Natural Hair Dye, Make your Own Natural Hair Dye, Natural Color Enhancers

There is no doubt that hair is one important aspect of personal grooming that can change the look of anyone. A great hair definitely does wonders for you and play a vital role in strengthening your self-esteem. Taking care of hair is in fact same as taking care of skin. An effective hair care discipline includes regular cleansing, toning and conditioning. Nowadays in the market many shampoos, hair dyes, conditioners and hair care products are available but not all these products are good and there are many harmful chemical ingredients which can spoil your hair. It is always better to opt for herbal products. Are you a regular henna user? Do you henna your hair regularly? Most people use henna as a natural hair conditioner or to hide grey hairs and most importantly to give a reddish color to your hair.

A few ingredients available in our kitchen can really act as good color enhancers. Just mix one of these in your henna paste and see how brownish or darker shade you can achieve. Little add-ons in to henna paste mixture can vary your hair color. Forget abot the hair dyes available in the market. The following provides you an easy way to color your hair using natural products, which are less expensive and give the luster and color you are long looking for:

Chamomile Brightener for Blonde Hair

Boil one cup of water. Steep 6 chamomile tea bags for 15 minutes. Throw awayt the tea bags. Mix 1/2 cup plain yogurt and few drops of lavender oil. Mix properly. Apply the mixture to dry hair, from root to ends. Cover head in plastic wrap for thirty minutes and shampoo your hair.

Natural Brunette Hair Dye
Shampoo hair.Place a large bowl in sink and rinse hair with cooled coffee. Reuse the coffee number of times. Leave the final rinse in hair for at least 15 minutes and now rinse with clear water.

Red Hair Color Enhancer
Mix 1/2 cup beet juice and 1/2 cup carrot juice. Pour this mixture over clean, damp hair. Wrap head in plastic. Sit in the sun for an hour or apply medium dryer heat or apply hot towel over the plastic wrap. Shampoo you hair.

Light orange/red hair

Mix 1 Tbsp henna, 1 Tbsp Amla powder, 1 Tbsp honey, 1 Tbsp apple juice and ½ c. vanilla yogurt and apply. Rinse with shampoo after few hours. You can also use 120 grams henna, lemon juice, red tea (rooibos, or raspberry) and 2 Tbsp ground cloves.

Bright red hair
Mix henna, orange juice, slight dash of white vinegar, 15 drops of tea tree oil and ¼ c. paprika. Or else you can make a paste of 100 grams henna, 250 ml red wine, 3 ½ capfuls tea tree oil, lemon rooibos tea, and 25 grams powdered pectin.

Dark red hair

Make a paste by using 100 grams henna, lemon juice, lavender water and strong black tea. Otherwise you can mix 100 grams henna, 2 spoonfuls lemon juice,
Madagascar red vanilla tea and 1 capful dark green olive oil

Dark Henna/Indigo hair
Mix your favorite henna paste formula and set aside overnight. Mix indigo with water and set aside. Mix indigo and henna together and then apply to hair.

Natural Color Enhancers

Tea: To set the henna color, steep a full-bodied tea for half an hour. Instead of water, use the tea liquid to make the paste. Black China or Ceylon tea adds golden highlights to brown hair.
Coffee: To tone down the red hair and deepen the browns, use brewed-not instant-coffee instead of the water in the paste. Brew at least 1 cup , bring to a boil, and then let the coffee sit overnight before adding to the henna mixture.
Cloves: Cloves deepen and enhance the henna color. Grind ½ tablespoon dry whole cloves to powder and add to the henna paste.
Apple cider vinegar or lemon juice: Add 3 tablespoons vinegar or fresh lemon juice for golden or copper highlights. This is also good for oily hair.
Honey: Add two table spoons of honey in your henna powder. Add lemon juice and cover the bowl. Keep overnight. Check if the after a couple of hours the upper layer of the henna paste has become brown. If it is so then it is ready for use. Mix some essential oils like lavendar oil, clove oil, tea tree oil to smooth the paste. This helps to dye your hair.