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. At the same time, it is possible to achieve desired result, replacing synthetic products with natural dyes of natural origin. They will not only help to qualitatively achieve the desired shade of hair, but also contribute to the restoration and treatment of sick and split ends.
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.
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:
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 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.
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.
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.
It should be immediately noted 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 colors hair can be dyed 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 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.
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.
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 is primarily a remedy that can make it possible to qualitatively strengthen and improve hair. By coloring 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 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.
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:
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.
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.
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Today, the beauty industry market offers a huge range of hair coloring products. On the shelves of stores you can find almost any paint - from traditional to acid shades. But despite this, grandmother's hair coloring recipes are still popular, and new unusual methods are emerging, such as hair coloring with condensed milk and nutella.
What makes girls prefer traditional and non-standard recipes to branded products? Some strive for naturalness and a healthy lifestyle, rejecting “chemistry”. For others, coloring with hand-made products becomes another experiment on their own appearance. And still others save money, since homemade recipes are much cheaper than buying paint.
They are also very fond of nursing mothers and pregnant girls and women.
Try this experiment at least once, and you will see that the laudatory reviews about staining with home remedies are true.
The most famous vegetable dyes are basma and henna. With their help, even our mothers in the Soviet past maintained their beauty. And now dyeing hair with henna and basma in chocolate color at home is gaining popularity. But this method is only suitable for hair of natural color, otherwise the result of the interaction of dyes will be unpredictable.
Before painting, you need to wash your hair. Well, if you have the opportunity to use soap instead of shampoo. Also, you can not wash off the dye with a chemical agent, only with clean water. You can use your usual balms and shampoos for only a few days.
The dye recipe depends on your natural shade:
Pour the mixture with water and mix until a homogeneous creamy mass is obtained. Apply the dye to your hair and keep it for 1-4 hours. The more time passes, the richer your chocolate color will be.
A decoction of onion peel has been known in Rus' for centuries as a way to give beauty to hair. And modern research has proven that dyeing hair with onion peel is really useful. It improves blood flow to the hair follicles and normalizes the functioning of the sebaceous glands, stops hair loss, normalizes oiliness, makes them stronger, adds shine. Compare the look of your hair before and after dyeing with onions, and you will be very surprised.
This recipe is suitable for all girls, but blondes will have a more noticeable staining result. On dark hair, dyeing with onions will give a slight reddish tint, noticeable in the light.
First, you need to prepare the onion peel. Old bulbs are best painted, but their surface should be smooth and even, without stains and signs of disease. Remove only the top two layers of dry husks.
With the help of onion peel, you can get different shades:
Strain the finished broth through cheesecloth. It can only be applied to washed hair. Depending on how intense the color you want to get, keep the dye from 30 minutes to 2 hours, then rinse with warm water without shampoo. After that, you can not dry your hair with a hairdryer.
The resulting color disappears quite quickly, so you need to repeat the procedure 2-3 times a week. The decoction should be prepared anew each time, during storage it loses its properties.
Not everyone knows that cinnamon can be used not only as a spice in the kitchen, but also to lighten natural hair. For the first time, the result will be barely noticeable, but by carrying out the procedure regularly, you can achieve lightening by one or two tones.
Recipes for cinnamon-based coloring mixtures:
After compiling the mixture, it must be heated in a water bath to a temperature comfortable for you. Apply the mixture liberally to clean, dry hair and leave on for 3 to 8 hours. In the first half hour, the scalp may pinch a little, this is normal.
After painting, wash your hair with shampoo 2 times in a row and rinse with chamomile decoction (1 tablespoon of chamomile, 1 cup of boiling water, 1 liter of cold water). Repeat staining with cinnamon is recommended after 2 weeks.
Hair coloring with oak bark gives them a chestnut or dark color with a beautiful sheen. Regular staining with a decoction of oak bark reduces hair loss, accelerates their growth, reduces the amount of sebum and dandruff. But this method is not suitable for permed hair.
For a decoction, you should take only fresh oak bark, there are much less dyes in the stale one. There are several recipes for making a decoction:
Do not use a hair dryer within a day after staining. Don't use pools until the color is completely washed off, otherwise the chlorine in the water will chemically react with the dye and ruin the color.
