Instructions

The problem with gray hair is not only the loss of color, but also a change in structure. They become stiff, lose elasticity and firmness. The dye on such hair lasts much worse, so achieving uniform coloring can be quite difficult.

You shouldn’t take the first gray hair as a reason for frustration. Most often, such changes are determined genetically, so gray hair is not always a sign of old age. The coloring of gray hair must be approached individually, taking into account the intensity and degree of pigmentation.

The first step is to determine how intense the gray hair is. If only individual thin strands or hairs are discolored, you can paint them over with regular hair dyes, preferably in natural warm tones. It is best to choose a paint that is slightly lighter than your own color. Light gray hair can be hidden with highlighting, which will perfectly hide this defect.

If your hair has noticeably turned grey, and the number of discolored strands is approximately equal to the number of natural strands, you will have to dye it in two stages. First you need to apply the dye to the gray strands and wait for fifteen to twenty minutes, then distribute the remaining dye along the length of the hair and leave it for half an hour. In this case, it is very important to carefully study the instructions that come with the selected paint. There are usually instructions on how best to use it to color gray hair.

If your hair has gone completely grey, coloring it can be a daunting task. First, you will have to treat your hair with a special blonding product that softens the hair. This will allow the selected shade of dye to adhere well to the hair, hiding natural discoloration. At this stage it is very important to reconsider color priorities. Bright and saturated colors may look great on you, but you will have to touch up your roots very often, otherwise after a few weeks, when the roots grow, the fact of coloring will be very noticeable.

Therefore, you should choose light, calm tones that are close to your hair color. Even if you decide to use bright shades, adding a little dye to them that is as close as possible to your natural shade will give your hair a healthier look.

You can try to hide gray hair using natural dyes - basma or henna. With their help you can achieve wonderful results, and mixing them allows you to dye your hair in any shade you like. It is worth considering that after the first dyeing with such means, gray hair will still be noticeable, but the second dyeing will completely hide it, the whole point is that the hair “absorbs” such dyes gradually, so the color becomes richer with each subsequent dyeing.

Gray strands often turn silver on the heads of very young ladies. And everyone wants to get rid of an unpleasant phenomenon, believing such a “gift” to be a sign of impending old age. Chemical dyes can do the job, but what if paint is excluded for a number of reasons?

Folk remedies are harmless to hair health and quite effective. Such dyes are almost impossible to cope with extensive gray hair, and the coloring result will last only until the first wash. But you can experiment with them as much as you like without fear of harming your hair.

Tea

You can remove silver strands using a black tea mask:

1. For the composition, brew 50 g of tea in 0.5 liters of boiling water. The mixture is infused for an hour. The solution is filtered.
2. Separately mix 50 g of kefir, 30 ml of olive oil, beat in 2-3 yolks. Strained tea is added to the mixture, and the composition is distributed over the moistened strands.
3. The mask is left on the head for 3–3.5 hours, insulated.
4. Wash off the product with shampoo.

Repeat the procedure with a break a day until the desired result is achieved.

A composition of tea and cocoa will remove gray hair:

1. Four tablespoons of black tea are poured into 0.5 cups of boiling water and the mixture is simmered for about 15 minutes in a water bath.
2. Strain the mixture, add 4 teaspoons of cocoa and mix.
3. The mask is applied to the strands, wrapped, and kept for at least an hour.
4. Wash off with slightly warmed water.

Coffee

Ground coffee will help restore the natural chestnut shade:

1. The grounds remaining after the aromatic drink are mixed with a couple of large spoons of freshly ground raw materials.
2. Add half a glass of hair conditioner.
3. The composition is applied to the strands, gently massaging, and left for at least an hour.
4. Wash off with warm water.

You will have to repeat it more than once: a natural dye will not cope with gray hair right away.

A coffee and tea mask will help remove gray hair:

1. 30 g of black tea is mixed with 0.5 liters of boiling water, left for half an hour, filtered.
2. Add 50 g of coffee to the mixture.
3. The finished product is distributed over the strands, wrapped in film and left for an hour.
4. Wash off the mask with warm water, rinsing your hair with a weak vinegar solution (1 tablespoon of vinegar per 1 liter of water).

