Organic hair color is an option if your hair is maltreated by the chemicals inside many hair dyes on the market. You know it, I know it too… that dyes containing ammonia and peroxide actually harm our health and ruin our hair… more or less! But being human we tend to ignore!
Are you settled? Ok then… let’s move on to see what nature has to offer you for your colorful tastes. And perhaps you may be astonished to see the variety on offer.
Organic Hair Color Recipes
If all you want is to simply add a bit of color life to your hair then you must know that plenty of stuff you have in and around your home can actually be used to do so…
A homemade hair coloring product branded and marketed for you by you!
However, it is important to handle each of these organic hair color substances properly, as your natural hair dyeing experiments can easily go wrong if you don’t take the proper precautions.
Here’s how you can lighten, darken or redden your hair organically…
Organic Hair Lighteners
There are a number of homemade lighteners you can use as an alternative to bleach or peroxide to add some brightness to your hair.
1. Mix three cups of chamomile tea with a cup of lemon juice. Apply the mixture thoroughly and make sure to massage the liquid evenly throughout your hair. Sit out in the sun to let the sun lighten your hair and repeat the process every few weeks to keep your hair brighter in a natural way.
2. Mash up some rhubarb and add in four ounces of pineapple juice. Apply the mixture thoroughly to your hair and sit out in the sun to let the natural heat and brightness of the sun work with the pineapple juice and rhubarb to brighten your hair.
3. Get your hair slightly damp and mix a cup and a half of yogurt with three-quarters of a cup of honey. Apply this mixture to your damp hair and massage the mixture thoroughly into your hair. Cover your head in a shower cap or plastic wrap and let it sit for between 4 and 8 hours before rinsing out.
4. Mix up eight ounces of yogurt with four tablespoons of cinnamon and apply the mixture thoroughly to your hair. Let it sit for half an hour and rinse it out with cool water.
Organic Hair Reddeners
Here are a few options for the aspiring homely redhead!
1. Mix half a cup of carrot juice with half a cup of beet juice. Apply the mixture to your hair and let it soak in for an hour. Rinse your hair with cool water to see the reddish tint added to it.
2. Use two cups of water to boil a cup of rose hips and apply the tea to your hair. You can actually let the tea dry in your hair and sit until you next shampoo your hair.
3. Use two cups of water to boil three hibiscus tea bags and keep it boiling until you have roughly a cup of liquid. Apply to your hair and let it sit until you next shampoo your hair.
4. Use two cups of water to boil a third of a cup of marigold and add some red wine after straining the tea. Let it sit in your hair for half an hour.
Organic Hair Darkeners
Darkening your hair organically is also an attractive proposition and the stuff used to do so is obviously always around you.
1. Use two cups of water to boil half a cup of organic sage and massage the strained liquid into your hair. Let it sit for 40 minutes.
2. Make a cherry bark and black tea mixture and let it boil until it is as dark as it will ever be. Apply to your clean hair and let it soak into your hair until you shampoo your hair next.
3. Let some strong brewed coffee cool down before applying it to your hair and let it to soak in for 15 minutes. Rinse the coffee out with warm water.
Organic Hair Color Products
Can’t sustain the veggie fruity mess? Well… the organic hair color option is not yet closed out on you! The color market pops in for your aid with a myriad of organic hair color PRODUCTS.
However, in your bid to get rid of hair coloring treatments containing high amounts of ammonia and peroxide, do not forget to ensure the product is truly organic and natural.
All of them claim to be made with ingredients that are 100% natural and healthy.
1) Henna (Marketed by nature hence no brand name!)
One of the main organic hair coloring products is henna, a coloring that has been used for centuries.
Orientals have used it to add vibrant red color to their hair, thanks to the tannins in the henna that coat the hair with a rich red tint.
While the henna won’t actually dye the hair in the same way that peroxide and ammonia do, it does infuse the surface of your hair with a rich red color that is completely natural and healthy for the hair.
2) Color Me Natural
Another popular product that has been used by many people is the Color Me Natural organic hair dye, created by Aubrey Organics.
The ingredients in the hair coloring product work to enhance your hair’s natural colors and help to condition the hair as you use it regularly. The product contains no chemicals and is 100% organic.
3) Herbatint Hair Color
Herbatint is another product that comes highly recommended around the internet and in hair care salons and the hair care product is a popular one for those who want a natural way to color their hair.
Aloe is the main active ingredient in Herbatint, which helps to color the hair a natural and rich summer color. There is no alcohol, ammonia, or perfume in the hair color product and you are guaranteed a brand-new look with the organic hair color product.
Good luck dyeing with your TRADEMARK organic hair color!