Good coffee can cheer up not only you, but also your hair. Light brown hair will acquire a beautiful coffee color, in brown-haired women they will become several tones darker. The hairstyle of brunettes after dyeing coffee will almost not change color, but it will acquire shine and silkiness. But blondes are better off not experimenting with coffee, it will lie unevenly on blond hair and make it dirty brown.
To dye your hair with coffee, purchase only high-quality varieties of ground coffee. After trying to use a cheap instant drink, the health consequences for your hair will be unpredictable.
Coffee blend recipes:
Attention! Decoctions should be applied only to dirty hair. The mixture can be kept on the head from 30 minutes to 2 hours and washed off with regular shampoo. If your hair is still sticky, add some conditioner to the recipe next time.
An infusion based on ordinary tea can give your hair a pleasant light chestnut color. Hair coloring with tea heals and strengthens hair follicles, heals the scalp, and gives shine to the hair.
To prepare a solution for staining, brew 2 tbsp. quality black tea per 1 liter of boiling water. Then boil the broth for another 15 minutes, be sure to close the lid. Let it brew for another 20 minutes, then strain it from the tea leaves. If you add a few walnut leaves to the recipe, your hair will take on a copper tint.
Keep the dye on your hair for 20-40 minutes. Attention! No need to wash off the tea solution after staining! Dry your hair with a towel or hair dryer.
The owner of a beauty salon in Beirut was the first to use a mixture of Nutella with condensed milk for hair coloring. A note about this hit the newspapers, and soon a queue of people who wanted to try sweet hair coloring lined up at his door. The new trend was picked up by stylists around the world, and it quickly became fashionable.
But to make hair coloring with nutella and condensed milk, it is not necessary to go to an expensive salon. Can do fashion coloring at home with your own hands, because these sweets are sold in every store.
The technology of sweet dyeing is very simple, you first apply Nutella to your hair, and then lubricate them with a thin layer of condensed milk. Wrap the strands in foil for two hours and then wash your hair. Depending on the original hair color, you will get a chocolate, caramel or coffee shade.
Good cognac will give you pleasure not only when used internally, but also when used externally. Hair coloring with cognac causes a rush of blood to the scalp, which accelerates their growth. Alcohol washes away excess oil, making your hair more neat and shiny.
Take 4 tbsp. cognac, 1 tbsp. l. coffee and 2 eggs. Beat the ingredients until a homogeneous mass. Apply the resulting mixture to your hair for 1 hour. After dyeing with cognac, your hair will take on a shade from chocolate to dark and will smell deliciously of a mixture of caramel and coffee. To maintain color, the procedure must be repeated 1-2 times a month.
All natural dyes do not last long, the color will need to be renewed at least once every two weeks. But natural hair dye products do not cause any harm to them, but on the contrary, make them thicker, stronger and shinier.
Therefore, hair coloring according to homemade recipes is suitable for those girls who like to change their image often and dream at the same time to maintain a healthy and beautiful hair.
Hair coloring folk remedies:
Given the importance of the allergological problem in the application of cosmetics associated with the use of chemical paints, it is useful to once again recall what nature gives us.
Vegetable dyes are absolutely harmless, in addition, when used correctly, they strengthen the hair, improve its texture and growth, and eliminate dandruff. However, vegetable dyes are not able to lighten hair, they can only give it a "live" shine, coloring from light brown to black, depending on the type of dye.
If anyone does not know, you can give your hair the desired shade with henna, basma, rhubarb, chamomile, onion peel, green walnut peel juice, coffee powder.
Henna coloring:
Henna is an environmentally friendly plant product (it consists entirely of crushed young leaves of the medicinal subtropical plant Lawsonia inermis).
It has remarkable properties: improves the structure and prevents hair loss, strengthens their roots, eliminates dandruff and itching. Smoothes hair, facilitates their combing. Especially recommended for hypersensitivity to the chemical components of conventional hair dyes.
