Enriching your hair colour :
 For
natural black hair, brew one strong cup of espresso and let
cool completely. Pour on dry hair and leave on for 20 minutes.
Rinse.
For blond hair, brew some chamomile tea and let cool completely.
Pour on dry hair and leave on for 20 minutes. Rinse. For red
hair, use lemon-balm tea.
If you have been contemplating adding a little 'gold' to your
locks go ahead. Summer is the perfect time to do it. Keep
the bleach and chemicals off of your scalp and have a professional
do it. It is worth the money. Don't do the do-it yourself
highlighter kits unless you really know what you are doing.
Using Mehendi :
While it is true that hair dyes contain chemicals that may
damage your hair in the long run, that does mean that there
is no hope for people with gray hair. Our very own Mehendi
is a very good alternative. Further if used properly, it
will not give your hair the traditional red colour. Here
are a few pointers to help you colour gray hair the right
way. First of all always use Mehendi of a good quality.
Soak mehendi overnight in an iron vessel and then use it
the other day.
If you do not want to colour your hair and only want to use
it as a conditioner, then oil your hair before applying
it and leave it on only for an hour or so.
If you wish to give your hair a reddish tinge, add 'katha'
to it. Or boil and add grated beet.
If you want a bronze effect, add coffee powder to mehendi.
You can also add oil to the mehendi paste.
For jet black hair, soak Amla overnight and then add this
to the mehendi paste and keep this overnight in an iron
vessel. Apply it the next day.
Wrap a cloth around your shoulders and use gloves to apply
mehendi in order to avoid soiling your clothes. Take care
that mehendi does not touch your ears or face, or else the
colour won't go for some days.
For
best results, do not shampoo your hair after applying mehendi.
Rinse your hair with plain water.
Shades
of Grey :
While
it is true that hair dyes contain chemicals that may damage
your hair in the long run, that does mean that there is no
hope for people with gray hair. Our very own Mehendi is a
very good alternative. Further if used properly, it will not
give your hair the traditional red colour.
Here
are a few pointers to help you colour gray hair the right way.
First of all always use Mehendi of a good quality.
Soak mehendi overnight in an iron vessel and then use it
the other day.
If you do not want to colour your hair and only want to use
it as a conditioner, then oil your hair before applying
it and leave it on only for an hour or so.
If you wish to give your hair a reddish tinge, add 'katha'
to it. Or boil and add grated beet.
If you want a bronze effect, add coffee powder to mehendi.
You can also add oil to the mehendi paste.
For jet black hair, soak Amla overnight and then add this
to the mehendi paste and keep this overnight in an iron
vessel. Apply it the next day.
Wrap a cloth around your shoulders and use gloves to apply
mehendi in order to avoid soiling your clothes. Take care
that mehendi does not touch your ears or face, or else the
colour won't go for some days.
For best results, do not shampoo your hair after applying
mehendi. Rinse your hair with plain water.
Here
is a very good natural remedy for gray hair.
Ingredients
:
250
Gms mehendi [old and of a good quality]
2
spoons Amla powder
2
spoon Shikakai powder
2 spoon Aritha powder
Method
:
Mix
all of these together. Dissolve half a cup of coffee powder
in water and boil it. When it cools, mix all the ingredients
and make a smooth paste. Keep this paste for 12 hours. Before
applying to hair, add some curd to it. Instead of curd you
can also use an egg. Hair should be preferably clean and specifically
not oily before applying this paste or else the treatment
won't work. Wash off the hair pack after 4 hours. Take this
treatment once in every 15 days regularly to effectively darken
gray hair and reduce their further appearance.
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