Among natural dyes for hair henna is most spread. Nevertheless not all love it: it is not always convenient to dye hair henna, it gives bright red shade which is pleasant not to everyone, and to mix henna from basmy to receive more dark colors, not all are able. Fine alternative to henna – strong tea infusion.
Tea can be used not only as drink, but also as safe and natural means for hair-dyeing: he allows to receive natural auburn color and also considerably improves structure of hair, strengthens bulbs, accelerates growth.
How it is correct to dye tea hair?
To give to hairstyle pleasant chestnut shade, add 500 ml of boiled water to two tablespoons of dry leaf. Leaf black tea as it will allow to receive broth of saturated dark color is necessary for these purposes. Put the container with boiled water and tea leaves on small fire and you boil for 20-25 minutes, having closed cover. You watch that fire was minimum, otherwise broth can boil away.
Filter the received strong infusion and slightly cool that it was possible to apply without injuries and burns it on the head. Previously wash up the head and slightly dry hair then plentifully moisten them in strong tea broth. Roll up the head polyethylene film and towel. If you have fair or fair hair, in 15 minutes they will already get light brown shade. If you want more dark color, take off towel and film in 40 minutes. Tea is the natural strengthening means therefore after the procedure of coloring it is not necessary to wash the head anew.
More difficult recipe will allow to receive rare copper shade which will be pleasant to blondes and light brown girls. For this purpose 2 tablespoons of black tea and 3 tablespoons of dry nut leaf will be necessary for you. Mix nut leaves and tea, add 500 ml of boiled water and again insist on slow fire under cover of 25 minutes. After that wait 10 minutes, filter infusion and repeat the above procedure. If to mix strong tea tea leaves and the infusion from onions peel prepared in advance, the copper shade will be even more intensive, in it reddish notes will appear.