Henna natural is ideal for coloring, stimulating growth, conditioning and adding shine to hair. And you can also use colorless henna directly to strengthen the hair.
Preparation: 25-50 g of henna (depending on the length of the hair) is placed in a convenient earthenware or plastic bowl and, gradually adding hot water (90-100 degrees), knead until a homogeneous mass (slurry) is obtained. Apply a slightly cooled mass evenly with a brush on pre-washed and towel-dried hair and put on a warming cap. After the dyeing time selected from the table has elapsed, rinse the hair well with warm water.
The use of soap, shampoos for washing the hair is recommended 3 days after dyeing.
Original color
Coloring time
Color expected
light blond
5-30 minutes
To light chestnut
blond
20-30 minutes
To chestnut
Dark blond
30-50 minutes
to copper
dark brown
50-60 minutes
To dark chestnut
The proposed table is indicative, the resulting color depends on the structure, thickness and original color of the hair. When stained with henna, the palette of shades obtained is varied: from reddish to dark brown. To obtain a darker color (dark chestnut or black), henna is recommended to be used in a mixture with basma.
Henna coloring in combination with basma:
Basma is an environmentally friendly plant product containing biologically active substances and natural vitamins (it consists entirely of crushed young leaves of the medicinal subtropical plant Indigofera Argentea).
Basma natural is an ideal natural remedy for dyeing hair in dark colors (from light chestnut to black). Used in combination with henna.
It has wonderful cosmetic properties: stimulates growth and gives natural shine to hair, improves their structure and strengthens roots, eliminates dandruff. Smoothes hair, facilitates their combing.
Especially recommended for hypersensitivity to the chemical components of conventional hair dyes.
If you take equal parts of henna and basma, you will get a chestnut tone. The ratio of henna and basma 1:2 will give a darker, almost black color. A bronze tint can be achieved by mixing 2 parts of henna and 1 part of basma.
Henna and basma powder is brewed with hot water to the consistency of gruel and stirred thoroughly so that there are no lumps. A beautiful shade will turn out if you use an infusion of natural coffee instead of water. In a warm form, the gruel is applied to the hair, dividing it into partings. In order not to stain the skin of your hands, first put on latex gloves.
Before applying henna, it is better to wash oily hair with shampoo, dry hair can be washed without shampoo after dyeing. The gruel of henna and basma is kept from 1 to 1.5-2 hours, depending on what color they want to get. For coloring gray hair, the time should be increased to 2.5-3 hours.
However, women are so accustomed to using overseas henna that they forgot about other hair dyes.
Hair Lightening:
For light hair, take 100 grams of dried chamomile flowers, for dark hair - 200. Brew in 0.5 liters of boiling water and let it boil for 5-10 minutes on low heat. Insist in a sealed container for about an hour, then strain. Slightly damp hair (immediately after shampooing) moisten abundantly with the resulting infusion. Don't wipe. Let your hair dry. Moisten them like this every day - two weeks. Until you get the desired shade.
Blond hair acquires a beautiful golden hue if it is rinsed with chamomile infusion with glycerin: 100 g of chamomile flowers are brewed with ½ liter of boiling water, infused for about an hour, filtered and 3 g of glycerin are added.
I recommend several more complex recipes for lightening hair, which also include chamomile:
Recipe 1: You will need 200 g of chamomile, 100 g of Iranian henna, 400 g of vodka and 300 of water.
Chamomile needs to be insisted on vodka for a week. Dilute henna with hot water and leave for 1-1.5 hours. Then pour the cooled solution into unstrained chamomile tincture and leave for another 1.5-2 weeks. Strain the finished mixture, squeezing out the remnants. Moisten pre-washed hair with the resulting mixture and leave for 30-40 minutes.
Recipe 2: you will need 10 g of long leaf tea, 50 g of chamomile, 40 g of Iranian henna, 2 glasses of vodka and 1 glass of water.
Pour water into a saucepan, heat it to boiling point. Put in the right quantities of tea, chamomile, henna and boil for 5 minutes. Then cool. Add vodka and leave for 2-3 days. Strain, squeeze out the rest. Application is similar to the above in the 1st recipe.
