To dye your hair quickly and qualitatively better go to the hairdresser. If you prefer a cheaper way, then you can dye your hair at home with the tools that are enough in any specialized store. But the choice of these means is a topic for a separate article. Today we will talk about how to use traditional means to color the gray hair.
Ancient Egyptians knew about coloring the hair. In ancient Rome, it was popular to color the hair in brown, for the use of which shells and walnut juice were used. Also, the ancient Romans were able to lighten the hair.
A lot of very old folk methods for obtaining this or that color of hair have reached our days. For example, to stain gray hair blondes should use infusion of rhubarb, chamomile or a decoction of onion scales. For brunettes and brunettes the best recipe will be the use of henna with basma, the combination of which helps to get chestnut or black hair color.
Dyeing of blond hair
To get a more light tone, you need 100 g of chamomile or 200 grams - if you need to get darker. Chamomile pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and insist 30-40 minutes. Then the infusion is filtered and lemon juice is added to it. The product is applied daily to the hair to obtain the desired result.
To prepare the product from the husks of onions, you need 30-50 g of such husks, which need to boil for 15-20 minutes in 200 g of water. The resulting broth should be filtered and applied daily to the hair until its color becomes desired.
Coloring of dark hair
To color the gray hair with henna and basma, the required amount of powder is determined by the length of the hair. So with short hair, approximately 25-50 g of powder will be required, while for long ones it will take 50-100 g. To obtain a certain tone and intensity of coloring, the ratio of henna and basma is different. So, the ratio 1: 1 will give the hair a chestnut tint, for black, the ratio of henna and basma should be 1: 2, and the ratio 2: 1 - will give a bronze shade.
To prepare a mixture of henna powder and basma should be well grinded in glass or enameled dishes (intact). If all this is done in a metal container, hair coloring can turn out to be uneven. Next, the dishes with the mixed powder put in a container of hot water and brewed as hot, but not boiling water. Even better, if instead of water, the powder is brewed with hot red wine or infusion of strong natural coffee. Then the powder should be grinded with a wooden spoon or a stick before obtaining an unsweetened gruel.
The resulting agent is applied with a cotton swab wrapped around a wooden stick through the fences to pre-washed and dried hair. Thus for washing of hair soap or other alkaline washing-up liquids is better.
At the hair growth line, you need to build a small layer of cotton wool. Kashitsu is first applied to areas with a lot of gray hair, starting from the roots of the hair to their middle. In this case, such areas should be painted 2-3 times. The remaining gruel at 1 / 3-1 / 4 must be diluted with hot water and applied to the ends of the hair, stretching them by hand. Then, over this, you should put an oilcloth and wrap your head with a towel or a warm kerchief.
To get a more light tone, gruel should be kept for 20-30 minutes, and to give the hair a darker shade - an hour and a half. At the end of the procedure, the hair should be rinsed with warm water. Since the hair coloring continues for several hours under the influence of air, after a day acid rinsing should be repeated.
Finally I want to say that sometimes gray hair can decorate a woman, give a face a pearly shade, and a woman's appearance - a special nobility. However, the appearance of gray hair in most of the fair sex can cause grief, so to hide at least this age tag from others have to resort to dyeing hair. In addition, it will help to give the woman self-confidence and prevent the development of complexes associated with her age.