I am going to try rinsing my hair with coffee as I am starting to go gray. Just a little, it’s only a few hairs so far. But also because my locks can get dull-looking. not matte, which is how my hair naturally looks (tightly coiled/curled hair does not ‘shine’ like straight/loosely coiled hair does) and which I like, but dull. I think it’s because I’ve been swimming in the pool at the Y and not doing a great job of getting all the chlorine out, plus the water there is just hard.
Anyway. I searched google for natural hair rinses because I dyed my locks before using a regular chemical hair dye and my daughter i-bop has colored her hair many times and that stuff smells awful, really caustic. I can’t see putting that on my hair ever again. Coffee or black tea is supposed to be a good temporary color boost for brown or black hair, and red herbal teas are supposed to add a red tint. I may do that first, a deep dark red might be pretty on me. I’d probably have to use 2 boxes of tea. I will post pics after I do it! A few links on using coffee as a color rinse:
http://www.hairboutique.com/askkaren/askkaren-10-2001.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8088/hair.html
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you could also try a henna dye.
using henna dye is a great idea for temporary color. But be weary if u intend to every seek something brighter that requires chemical lighting.The bleach and toner interacting with the Henna can have a seriously bad effect.
Hi my name is keya, i’ve been growing my dreads for 4 1/2 years and they just stop growing. As of right now they are a lil pass my shoulders, i’m not sure what i’m doing wrong but i would like to know what i’m doing wrong? By the way your dreads look so good!