Recipe 3: 150 g of chamomile insist 2 weeks in 0.5 liters of vodka. Then strain and add 50 ml of hydrogen peroxide. The method of application is the same.
Recipe 4: (for dark hair): take 100 g of chamomile and pour 1.5 cups of boiling water. Infuse for 40-60 minutes, then strain. Add 50 ml of 30% hydrogen peroxide to the infusion. Use as in the 1st recipe.
Hair coloring with a decoction of onion peel:
If the hair is dyed with onion scales, it acquires a brighter golden tone. To do this, boil the husks of 2-3 onions in 200-250 g of water for 20-25 minutes, then strain the broth.
Daily, using a cotton swab, lubricate the hair with infusion until the desired shade is obtained. At the same time, even gray hair is dyed. For more intense staining, this procedure should be carried out for a long time.
To tint light gray hair, another way to use a decoction of onion peel is recommended: pour 25 g of the husk with a glass of water and boil for 15 minutes, filter, add 10 g of glycerin and lubricate the hair daily.
Hair coloring with white willow:
In the people it is called willow. Take 10-20 grams of dry willow bark. Finely split it and pour a glass of boiling water. Boil under a tightly closed lid for 30 minutes over low heat. Then strain. Wet your hair (without toweling it) for 2-3 weeks until you get the desired golden color.
Linden hair coloring:
Linden will help to give blonde hair a wonderful brown tint. Prepare a decoction of twigs and linden leaves. For this, 5 tbsp. spoons of finely chopped twigs and leaves of the plant, boil in 1.5 cups of water until 1 cup of liquid remains. Wet hair liberally with a cotton swab or brush until the desired color appears.
Walnut Hair Dye:
Whoever collected walnuts knows that their shell is "wrapped" in a green peel, after removing which it is very difficult to wash your hands from brown spots. But few people know that a tincture of this peel can give light brown and dark blond hair a magnificent chestnut shade.
There are several recipes to choose from:
1. Pour 15 g of crushed peel with 50 g of water, add 25 g of burnt alum and 75 g of olive oil. Stir well and let the mixture brew over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Rinse washed hair with tincture and let it dry.
2. Boil the green peel of the walnut with 1 liter of water (over low heat) until 2/3 of the original volume remains. Use the same as in the previous recipe.
3. Take 2 tbsp. spoons of juice squeezed from the green peel of walnuts, and mix with 100 ml of alcohol. Apply the mixture to your hair. Especially suitable for oily hair.
4. Pour water (1-1.5 l) into the green peel of walnuts and boil for 3-4 hours until a dark brown liquid is obtained. Then strain the resulting mixture and evaporate it until a thick extract is formed. Add oils to it (in a ratio of 1: 2) and, stirring, boil over low heat until the water evaporates. Cool and store in a cool place.
5. There is another good recipe using green walnut juice. Of these, you need to make a tincture: take 50 g of water, 75 g of butter, 25 g of alum and 10-15 g of crushed green nut shells.
You can brush your hair with walnut tincture with a brush and leave the mixture for 40 minutes, then rinse your hair thoroughly with warm water and rinse it with vinegar (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of warm water).
Usually this remedy is successfully used for graying hair.
6. The recipe is simpler to execute: chop the green peel of walnuts well with a meat grinder (or grater), dilute it with water to the consistency of gruel and apply to hair for 15-20 minutes. If you work with your hands, it is better to use latex gloves to protect your hands.
7. 150 g walnuts, 4 tbsp. l. olive oil, 50 ml water.
Grind nuts, add olive oil, mix and pour water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and continue heating over low heat for 20 minutes. Wait until the coloring composition has cooled down and evenly distribute it through the hair, starting from the roots. Comb the hair first with a frequent comb, then with a rare one. You don't have to cover your head. After 20-30 minutes rinse hair with plenty of warm water.
To obtain a dark chestnut color, you can use an infusion of leaves or a green shell of a walnut. The intensity of the shade depends on the proportions - the more water, the weaker the color.
Hair coloring with tea leaves:
Able to change hair color, as well as improve their appearance and black long leaf tea. Science has long known its tonic and healing properties.
