How to dye your hair in different colors with the help of henna

It is believed that if we change ourselves, then we can change the world a little bit. To some extent this is true. Although, if only because when we change ourselves, then everything starts to look different.

Hair coloring - the path to the

A great way to tune in to the changes in life - to dye my hair. The easiest way to do this by talking to a good salon. But not everyone can afford it, so we'll talk today about how to dye your hair yourself, using natural dyes - henna.

As the variety of shades of henna

How to dye your hair at home, so as not to hurt them, but to get a bright and long-lasting shade? The answer is simple: mix henna with other natural ingredients.

and golden shades of the honey to

This shade will only light and blond hair. Henna is mixed with lemon juice, saffron, cinnamon, turmeric or tincture of calendula, buckthorn, hops or tansy. Saffron before adding to the mixture with henna boiled for 2 minutes.

Copper and red shades

Actually, it is a henna color and give, but sometimes girls want to get a very bright red shade, which is not so easy to obtain with conventional paints. How to dye your hair in precisely this color with henna? It should be added to henna or chamomile infusion onion peel, rhubarb or turmeric. Rhubarb should be crushed, boil on low heat for 30 minutes, drain and add to the composition with henna.

Chocolate and chestnut shades

This will help us a decoction of walnut shell, ground cloves, natural cocoa powder.

Black and dark brown shades

To this is added Basma, brewed strong coffee, brewed strong tea, yogurt, lime color. It should be borne in mind that the rich black color is the first attempt does not work, but the beautiful brown shades are guaranteed.

The reddish shades

In this case, instead of water at a dilution of henna use hibiscus tea, hot natural red wine or raspberry juice.

• For mahogany hue: 3-2 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
• For the cherry shade: beet juice or elderberry juice.

How to paint hair with henna

Now that we have dealt with the color shades, we learn how to dye your hair with henna correctly. We need: henna, hot water, a non-metal container for a paint (you can take a large plate), gloves, robe or unnecessary towel (to protect clothing), Brush coloring, shower cap or plastic bag.

1. Wash and dry the hair.
2. Heat water without boiling.
3. Empty the henna in a container and, stirring vigorously, slowly add water. The resulting mass of consistency should resemble liquid sour cream. There should be no lumps. the above ingredients (depending on the shade) was also added at this stage.
4. Let the mixture to stand for 10 minutes, after placing the container in a bowl with hot water to avoid solidification.
5. Divide hair parted in the middle and put the paint brush. This should be done quickly, so that the henna is not cool. should not paint the tips of the paint by combing with a comb from the root part, since it does not provide them with a thorough staining.
6. to massage the hair for a more even distribution of colors, to hide her hair under a shower cap (or wrap a plastic bag) and wrap a towel.
7. When the time henna rinse with shampoo. The time depends on the initial color and the desired intensity of color and ranges from 14 minutes to one and a half hours.

How to dye your hair with the use of

In the case of henna hair coloring, and so it turns into a medical procedure. But the effect can be enhanced by adding the coloring composition of the oil (e.g., burdock or jojoba) or hot whey.

It is unacceptable to dye your hair with henna if:

1. You have a very light shade of hair.
2. The hair is already colored by chemical dye. The result of staining in this case unpredictable.
3. You plan shortly after dyeing with henna to dye your hair a different color. Wash off with henna hair is impossible to have to wait until the hair grows back.
4. The hair curled chemically.
5. The gray hair is more than 40% of hair.

So now we know how to dye your hair at home in a variety of colors with just henna and improvised ingredients. However, remember that henna has a pronounced cumulative effect, and is not recommended for re-staining earlier than at 1, 5-2 months.