You can carry out coloring procedures with a break of one day until the desired shade is obtained.

Henna and basma

Natural dyes basma and henna are recognized as honored fighters against gray hair. To be sure to get rid of gray hair, you will have to dye your strands twice or three times.

Compositions with both colors are prepared in the same way. Brew the powder with boiling water, diluting it to the consistency of sour cream, leave for five minutes. Paint when the mixture has cooled to a skin-tolerable temperature. Prepare the composition immediately before the procedure. Since the mixture does not foam and is not distributed through the strands as easily as shampoo, it is advisable to prepare more product. They do it like this:

1. Pour a bag of henna into a glass or ceramic container.
2. Add water until a homogeneous thick paste is obtained. You can optionally add a few drops of essential oil or yolk to the composition for a more even distribution of the mixture on the strands.
3. Cover the hair with film, wrap it in a towel and hold it for as long as indicated in the instructions, after which it is washed off.

Henna will give your curls a reddish or reddish tint. To obtain a darker tone without redness, use basma. However, one basma will color the strands green, so be sure to mix basma with henna to obtain a noble tone. The ratio of ingredients is calculated individually, depending on the desired effect and hair length.

There are two ways to use these paints. In the first, henna and basma are used sequentially, washing off each time, in the second, they are mixed. Proportions must be selected individually. If you add a few large spoons of cognac or coffee to the composition, the shade will change.

The intensity of the shade does not depend on the exposure time, so there is no point in keeping the composition for as long as possible: this is a sure way to dry out the strands.

If your hair has previously been dyed with a chemical dye, it is wise to test the natural product on one strand. If the result is positive, you can cover the remaining curls with the composition.

In order not to end up with orange or dark stains on the skin as a result of the procedure, olive oil or a rich cream is applied to the dermis before coloring.

Video: how to get rid of gray hair with basma, henna and coffee

Spruce bark, oak bark

A product made from tree bark helps restore the natural chestnut shade:

1. Grind 2-3 tablespoons of dried spruce bark into powder, add a glass of boiling water and leave for three hours.
2. Treat the hair with the mixture and cover your head with a towel.
3. Leave the product for an hour, rinsing off without shampoo.

Oak bark is also effective:

1. Pour 1-2 teaspoons of oak bark into a glass of boiling water.
2. The mixture is simmered for about 20 minutes in a water bath.
3. Add onion peels, tea or chamomile to the mixture.
4. Rinse the strands with the mixture, rubbing the mixture into the root area.
5. For better results, dip the ends of your hair into the mixture.
6. Wrap your head in film or a warm scarf for 1–2 hours.

Dry your hair without a hairdryer.

Blackberry juice

Blackberry juice is used to give hair a reddish, vibrant tone. Only the juice of fresh berries is effective. It is applied to the strands and left for several hours. Wash off with water only.

Walnut partitions

Dye made from green walnut peels can remove traces of gray hair from dark brown hair:

1. The peels of 15–20 unripe nuts are ground in a meat grinder. Add 0.5 liters of boiling water to the gruel.
2. The mixture is infused for a little longer than 30 minutes and filtered.
3. The composition is distributed over the strands and covered with film. Leave the mask on for 2-3 hours.
4. The hair is washed with warm water and rinsed with balm.

The product can be applied twice a week until gray hair is completely eliminated. It is recommended to wear gloves when preparing the mask to avoid staining the skin of your hands.

Video: how to cover gray hair using walnut partitions

Getting rid of gray hair on blonde hair

Silver strands are not as noticeable on light hair as on dark hair. But owners of fair heads desire no less than burning brunettes. There are natural remedies to solve this problem.

Chamomile

Chamomile will give a gray head a pleasant golden hue. But the composition is effective only if the gray hair on the head is no more than thirty percent. Otherwise, the shine of your hair will increase, but its tone will not change, and gray hair will not decrease. Prepare the decoction as follows:

1. 100 g of dry chamomile inflorescences are poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water. Cover the container with a lid and leave for an hour.
2. The infusion is filtered and 30 ml of glycerin is added to it. The solution is mixed and applied to the strands. The hair is covered with film and a thick scarf for 50 minutes.
3. Wash off the product with warm water.