If you regularly moisten fair-haired and dark blond hair strongly brewed infusion of tea, they will acquire a reddish-brown hue. Pour 2-3 tablespoons of tea with a glass of water, bring to a boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes over low heat. Let's insist. Rinse your hair with this solution.
Gray hair will be well dyed brown or chestnut if you do the following: prepare strong brewed tea (leak 1 teaspoon of tea leaves for 30-40 minutes under a lid in 1/4 cup of boiling water and then strain).
Mix with the same volume of cocoa powder or instant coffee, mix thoroughly and immediately apply the fresh mixture to the hair. Put a plastic cosmetic cap on your head and wrap it with a terry towel. After 1-1.5 hours, you need to rinse your hair with acidified water.
This coloring is short-lived, but it will allow you to mask the gray hair well for several days.
Nettle - gray hair is dark marvelously:
Pour 100 g of nettle per 1 liter of water, insist for a day. Rub the resulting infusion with the herb into the scalp. Do not rinse for 2-2.5 hours, then rinse your head with warm water without shampoo. After 1.5 months of daily rubbing, you will see hair growing at the roots with practically no gray hair, dark ash color.
The female part of the population in Soviet times knew perfectly well how to make hair dye from natural materials in order to saturate the natural hair color or slightly tone the natural pigment.
It’s hard for us to imagine that once there were no hair dyes on the shelves at all, with the exception of henna, basma and two shades of coloring balm. Hair dye, as an industrial product, simply did not exist, so they dyed and tinted with everything that could give at least some shade. Today, many recipes have not lost their relevance due to the beneficial effects of the products used on the structure of the hair and skin health that accompany coloring.
The combination of natural ingredients in homemade dye helps to bring out the natural color of the hair, giving shine and more vibrant shades, but can also change it if you use homemade dye on light hair.
Wash your hair with shampoo, then lower it down over the bath, standing on the bottom of the tub so that the decoction flowing from the hair gets into it. Thus, you can shed the same decoction several times, enhancing the staining effect. After the last rinse with a colored decoction, wring out the hair with a towel and walk like this for another 15 minutes, then rinse the hair under running water.
You can also fill a bottle with a spray bottle with a decoction and from time to time spray the liquid onto your hair that is still damp after washing.
Dark hair is easy to tint with strong tea leaves. Before you make hair dye from tea, you need to find a small enameled bowl. For a good result, it is advisable to take large-leaf black tea: pour 2 tablespoons of dried leaves with a liter of boiling water and “brew” them for half an hour. Washed wet hair is rinsed with the resulting liquid.
Rinsing the hair with an infusion of medicinal chamomile gives them a golden yellow hue. For one rinse, pour 25 g of flowers with three-quarters of a glass of hot water and keep the infusion under the lid for an hour. Rinse clean hair with filtered liquid. Thanks to this care, the hair becomes soft, obedient, shiny and acquires a natural golden hue.
And of course, with any initial hair color, you can use henna and basma. These natural dyes give the best effect when using both powders at the same time (for brown and dark brown hair). They can drastically change the color, therefore, the first attempts to use should begin with a short staining time in order to select individual proportions and the time of applying the slurry. So, you can revive the light brown hair color and add a golden hue to it, if you dilute half a 25 g bag of henna in half a glass of hot water (not boiling water) and moisten the washed hair with the solution. It is necessary to rinse them (for starters) after 10 minutes.
The use of natural ingredients in hair coloring not only adds saturation to the natural color, but also changes its shade. A nice bonus of such coloring is the improvement of hair.
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 for hair dyes.
Natural hair dyes are - most often henna and basma , and 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 require longer exposure and more natural dye.
When you start dyeing your hair at home with natural dye, do not forget to throw an oilcloth, polyethylene or an old towel over your shoulders, and also put on 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 been previously exposed to perm, as they 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 the 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 dish with a wooden spoon with hot water, or with hot infusion of strong natural coffee, or warmed red wine, until the slurry 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 is 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 is 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. Blonde 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 Rus'. 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, blackberries. 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 ratio of 50/50 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.
