair after washing.

8.3. Another way to get a light brown shade on your hair: 200g. rhubarb (leaves and root) should be boiled in 0.5 liters. white grape wine until half of the original volume is obtained. Rhubarb prepared in this way is suitable for normal to oily hair.

8.4. Rhubarb for hair is also good for painting over gray hair. When dyeing gray hair with rhubarb at home, a light brown shade is obtained.

9. Hair coloring camomile

Chamomile is often used to color hair at home. Chamomile is especially good for lightening hair. Chamomile makes hair manageable and shiny. Chamomile is more suitable for oily hair.

9.1. In home cosmetics, chamomile is often used to color gray hair. To paint over gray hair, 1 cup of dry chamomile flowers is brewed with 0.5 liters. steep boil. The mixture is infused for 2 hours, filtered, after which 3 tablespoons are added to it. glycerin. The mixture is applied to the hair, a plastic cap and a towel are put on the head. Leaves on hair for 1 hour. Chamomile tints gray hair in a golden hue.

9.2. Lightening hair with chamomile is possible using this recipe: 1.5 cups of dried chamomile flowers are poured with 4 cups of vodka. The mixture is infused for 2 weeks, then 50 g is added to it. hydrogen peroxide. The mixture is applied to the hair, aged 30-40 minutes. and washed off with shampoo. Lightened hair with this coloring will be golden in color.

9.3. Chamomile hair can be used as a rinse after each shampoo. Blond hair at the same time acquire a golden hue.

9.4. To lighten dark hair with chamomile: 1 cup of dried chamomile flowers is brewed with 1.5 cups of boiling water. The mixture is infused for 1 hour, filtered and 50 g is added to it. hydrogen peroxide. The mixture is applied to clean, dry hair, aged 30-40 minutes. and washed off with shampoo.

10. Linden for hair

Linden for hair coloring was used in ancient Russia. These recipes have not lost their relevance in our days and they confirm that natural hair dye brings not only beauty, but also benefits to the hair. Linden gives the hair a chestnut or brown tint.

10.1. So, to give your hair a chestnut tint, there is an excellent folk remedy from linden. 5 tbsp linden flowers are poured with 1.5 glasses of water. The mixture is put on a slow fire and, with constant stirring, about 100 ml evaporates. water, so as to leave about 1 cup of broth. The broth is cooled and filtered. The resulting liquid is applied to the hair and aged until the desired shade appears.

10.2. You can make a decoction of twigs and leaves of linden. Everything, as in the first recipe.

11. Blackberries for hair

What beauties do not use in home hair coloring! For example, blackberry. Apply blackberry juice to clean, dry hair, hold for at least 1 hour. Blackberries will give your hair a reddish brown tone.

12.Spruce bark for hair

It is necessary to grind the powder from the bark of spruce, brew with boiling water, apply to the hair. Hold for at least 1 hour. Hair will be dyed black.

13. Hair coloring with sage

Sage decoction is a natural hair dye. 4 tablespoons brew dry sage with a glass of water. Apply daily to the roots of the hair. Even gray hair is dyed. As a result of dyeing hair with sage, a pleasant and rich dark color is obtained.

14. Lighten hair with lemon

You can lighten your hair with lemon. You need to squeeze lemon juice, mix in a 50/50 ratio with vodka, apply to damp clean hair and dry your hair in the sun. Then wash your hair as usual. Hair is lightened by at least 1 shade. The degree of lightening depends on the original hair color and hair structure. Lightening hair with lemon is not recommended for those who have very dry hair.

Natural hair dyes are great for young girls, as well as for those who have not yet used chemical dyes, have not done a perm. Natural dyes will not only give a beautiful shade to the hair, but will also benefit the hair and scalp.

It will not be possible to achieve a radical change in hair color with the help of natural dyes, but you can get a beautiful shade and a pleasant shine. To maintain the effect, you will have to apply the selected recipe after each hair wash. An exception is staining with henna and basma.

Natural dyes in liquid form (decoctions, infusions) are used to rinse the hair after washing, if the dye is thicker, then it should be applied with a sponge or brush from the roots to the ends of the hair.

If the hair is light, thin and sparse, it will dye more easily and faster.

Thick, thick, long hair may not "succumb" to natural remedies, especially the first time. It is recommended to keep the product on such hair for a longer time.

Recipes for covering gray hair are given: be sure to try different natural remedies, but don't have high hopes, especially if your hair has been chemically treated before, and gray hair dominates your head.

