Hair Coloring
Source of Recipe
Fun on a Budget
List of Ingredients
Herb, Fruit & Vegetable Rinses for Color and Highlights
These rinses work over a period of time to subtlely color and add highlights
to the hair. First wash and rinse hair, then pour any of these rinses over the
hair 15 times catching the excess in a bowl or the bathroom basin as it runs
off the hair, then pouring it over the hair again.
For Brunettes
1) Cook an unpeeled potato in boiling water. Cool slighly. Dip a pastry brush
or cotton ball in the cooking water, cover and saturate hair, being careful
not to get any on skin. Leave on hair for 20 minutes then rinse out.
2) Make an strong infusion of any of the following herbs and teas then use as
a rinse:
Rosemary
Sage
Raspberry leaves
Parsley
Ivy Berries
Catnip
Black coffee
Black Tea (for chestnut highlights).
For Blondes
1) Marigold gives golden highlights to light hair and brings out red and gold
highlights in light brown and red hair. Saffron, tumeric, calendula, mullein,
privet and yellow broom in addition to any yellow blossomed herb or flower
also add color and highlights for blondes.
2) Rinse hair with a solution of 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to one gallon of
water after shampooing.
3) To restore hair that was once blonde, mix 10 grams of licorice root with
10 grams of oat straw, add a pinch of saffron. Cover with water and boil to
make an infusion. Strain and use a s a rinse after shampooing. It should be
allowed to soak into the hair and NOT rinsed out.
4) To bring out highlights and lighten blonde hair, steep 1/2 cup of camomile
tea in one quart of boiling water . Strain and cool slighyly. Shampoo hair
until oil free, then rinse with the tea infusion.
5) Add 4 tablespoons of chopped rhubarb to 3 cups of hot water, simmer for 15
minutes. Strain, cool, then use as a rinse after shampooing.
For Redheads
1) Use strong black coffee as a final rinse
2) Use a strong rosehips tea
3) Make a decotion of red hibiscus tea, use as a rinse
4) Make a rinse from calendula
5) Use an infusion of saffron for a rinse.
For Grey Hair
1) Potatoes: Boil potato peels in water, strain, and cool. Use the strained
water as an after-shampoo rinse to darken grey hair
2) Sage covers the grey when used consistently over a period of time. Simmer
1/2 cup dried sage in 2 cups of water for 30 minutes. Steep for 2-3 hours.
Strain, use as rinse on clean hair. Leave on until hair has dried, then rinse
out.
3) Mix 1 oz. sage, 1oz. rosemary and 1 pint of water. Simmer for 30 minutes
and strain. Massage into the scalp and grey hair.
4) Mix 1 tablespoon of apple-cidar vinegar with one gallon of warm water, use
as final rinse.
5) Use an infusion of hollyhock (blue-purple flowers) to remove the yellow
cast from grey hair.
6) Use betony as a rinse to cover yellow in grey hair.
For All Hair Colors
Make an infusion of any of the following for color, conditioning, highlights
and shine:
Catnip: Make a rinse of catnip and water to promote hair growth and shine.
Nettle
Parsley
Rosemary: good as a hair tonic for thinning hair and dandruff and to
stimulate hair growth.
Thyme: makes a great stimulating shampoo.
Yarrow: Use a yarrow rinse for mild cases of dandruff.
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