Application of henna and indigo on gray hair


Useful practical information how to change gray hair into dark brown

 Indigo is a plant. It grows three to five meters tall in Asia, America, and Australia. Healthy and natural organic indigo powder is produced from this indigo plant.

 If your hair is gray, but you want to color it dark brown (and you want to have healthy hair, not affected by any chemicals), follow these steps:

 1. One day in advance, prepare henna: mix henna powder with water; you should add some lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.

 2. The following day (or a few days later), mix indigo with henna. 

 Mix henna powder with indigo in the following way: 
two spoons of henna and four spoons of indigo (to make your gray hair dark brown).

 Learn How to Prepare

 Follow this step-by-step process and you will get dark brown color:

 1. Prepare henna eight hours before mixing it with indigo (can be twenty-four hours or even longer - no problem). 
Important!
Use only glass bowls and plastic or wooden spoons! Never use metal!
Mix henna powder with apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice). 
Make henna look as thick as yogurt. Mix it well. 
Cover the bowl tightly with a plastic bag or a plastic lid. 
Leave it for at least 8 hours (or even a few days) for the dye to release. 

2. Wash your hair with shampoo. Dry it with a towel.

 3. Mix indigo powder with warm water. The water should be warm but not very hot. Water must be clean. You can boil it but let it become lukewarm.

 4. Mix the henna paste with indigo paste. 

 5. Use thin rubber gloves. Put the mixed paste on your hair as soon as possible (put it on your hair within 15 minutes). Do not be afraid to stain your skin with the paste. You will be able to wash it well.

 6. Cover your hair with a plastic bag and leave it for about four hours. If you wish, you can leave it overnight.  If you leave the paste on your hair for less than two hours, the result may be not as desired. If you leave it overnight, make sure that you do not stain your pillow. If you stain it, you will not be able to wash it out.

 7. After approximately four hours, rinse your hair well with lukewarm water. Then shampoo your hair and rinse it once more. 

 8. Your hair is now dark brown. If you want it darker, repeat the whole process (make sure you have released henna for at least eight hours). 

 You should keep in mind that henna and indigo will not make your hair lighter if you repeat the above process. The more you apply it to your hair, the darker your hair will become. You can apply the mixed paste on your hair every weekend. More applications will make your hair thicker. After a few applications, you will see that you do not feel any itchiness on your scalp and it became healthier than before.

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Effective Natural Medicines for Healthy Hair Growth


Grow Hair Naturally

 There are a few traditional, tried, tested, and scientifically proven medicinal products for hair growth that give positive results.

 Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Castor Oil, and Almond Oil
Use one of the above. Massage your scalp and leave the oil on for one hour. Then shampoo your hair. Repeat it twice a week.

 Egg and Olive Oil 
Leave the mixture on for thirty minutes. Wash your hair out with lukewarm water and then shampoo your hair.

 Sage Tea
This herbal medicine is famous for improving hair growth and also for delaying hair fall. Wash your scalp with sage tea once a week.

 Olive Oil and Honey
Mix olive oil with honey and apply the mixture on your hair. Leave the mixture on for thirty minutes.

 Herbs
Sage, rosemary, catnip, burdock, horsetail, and nettle. Rinse your hair after shampooing.

 Almond Oil
Massage into your scalp and leave for an hour. Shampoo your hair. Repeat twice a week.
Food for Hair Growth

 The healthiest hair foods are salmon and mackerel.
Also, seafood, almonds, wheat bran, yellow peppers, low-fat cheese, and eggs.

 Juice
Carrot juice aids hair growth and prevents dandruff on your scalp. It also improves skin quality. You can mix carrot juice with spinach, celery, apple, lemon or orange.

 Water
Drinking a lot of water helps to grow your hair faster and thicker.
Vitamins for Hair Growth

 Vitamin A, B, C, Biotin (Vitamin B7 or Vitamin H), Niacin (Vitamin B3), and Omega 3.

 Other supplements: folic acid, biotin, kelp, fish oil, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil, ginseng, ginkgo Biloba, saw palmetto. Folic acid and biotin are B-complex vitamins (vitamin B9 and B7) aid the faster growth of hair. 
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Carrot juice for hair care

Make your hair stronger and healthier

Carrots contain nutrients and vitamins like Vitamin A, K, C, B6, B1, B3, B2, fibre, potassium and phosphorous which stimulate hair growth. Carrots will also improve your eyesight, make your skin glowing, and delay the ageing process.

 Follow these instructions to get numerous benefits for hair care and hair growth. 

