6 Natural Ways To Colour Hair

Are you tired of applying store-bought hair dyes?

Are you worried about the damage that chemical hair colours will provide your hair?

Do you feel suspicious about the ingredients in packaged hair colours?

Well! If the answer to the above questions is yes, then I have brought just the right thing for you.

Natural ingredients based hair colours.

Many ingredients in the Indian household could be used to enhance your hair colour. These ingredients are great as a substitute for the store based packaged hair colours which comprise chemicals of which a general person is unaware of. Moreover, these chemical-based hair colours do more harm to hair than good. The chemicals seep into the roots of the hair making the scalp itchy and weak, which in turn causes dry hair and excessive hair loss.

Natural ingredients, on the other hand, not just colour the hair, but also add extra nutritional value to the hair. Natural ingredients provide hair with vitamins and minerals that couldn’t have been provided to the scalp otherwise.

A great, healthy, nourished, and a better way to get that flawless and beautiful looking hair, without the application of chemicals, natural hair colour products should be your go-to hair colouring products.

Below are some of the best hair colouring products that could be found in one’s own kitchen.

Let’s check them out.

• Coffee

If you are looking for a darker and brownish colour, then coffee should be your ingredient.

Just mix a strong espresso with a tablespoon of a conditioner and apply it on the grey areas of your hair. Leave it for about an hour, and then gently rinse your hair.

This method will make your hair look flawless, and your grey hair will be completely out of the sight.

A great way to get that ad-worthy hair in an hour. This method comes handy when getting ready for an occasion or a party with little to no time left for your hair.

• Tea

If your hair colour shade is lighter than the one of coffee’s, then don’t worry, tea is there for your rescue.

Just like black coffee, the method of applying tea is the same.

All you have to do is mix a shot of black tea, with conditioner, apply it for an hour, and rinse your hair gently. And voila! your hair turns out looking magnificent.

Tea is definitely one of the best ways to colour your hair naturally. Moreover, it has been an ancient remedy to relax the mind and body by massaging essential oils with tea extracts in it.

Thus, it is definitely a great way to colour the hair.

• Beetroot and carrot juice

Want to add some funky texture to your mundane hair colour? Well! beetroot and carrot juice will help you get that red tint to your hair without any expensive and chemical extensive hair colouring treatment.

If you need a more purple-reddish tint then go for beetroot juice, otherwise for a red tint for ahead with orange juice.

All you need to do is add the carrot extract, or the beetroot extract, however you like it, to a tablespoon of conditioner, and make a mixture out of it. Then apply this mixture to your hair, and wait for an hour. Rinse it carefully, and tadaa! Your own homemade colouring treatment is completed.

Apart from the gorgeous colour, beetroot and carrot provide hair with vitamin A and Iron which are extremely important for the growth of hair and scalp.

Do try it out!

• Henna

I remember my grandmother putting Henna in her hair on a Sunday afternoon, and returning from the bath with flawlessly amazing hair. Dark and shiny, just gorgeous in every aspect.

Henna is an age-old tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. A nutritious and versatile natural ingredient. It covers every grey area on the hair and makes them look dark, voluminous and lustrous.

To make a henna paste, all you need is lemon juice. Mix one part of henna powder with two parts of lemon juice. Mix both the ingredients together into a paste. Apply the paste for about two to three hours, and then rinse it.

The assurity is a hundred percent that it will provide ad-worthy hair in minimal time.

A must-try ingredient, it is definitely the best and preferable ingredient for hair colouring in Indian households.

• Sage tea leaves

A natural herb, sage tea leaves are great ingredients when it comes to hair colouring. A traditional way to colour hair, it is extremely easy to use this herb as a hair colouring ingredient.

All you need to do is add sage tea leaves in water and make a paste out of it. Apply the paste on hair, and leave it for about two to three hours. After it gets dried, rinse the hair and celebrate the amazing results of the sage tea leaves.

Apart from the hair colouring properties, this herb also has great nutritional value, thus nourishing the scalp and the hair from within.

• Indian gooseberry

Indian gooseberry, also known as Amla in the native language, contains the maximum amount of Vitamin C in it.

One could see many brands advertising hair care products that have amla in it.

Amla is one of the best natural ingredients that is used in hair care. It provides great nutritional benefits to the scalp and the hair and makes them longer, and stronger.

Apart from the amazing benefits of Amla, it can also work as a hair colouring agent. To make a great amla hair colouring paste, add one part of amla powder along with three parts of coconut oil and make it into a paste. Apply the paste on the hair, and leave it for a while. Once it becomes dry, rinse the hair and adore the volume and lustre in the hair.

Amla is a great way to get your hair dark again, without any hassle.

Do try it out.

All these ingredients are great for colouring the hair in a natural way.

So, say bye-bye to the chemical-based hair colouring products, and hello to these sustainable and natural hair products.