Dry naturally, without a hair dryer.

Linden

A composition with linden will help get rid of light brown or light brown curls from signs of approaching old age:

1. 100 g of dry linden blossom is poured into 0.5 liters of water.
2. The mixture is boiled until half the liquid has evaporated.
3. The strained decoction is applied to dry hair and left insulated for about an hour.

A honey-golden tone will be provided by a composition of dried linden and chamomile flowers taken in equal parts:

1. Take 2-3 tablespoons of each herb and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water.
2. Leave in a thermos for 2-3 hours.
3. Apply the product along the entire length, using the gruel.
4. Leave for three hours and wash off without shampoo.

Rhubarb

Rhubarb gives a straw-yellow tint to silvered locks:

1. Grind 30 g of dry rhizomes of the plant and pour a glass of water.
2. The composition is brought to a boil over low heat. Remove after boiling for about 20 minutes.
3. The solution is cooled and applied to dry strands.
4. The hair is insulated and the mask is left on for 40 minutes.
5. It is advisable to dry it naturally.

Sage

Sage will restore a rich shade of gold to silvery strands:

1. 30 g of dry leaves of the plant are poured with 300 ml of boiling water and left for half an hour.
2. The infusion is filtered and applied to the hair.
3. The head is insulated from above and the mask is left on for an hour or an hour and a half.

Onion peel

A product based on onion peels does a good job of eliminating gray hair:

1. Three large spoons of raw materials are placed in an enamel pan and filled with boiled water.
2. The mixture is boiled for about 30 minutes over low heat.
3. Cool and filter.
4. Add 2-3 teaspoons of glycerin to the mixture and mix.
5. Apply the composition to washed, slightly dried strands, carefully painting each of them.
6. Cover with film and a thick towel for at least 2-3 hours.

The composition can only be applied to hair that has not been dyed with chemical dyes. The husk can be used several times. For richness and durability of the tone, procedures are carried out three times a week for three weeks.

There are ways to get rid of gray hair without dyeing. The method is quite unusual, but nevertheless it has proven its effectiveness.

Video: how to destroy gray hair with potatoes

Table: folk remedies for covering gray hair

Peroxide will help lighten your locks, removing the appearance of gray hair. It is applied directly to the hair. Attention: a side effect of this method may be drying of the hair.

Details

Rules for coloring gray hair at home

The appearance of silver hair is a natural process. Gray hair usually appears with age: over time, the cells responsible for hair pigmentation (melanocytes) begin to work slower and weaker.

This leads to the fact that the curls gradually lose their natural color, becoming silvery-white. Not every woman agrees to put up with this, and most try to cover up their gray hair in various ways. Some people go to a salon for coloring, while others try to do it at home.

Gray hair types:

Absent-minded

This is an even distribution of gray hair throughout the head. Its degree is measured as a percentage. To determine what percentage you have, there is a simple way: you need to count ten hairs and see how many of them are white.

It is conventionally believed that if out of ten hairs one is white, then you have 10 percent gray hair, if two, then 20 percent, and so on.

You can also use the “salt and pepper” principle to determine the percentage. Imagine what ground black pepper mixed with salt looks like: if it turns out that there is more salt in the mixture, then the gray hair is 50% or more, and if there is more pepper, then the hair with healthy pigmentation is more than 50%.

Focal

Patchy gray hair appears in certain areas of the head and is usually 100% in these areas.

It can be either soft or hard - the so-called vitreous. It depends on how tightly the hair cuticles fit together and how thin they are. The degree of softness also relates to how easily gray hair can be dyed.

Hair dyeing

The next step is choosing the right paint.

Natural remedies

Popular folk remedies for coloring:

• Basma;
• chamomile;
• onion peel decoction;
• Walnut;
• coffee.

Coloring gray hair with natural dyes does not guarantee that you will get the color you want. You can get a positive result if there is not a lot of gray hair. But if it is more than 50%, coloring particles may penetrate the strands unevenly - this will be especially noticeable at the ends and roots of the hair.

