How to properly dye gray hair at home

A woman of any age wants to be attractive. Especially in adulthood, when a lot of gray appears in your hair, you want to get rid of it. Often, ladies resort to self-painting gray strands, and as a result, a completely wild shade of hair can turn out. To prevent the result of home staining from causing a smile on the faces of passers-by, use a few tips.

How to dye gray hair blonde

If you have naturally blonde hair, then you are incredibly lucky. Blondes who begin to turn gray are invisible for a long time. At the same time, it is in blondes that gray hair can have an unpleasant grayish-yellow hue. Therefore, you should carefully choose the color of paint for painting gray hair.

For gray hair, golden blondes are more suitable for a couple of tones lighter than your natural color. Then the growing gray roots will not be too noticeable, and you will look natural. But it is better to refuse ash tones, such colors will only emphasize gray strands.

Choose only paints containing ammonia. Only such dyes can completely rid you of gray strands. For this purpose, it is better to focus on professional paint brands. An oxidizing agent for painting gray hair is only suitable for 6%. A lower content of peroxide will not cope with gray hair, and stronger ones are intended only for lightening hair.

It is best to paint over gray hair in natural tones without any shades. Such paints on the packaging are indicated by an integer number followed by a zero or the letter N. For example, 5.0 or 7/0 or 3N. By choosing this shade, you can be sure that you will be able to completely paint over gray hair.

If you prefer to get some kind of additional shade, then to completely paint over gray hair, you will need to add the same amount of the main shade of paint. For example, if you choose a natural tone 8.0, then you will need to add only 6% oxidizer according to the instructions. If the selected tone, for example, 8.5, then first mix it in equal amounts with tone 8.0. Add 6% oxidant only after mixing.

Another important nuance for dyeing gray hair - do not spare the dye, the hair should be covered with a dye composition so that it does not shine through. This will help avoid unpainted areas.

How to dye gray hair light brown

Light brown hair color suits very many women. Firstly, this hair color will not age you like too dark colors. Secondly, the regrown gray roots will not differ too much from the main body of the hair, and the hairstyle will be more natural. Thirdly, with age in women, the amount of hair decreases, therefore, against the background of too dark hair, the scalp can show through. Light brown hair color will solve this problem and also make the hairstyle more voluminous.

As for dyeing gray strands in light colors, to obtain a light brown color, you need to choose a paint of a natural tone or mix the desired light brown shade in equal proportions with a natural light brown tone. After mixing the coloring compositions, you need to add 6% oxidizing agent.

How to dye gray hair black

Owners of black and dark brown hair should remember that trying to achieve their natural shade when painting gray hair, you can significantly worsen your appearance. The fact is that with age, the skin becomes paler and too strong a contrast between hair color and facial skin tone will only add several years to the age and highlight all the shortcomings. Better to choose more neutral shades. These can be tones that are slightly lighter than your natural dark hair color.

If you still firmly decided to become a brunette, then you can safely use natural black ammonia paint in combination with a 6% oxidizer. Such coloring composition completely paint over gray hair in black.

How to color gray hair roots

If the hair has grown only a little and the gray roots are barely noticeable, then they need to be dyed like this. First, apply the dye composition only to the roots and immediately after that distribute the dye throughout the entire mass of hair. Typically, this dye procedure allows gray hair to fully saturate with color.

If the gray hair has already grown back enough and is very noticeable, then it is necessary to keep the paint on the regrown areas for about 20 minutes. Only after that, the dye composition must be distributed over the entire length of the hair.

How to dye gray hair with folk remedies

There are many ways painting over gray curls with various herbs. For example, this recipe is suitable for light hair. Mix equal parts dried chamomile with linden flowers and boil with boiling water. After an hour and a half, strain and apply on the hair for 1 hour. Then rinse your hair with water mixed with lemon juice

For light brown curls, use this method. Cut the rhubarb stalks and cover with white wine in a ratio of 1: 4. Boil this mixture until the volume is halved. Then strain and apply the broth to the curls for three quarters of an hour.

For brown-haired women: Mix black tea and sage herb over a tablespoon and cover with 2 cups of hot water. Boil this mixture for 2 hours, then strain and add half a teaspoon of alcohol. Rub the resulting composition into the hair roots.

For brunettes: pour 1 tablespoon black tea with a glass of hot water and boil it all for 40 minutes, then add a tablespoon of cocoa powder. Cover your hair with this mixture as you would with regular paint. Then wrap your hair with cellophane and a warm cloth. Keep it all for 1 hour, and then wash off with shampoo and rinse with water and apple cider vinegar.

How to dye gray hair with henna

Using henna to paint gray hair in combination with various additives will not only allow you to get a beautiful shade of hair, but also significantly strengthen hair that has weakened with age. So the addition of chamomile infusion to henna will make the hair honey-golden, and the walnut - dark chocolate-brown. For example, if you want to acquire a golden-honey-chestnut shade, then you need to take henna and ground natural coffee in equal proportions. Now brew coffee at the rate of 5 teaspoons of boiling water. Dilute a mixture of ground coffee and henna with prepared coffee, apply to hair. You need to keep it for a long time - about 5 hours. After that, rinse off the composition and admire the beautiful shade of the hair.

How to dye gray hair with basma

Dyeing gray hair with basma will allow you to achieve dark shades and chestnut. It is better to use henna in combination with basma - this will allow you to get more natural colors. First, for staining, you need to apply henna, withstand the time according to the instructions and rinse. Then basma is applied to the hair, while it needs to be taken twice as much as henna. This dyeing method will be able to paint over gray strands better than using dyes at the same time.

Please note that the use of natural dyes cannot be combined with traditional dyeing. If you want to switch to industrial paint, wait until the henna or basma is completely washed off your hair.