How to become a redhead at home: henna-based staining recipes

The optimal option to get a beautiful reddish shade of the house is the coloring with the help of colored henna. First, henna is a natural dye that not only does not harm the hair, but also strengthens it. And secondly, it gives the locks an intense red color, which is difficult to achieve by themselves with shop paints. We offer you some simple coloring recipes based on this natural dye, which can be easily prepared at home.

How to paint the red color of henna

To henna gave your hair a nice red tint, you must adhere to several basic rules. So, repainted in a red from the dark, henna is kept on the hair for 2 to 6 hours. But on light hair red henna is left no more than for 15-20 minutes. And blondes are recommended to dilute henna powder not with water, but with a decoction of chamomile, which will give the locks a light sunny shade. For reincarnation from fair to red, the dye is aged for 30-45 minutes.

In addition, the color of the staining can be adjusted with the help of additional components. So, henna, diluted with beet juice, will give the hair a copper-red ebb. A dark red tone is obtained by diluting henna with decoction of the bark of oak or black tea.

Red hair color at home: staining with henna

The classic version of the preparation of paint based on henna

Necessary ingredients:

• red henna - 2-3 bags
• hot water - 250-300 ml.

Staining stages:

1. A packet of red henna for hair is poured into a deep container.
   
   
2. We raise the powder with hot water. Add the boiling water in portions, stirring intensively with a plastic spoon or brush. The finished paint should resemble a thick cream sour cream.

3. Before painting henna in red with ringlets necessarily we wash off all means of packing. Apply the diluted henna to the damp hair with a strand behind the strand. We wrap the head with cellophane.

   On a note! An intense red color can be obtained if after applying the paint, warm the hair with a hot hair dryer and wrap the head with a towel. Under the influence of heat, henna manifests its maximum coloring ability.

4. To achieve a rich red color henna can withstand 60 minutes. After the paint is washed off without shampoo, and damp hair is carefully combed with a comb with wide teeth. The next 3 days is not recommended to wash your head, since the pigmented henna pigments continue to work.

A recipe for paint with henna and yogurt

There is a natural henna, with all its advantages, one significant drawback - it dries the hair drastically. To avoid this problem, we recommend using a recipe for kefir-based paints and vegetable oils, which provide deep moisturizing and nutrition to the curls during staining.

Necessary ingredients:

• henna - 1 sachet
• hot water - 150 ml.
• kefir 1% fat - 200 ml.
• grape seed oil - 5-7 drops
• Madadamia nut oil - 1 tsp.

Stages of preparation:

1. Hen whisper into a deep container and pour boiling water. Mix the mixture thoroughly until uniform and cover with a lid for 15 minutes.
2. When henna is infused, add warm kefir to it and mix it.
3. In a thick mixture, like fatty sour cream, we add oils.

   On a note! Instead of grape seed oil, you can take burdock or castor oil, and replace the nut oil with olive oil.

4. All the ingredients are again thoroughly mixed and applied to damp hair, we wrap the head with cellophane. Leave the paint for 2-3 hours. After washing off with warm water without shampoo.