Trichologists and cosmetologists constantly warn that frequent dyeing destroys the hair structure, thereby worsening its condition. However, the desire to change the image and style, to update the hairstyle is so irresistible that you have to buy store-bought dye again and again or go to hair salons to dye your curls. However, home cosmetology offers modern beauties to dye their hair with coffee - a common natural product with which almost every person starts their morning. A light, unobtrusive shade, additional shine and silkiness - this is what this invigorating drink can give to your curls. And most importantly - no harm: only continuous benefit.
Coffee beans have many beneficial properties - they are used to make both an invigorating drink and coloring and caring compositions for hair.
The coloring properties of coffee are determined by its chemical composition. Tannins and essential oils in close tandem enhance the pigmentation of dark strands, so this product is mainly recommended for use by brunettes and brown-haired women. It will be useful for anyone who has decided to dye their hair with natural coffee to know what effect awaits them as a result:
- The reddishness of the brown-haired woman will not be so bright, it will be a little muted, it will become darker;
- a beautiful shade is obtained on dark brown hair, which becomes a rich coffee color;
- It is very difficult to dye brunettes with coffee, but even they will acquire an extraordinary radiance and shine under its influence: the reflections of the sun in their strands will play as if on water;
- It’s better not to experiment with light curls, because uniform coloring at home is unlikely to work, and most often such experiments end in a motley row of your own original hair color and unsuccessfully dyed individual strands here and there.
With the help of coffee, you can not only dye, but also strengthen your hair: the caffeine contained in this drink will give your curls a boost of vigor and energy, antioxidants - elasticity, polyphenols - strengthen the roots, carotenoids - extra shine, chlorogenic acid - protection from ultraviolet radiation. So the benefits of this coloring are obvious: beautiful color + improved hair condition as a pleasant bonus. For all this to work 100%, you need to know how to dye your hair with coffee correctly and efficiently.
To dye your hair, you need to use only natural coffee, don’t even look at soluble “analogues” - the result of their use can be disastrous
Helpful tips from professionals will come in handy for those who first decided to dye their locks with an invigorating drink at home. They will allow you to get the maximum benefit from coffee for your strands.
- There are a lot of recipes for coffee coloring products, and almost each of them gives a certain shade depending on the original hair color. To ensure that the results do not disappoint, it is recommended that each product prepared for the first time be tested on a separate strand hidden somewhere in the depths of your hair. This will help weed out products whose results do not suit you.
- The recipes give approximate dosages for medium hair length. Adjust them to your liking, leaving the proportions specified in the recipe unchanged, otherwise you may end up with a dirty brown stain instead of a beautiful coffee shade.
- Blondes will not be able to dye their hair with coffee at home: the result is too unpredictable and will more likely disappoint than please. The main indications for such products are dark and red hair.
- No need to expect miracles from coffee hair coloring. Since it does not contain chemical components, the shade will not last long on the strands, and the product will have to be used again and again. But with each subsequent use, the shade will become richer and more beautiful.
- Use only natural coffee for coloring, but never instant coffee.
- If the coloring mask turns out to be quite thick in consistency, carefully rub it into the scalp to nourish the roots and enhance the effect of coffee on the hair pigment. Then the mixture is distributed along the entire length of the strands.
- If the coloring agent is simply coffee liquid, you will need to rinse your curls with it several times.
- Be careful with ingredients that contain coffee grounds or just ground coffee. The product, of course, turns out to be as effective and useful as possible, if not for one BUT: in its frozen form, it may not be completely washed out of the strands when rinsed, it may remain in them, complicate the combing process and generally fray the nerves, despite the effective resulting color.
- It is advisable not to wash your hair before the coloring procedure. Hair should be dry and dirty.
- Since coffee cannot harm either the strands themselves or the scalp, you can keep the coloring composition on your hair from 30 minutes to 2 hours - depending on how much free time you have available.
- Be sure to apply insulation over the coffee coloring mixture applied to your hair. For a greenhouse effect, wrap the strands in a plastic bag (some prefer to wear a plastic shower cap), and be sure to make a “turban” out of a towel on top.
- Coffee coloring compounds are easily washed off with any shampoo.
- The frequency of their use depends on everyone’s personal preferences.
- If you don't want the smell of coffee to remain on your hair, use essential oils when rinsing.
- If your hair turns out greasy and sticky after coloring, add hair conditioner to any color mask.
If you follow these recommendations, coloring your hair at home with coffee is so easy that it will become one of your favorite treatments. The scalp will feel the freshness of the invigorating drink, the strands will absorb the aroma of true coffee, acquire an unearthly shine, and most importantly, they will delight you with a new shade. Yes, it will not be as bright and conspicuous as if you dyed your hair with store-bought dye. But it is more rich, lively, and most importantly - absolutely harmless and even beneficial for the health of curls.
For a more lasting and rich color, you can mix coffee with henna and basma, but in this case it will be more difficult to adjust the resulting shade
There are a lot of recipes for coffee-based coloring agents that can be prepared at home. Through trial and error, you can finally choose for your curls the only one that will give the desired shade.
- With colorless henna
Pour colorless henna (2 tablespoons) with warm water in such an amount to make a paste. Mix it with coffee grounds (2 tablespoons). Leave covered for half an hour.
- With sea buckthorn oil
Mix ground coffee (4 tablespoons) with sea buckthorn oil (1 tablespoon), add nettle oil (4 drops).
- With cognac
Mix cognac (1 tablespoon) with ground coffee (1 tablespoon), 2 raw yolks, vegetable oil (1 teaspoon), warm water (2 tablespoons).
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- Classic mask
Brew natural coffee, cool, apply to hair for half an hour.
- With henna and basma
Brew natural ground coffee (6 tablespoons), add henna (2 tablespoons), basma (1 tablespoon), olive oil (1 tablespoon), honey (1 tablespoon). Apply to hair while hot.
If you want to constantly change your look without sacrificing the health of your strands, be sure to use a natural remedy for coloring them - coffee, which you are used to pampering yourself with in the morning. A bright, rich shade while maintaining the structure of your curls is guaranteed.