You need:
  1. Juicer
  2. Three or four carrots
  3. Two tablespoons of honey 
  4. One tablespoon of olive oil (or: almond oil; coconut oil)
  5. One tablespoon of Vitamin E oil (get in a pharmacy/drug store)
  6. Plastic cap or plastic bag
  7. Shampoo (herbal or baby shampoo).
Follow step-by-step instructions:
  1. Wash your hair with shampoo (baby shampoo would be best)
  2. Juice your carrots in a juicer
  3. Mix honey, olive oil and Vitamin E oil
  4. Warm up the honey olive oil and Vitamin E oil in a saucepan 
  5. Add this mixture to the carrot juice 
  6. Apply the mixture to your damp hair; cover your hair from root to ends  
  7. Cover your hair with a plastic cap (or a plastic bag)
  8. Leave on your hair for at least two hours; if possible – overnight
  9. Wash your hair with your preferred shampoo (any herbal or baby shampoo would be OK).
Repeat the above once a week and your hair will become glossy, elastic, strong and healthy. 

 If you drink carrot juice, every day you will notice rapid results in hair growth. Regularly using carrot externally and internally will give you strong, shiny and healthy hair and prevent your skin from dryness.
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The Effect of Cassia on Hair


What is Cassia?

Cassia obovata (also known as senna obovata, cassia italica and senna italica) is a plant. It grows in eastern Africa and India. Cassia and Senna are often used as synonyms. Cassia plant powder has a lovely aroma comparable to freshly cut grass in the meadow.

Cassia contains a yellow molecule which can give white or gray hair a golden color. But it cannot make dark hair lighter. It is an excellent hair conditioner and can make your hair shiny and thick, and it is healthful for your scalp. It will keep your scalp in good condition and it will not feel itchy because cassia has antifungal and antibacterial properties. It restores damaged and chemically treated hair. 

Cassia can also repair the hair that was damaged by swimming pool chlorine, chemical treatments and ultraviolet radiation (also called UV radiation) damaged hair from the sunshine.

How to Apply Cassia on Hair?

Mix cassia powder with warm water and apply it to hair. You can add lemon. It will not stain your skin. Leave it for three or four hours or you can leave it overnight. If your hair is black, it will not give any color. Cassia will condition and strengthen dark hair without changing the color. However, if your hair is gray, it will add to it a nice yellow golden tint.

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Does henna help to prevent premature hair graying?

Many hair dye producers claim that they advertise and sell 'brown henna,' 'black henna' or 'light brown henna.' They are selling a different stuff. In most cases they promote and sell chemically colored (they contain artificial colors) henna powder. We should all be aware of the fact that 'organic' stuff like ''black henna'' or ''brown henna'' does not exist in nature. The only natural and pure henna is of orange color, and the rest of it (i.e. the stuff some companies advertise and poison people) are chemical mixtures of various proportions, added to natural henna. These 'colorful henna' providers also try to prove that henna prevents premature, untimely graying. It is the most dangerous claim.

 Thus, the truly alarming (and critical) big question mark is, 'Can natural (i.e. clean & pure) henna prevent your hair from premature graying?' 

 The genuine and straightforward response is 'NO! HENNA WILL NOT PUT A STOP TO YOUR HAIR FROM PREMATURE GRAYING!'

 However, Henna will undoubtedly give color to your hair. Genuine, organic and 100% pure henna, if your hair is grayish or white, will dye your hair orange. For example, if your natural hair color is black and you start off applying henna on a regular basis, in a decade, your natural hair color will indeed turn into gray. You will notice this change as soon as you cease using henna, unless of course, you turn out to be bald. In that case, there will be no point in speaking of any color.

 Henna will not protect your hair from natural graying (will not stop the graying process) but will dye your hair very nicely and in a healthy and balanced way. If you apply henna to your hair quite frequently, your hair will transform from orange to brownish and if you continue longer - to dark brown. If you combine henna with indigo, your hair will become dark brown, light brown or darkish brown. It will happen if your natural (not chemically colored) hair was white or blond. If your natural hair color is black, henna will not add color to your hair (and will not make it orange) but will make your hair healthier, stronger, more gleaming, and it will appear significantly heavier, plumper and thicker than before. 

 Additionally, it is worth noticing that if you put amla to henna (amla powder is also called Phyllanthus Emblica powder), mix them both and apply to your hair regularly; your hair will turn out to be even a lot more fluffy and shiny. Amla has excessive levels of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C which breaks up the top layer of dead skin cells and exfoliates the scalp. It refreshes your scalp and helps make your hair vibrant, radiant, healthy and balanced. However, no matter what you apply, or how often you apply, if your hair has a tendency to develop into gray (in fact, it depends on your genes), it will become gray. Henna, like many other dyes, will cover gray. The real difference between henna and most other dyes is that henna is organic. It is extremely healthful for your scalp and hair (and brain) while most other inorganic dyes are full of harmful chemical substances that will most likely cause cancer.

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