Each is suitable for a function. My friend for baldness. Cassia for dry and brittle hair. Chamomile for rinsing
DYEING HERBS
Hair joy and delight of every woman. Immediate tools for expressing one’s individuality, personality, and character, psychologically ready to communicate vitality, seduction, energy, and rebirth. Long, short, colorful, curly, straight, the infinite combinations of hairstyles and ways of arranging them have deep and ancient connotations and cultural and ancestral meanings. In some countries they are veiled, and hidden, in other cultures, such as the Anglo-Saxon one, they become part of the sayings as synonymous with freedom and relaxation: let your hair down means, in English, “relax”, and the very Italian saying “with the wind in your hair” means a moment of great freedom.
One thing is certain and universal: hair care by women (but also by boys) reaches obsessive levels. Often, however, finding your way around the offer of hair products in supermarkets and perfumeries can drive you crazy. By choosing products full of chemical, harmful, and under-performing ingredients, as well as expensive.
Just go fishing in the herbal medicine and beauty secrets of Middle Eastern women, but also in the ancient wisdom of women, to obtain economical, natural, and certainly healthier remedies for beauty, dyeing, and hair care. Here is a useful handbook to consult with all the herbs for the beauty and vitality of our hair.
AMLA
Amla is a herb that has slightly covering properties, ideal for obtaining darkening with cold, lead-like reflections. Perfect for recreating an ash brown but also for dying white hair grey.
Excellent against baldness, it strengthens the follicles and is perfect in an anti-hair loss or conditioning lotion.
CHAMOMILE
We all have large quantities of it at home: know that it is excellent for the final hair rinse, as it is soothing. Chamomile flowers have a polishing and lightening effect.
Just infuse a chamomile sachet in 500 ml of water and use it warm to rinse your hair, as if it were water.
CASSIA OBOVATA (NEUTRAL HENNA)
Called neutral henna precisely because, if applied alone, it has no dyeing properties. However, if you put it in a mixture with lemon or vinegar or apple cider vinegar (an acidic solution), it dyes slightly yellow, so it is perfect for brightening up dull blonde hair or highlighting light hair. To make the blonde even more intense you can add chamomile or cinnamon to the mixture.
Cassia obovata is an excellent anti-frizz, perfect for restoring volume and consistency to dry, brittle, fine, and thin hair. Improves the shine of the hair and its combability.
LAWSONIA INERMIS (RED HENNA)
Like obovate, it is perfect for dull hair that lacks strength and shine, but it is also ideal for dyeing hair a beautiful bright copper red. Without chemicals that stress the hair. Also perfect as an anti-dandruff.
INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA (INDIGO OR BLACK HENNE)
One of the herbs with the maximum dyeing power: you can obtain a very dark brown, tending towards black.
Unlike henna, it must not be acidified, therefore no mixtures with vinegar or lemon, but rather it must alkalize: green light for a spoonful of salt or bicarbonate. An advice? Always add some Lawsonia to the Indigo, and leave the hair on for half an hour wrapped in transparent film. The heat effect helps the dye to penetrate. Also very useful for rebalancing sebum production, the maximum splendor of pigmentation is achieved after two days.
RHUBARB
On light brown or blonde hair, rhubarb gives very intense golden highlights. It dyes yellow/orange, so it is better not to exaggerate the quantities. In small doses, it can be added to neutral henna for highlights on light hair. It has a very intense dyeing power, coloring light hair very easily. If combined with ginger it gives us a beautiful ash blonde color.
MADDER
Belonging to the Rubiaceae family, powdered madder gives rusty/cherry red highlights, so together with red henna it is perfect for turning our hair towards a beautiful cherry red. It dyes less than henna, so it should be left to oxidize for 30-40 minutes after adding hot water.
GINGER
We all have some ginger root at home, which we love to put in infusions or herbal teas. But what about using it for hair care? Excellent as an anti-dandruff and anti-hair loss agent, it is ideal for giving cold/ashy highlights to blond hair.
KATAM
For those who want beautiful brown-purple reflections, the ideal is the dyeing herb known as Katam, obtained by grinding the leaves of Buxus Dioica. It is a plant that grows in rocky terrain and particularly arid areas, in fact, it is very widespread in Yemen.
HIBISCUS
Hibiscus powder is used to give hair cool pink highlights, but it is important to use it in combination with Lawsonia because otherwise, the effect is too bland. It is also used in ash blonde blends.
