Make your own hair dye from natural substances

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You can easily make hair dye yourself with the help of henna powder. But other substances from nature also have a coloring effect. With rhubarb, walnut shells and the like, you can revive dull hair and even dye it a shade darker. The following applies to all recipes: Mix them one day in advance and test them on the crook of your arm. If skin reactions occur, you should not use the tint.

Stressful bleaching does not have to be.
Stressful bleaching does not have to be. © Sara_Hegewald / Pixelio

What you need:

  • Hair dye brush
  • Plastic hood
  • hand towel
  • key
  • Brown tint:
  • approx. 8 tbsp walnut shell powder
  • approx. 250 ml of boiling water
  • 1 tbsp olive or avocado oil
  • 1 teaspoon fruit vinegar or lemon juice
  • black tint:
  • brown henna powder
  • black henna powder
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • boiling water
  • blonde tint:
  • 3 handfuls of rhubarb roots
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • or:
  • 5 tbsp chamomile flowers
  • 250 ml of boiling water
  • 1 lemon

Make and apply black hair dye yourself

  1. Henna powder is available in different colors. Choose the darkest possible shade of brown as a base. Put the powder in a bowl.
  2. Now add black henna powder in a ratio of 1:10. The blacker the tint should be, the more powder you can add.
  3. Bring the water to the boil and mix it with the powder. The color becomes even more intense if you replace part of the water with black tea. A spreadable paste must be created.
  4. Finally, add a drop of olive oil. Let the mixture stand for a few minutes.
  5. Apply the dye mix to towel-dried hair. You have to experiment with the exposure time. Put on a plastic hood and towel to allow heat to develop.
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Make a brown tint

  1. For a brown hair dye, you need walnut shells, which you grind to a fine powder.
  2. Add vinegar or lemon juice and a nourishing oil. Boil water and add so much until it becomes a paste. Let the tint stand for about 15 minutes.
  3. After the waiting period, you may have to add more water. Apply the paint and leave for about 20 minutes. After the exposure time, rinse off the paint well.

Red blonde hair dye recipe

Do you want brighter ones hair, you can use bleaching or lightening substances.

  1. Use chamomile flowers for a nourishing mixture and add them to boiling water. Let everything stand and cool down. Strain the flowers. Then add the juice of one lemon.
  2. Wash your hair with this conditioner.
  3. If you want a red-blonde to strawberry-red shimmer in your hair, you should use rhubarb. You can get the corresponding roots in the pharmacy. Grind the roots to a fine powder and add lemon juice and oil. Mix in water until you can process the mixture well.
  4. Now you can apply the hair dye.

In addition to the allergy test, you should test new mixtures on a single strand of hair before applying any homemade tints all over your head.

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