Dark hair coloring

Linden

5 tbsp chopped twigs and linden leaves boil in 1.5 cups of water. Evaporate to 1 cup. Rinsing the hair with the resulting decoction dyes hair brown.

Hop

2 tbsp hop cones pour 1 liter of boiling water, boil for 20 minutes, strain. Brunettes and brown-haired women can rinse their hair with a decoction of hops after washing their hair with shampoo.

Walnut

  • 2 tbsp (100 g) chopped peel of green walnuts pour 1 liter of water, bring to a boil and boil down to two-thirds of the original volume. Keep on hair for 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Squeeze the juice from the green peel of the walnut. To 2 tbsp. juice add 100 ml of alcohol.
  • Pour boiling water over the peel of green walnuts and boil for 3-4 hours. When the color of the liquid becomes dark brown, strain and continue to boil over low heat until a thick extract is obtained. Add vegetable oil in an amount twice the volume of walnut extract. Continue to boil until the water has completely evaporated. When a dark brown cream is formed, it can be applied to the hair as a dye. for coloring brown-haired women in chestnut color.
  • There is an easier way to make homemade walnut skin coloring. Grind the green peel in a meat grinder, add water to a thick gruel. Apply to hair, rinse with warm water after 20 minutes.

Black tea

  • 3 tbsp black tea pour 1 cup boiling water, boil for 15 minutes, insist. Rinse hair after washing. Leave on for 10 minutes, rinse with warm water. Dyes blonde hair red-brown.
  • 4 tsp black tea pour 0.25 cups of boiling water, boil for 40 minutes. Strain, add 4 tsp. instant coffee. Mix thoroughly and apply the resulting slurry to the hair. Cover with a plastic bag and a terry towel. Wash off with warm water after an hour. Colors gray hair brown. For the same purposes, rinsing after each wash with strong brewed black tea without additives is suitable.

Leaves of sage officinalis

4 tbsp dry sage pour a glass of boiling water, insist. Apply daily to the roots of the hair and the entire length of the hair. Colors hair in rich dark color, you can paint over gray hair.

spruce bark

Grind the dry bark into powder, pour boiling water over it, apply the gruel to the hair and let stand for at least 1 hour to dye your hair black.

Dyes for blondes

onion peel

  • 50 g of husk (handful) of any onion, but better - red, pour a glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes. Cool and strain. Rinse your hair after every wash to give it a golden hue.
  • If you prepare a more concentrated decoction, then daily wiping your hair will give light brown hair a chestnut tint.
  • Pour half a glass of onion peel with a glass of boiling water. Bring to a boil and boil for 20 minutes. Strain. Add 2 tsp. glycerin. Rub daily for 2-3 weeks for painting gray hair that appeared on dark blond hair.

rhubarb roots

  • 20-30 g of dry chopped rhubarb roots pour a glass of water. Bring to a boil, boil for 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from fire. Rub warm liquid into clean, dry hair. Dry. Gives hair a straw-yellow hue.
  • Pour 150 g of chopped dry rhubarb root with 500 ml of white wine, bring to a boil. Boil until evaporated 2 times. Wash hair with decoction. Gives a light brown tint. You can use this recipe for coloring gray hair.
  • If you add half a teaspoon of baking soda to the previous recipe, the hair color will become straw yellow with a reddish tinge.

pharmaceutical camomile

Chamomile is good for oily hair.

  • 100 g of chamomile inflorescences pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Insist 30 minutes. Plentifully moisten hair with infusion of chamomile and keep for about an hour. Gives light hair golden hue.
  • The golden hue will last longer if, in the previous recipe, insist chamomile for 2 hours and after straining, add 60 g of glycerin to the chamomile infusion.
  • You can also try give gray hair a golden hue with the latest recipe. After applying the infusion of chamomile with glycerin to your hair, put on a plastic bag and wrap your head with a towel, soak the dye on your hair for an hour.

Lighten blonde hair

  • 200 g dry florets chamomile pour 500 ml of boiling water, leave for 40 minutes, moisten hair abundantly. Wash off after 1 hour.
  • 200 g chamomile pour 0.4 l of vodka, insist 1 week, do not strain. 100 g of henna pour 300 ml of hot water and leave to infuse for 1.5-2 hours. Mix infusions. Leave for 1.5-2 weeks. Strain and squeeze out the remainder. Moisten hair with infusion, hold for 30-40 minutes, then rinse hair with soap and water.