The softer the hair, the higher the chances that the dye will penetrate deeper into it. With glassy gray hair, it will not be possible to change the hair color the first time. If this is your first time using basma, henna, chamomile, etc., and you don’t know how your hair will react, try it on one strand first.

Getting different shades:

If you mix henna and basma, you get different colors, and if you also add ground coffee, cocoa or black tea, you can get new variations.

The proportions depend on the length, percentage of gray hair and how strong a shade you want to get as a result of dyeing your hair.

• For redheads. If you have naturally red hair, you can deal with white curls using henna. A decoction of onion peels also gives a reddish-red hue.
• For brunettes. Basma will suit you. But it should definitely be mixed with henna, since in its pure form it can give a bluish and greenish color.
• For blondes. To color blonde hair, use chamomile.
• For brown-haired women. Mix henna with basma so that there is more henna. You can also add cocoa powder, tea or coffee to the mixture.

Tinted shampoos

Almost every brand that makes hair dye also makes gray hair coloring products. But you shouldn’t hope for a miracle: tint products are not able to completely remove gray hair if it is more than 30%.

List of the most famous tinted shampoos:

• Schwarzkopf Bonacure is a series of tint products that are good for giving a uniform silver shade. Cost: from 450 rubles.
• Iris (Classic series)- the most budget option. Price: from 65 rubles.
• Estelle offers a wide selection of shades from the DE LUXE SILVER series. Cost - from 90 rubles.
• Loreal Professional offers shampoos at prices starting from 700 rubles.
• Cutrin helps give your hair a new shade at a price starting from 560 rubles.

Professional and non-professional paints

What is the difference between dye for gray hair and regular hair:

• Firstly, it is stronger, since it has to cope with colorless, porous hair.
• Secondly, it contains 2 times more pigment (color) than conventional products, thereby painting over more effectively.

The choice of suitable dye depends on the brand and the general condition of the hair. The most famous and affordable products are produced by Palette, L'oreal, Garnier, Senko, Estelle, AcmeColor.

There are also professional products: CHI, Kaaral, Angel Professional. They can be bought mainly in special stores for hairdressers; they are not as harmful to health as their cheaper counterparts. Also, they stay on the hair much longer and color the hair better. But in order to choose the right paint, you should consult a specialist.

The choice of the best product depends on what type of gray hair you will be covering - focal or diffuse.

• For diffuse types of gray hair, natural colors are used - brown, ash and golden tones.
• If there are a lot of white curls, you need to use only specially developed formulations - they have a more aggressive effect to penetrate deep into the hair structure.
• If the coloring technique involves mixing shades, this can only be done within a group of paints. Most often, a 6% oxidizing agent is used for scattered.
• If you need to deal with patchy or glassy gray hair, two methods are used - pigmentation and bristle mixture.

How to cover gray hair with chemical dyes

Method 1: pigmentation

Using this method, the hair is artificially saturated with pigment. To do this, the dye is mixed with water and applied to gray hair. Staining time is 20 minutes. After this time, the dye is not washed off, and the master moves on to coloring the rest of the hair.

Method 2: bristle mixture

The method is well suited for coarse hair that is difficult to color. To obtain the mixture, you need to take 2 times more dye than usual. The percentage of oxidizing agent also increases: it should be not 6%, but 9%.

If your hair is of medium hardness, then you need to take 1.5 parts of a natural dye to 1 part of a 9% oxidizing agent. For very hard hair, use 2 parts dye to 1 part oxidizing agent.

If you want to give your hair a bolder color (lilac, pinkish, reddish or copper). To do this, you will need to mix a natural shade with a fashionable one; this can be done if the gray hair is at least 30% :

• 30-40%: 2 parts fashionable shade + 1 part natural;
• 40-60%: fashionable and natural shades are taken in equal proportions;
• 60-80%: 1 part fashionable to 2 parts natural;
• 100%: Pigmentation will be required.

If gray hair is less than 30%, it is necessary to add dye of a natural shade! After applying the mixture, you can immediately proceed to the main hair coloring.

Golden rules of coloring

In European countries, they try to deal with signs of age as early as possible. But in the East (India and Arab countries), gray hair is considered a sign of wisdom and mystery.