March 28, 2008

Enhance your color




Do you have lackluster hair? Bring a burst of life to your color by using things from your garden.

Create your own color enhancing hair rinse, just right for your hair color.

► Brunettes: Fresh rosemary sprigs,
► Redheads (with orange tones): chopped carrots
► Redheads (deeper tones/berry tones): chopped beets
► Blondes: dried chamomile

Tie the appropriate ingredient in cheesecloth and add to boiling water. Remove from heat and let soak for 10 minutes. Remove cheesecloth and let cool a bit. Shampoo and rinse hair. While your color enhancing rinse is still warm (not hot), pour over hair and let sit for a minute or 2, then rinse thoroughly with clear cold water and style as usual. Do this when every your color needs a boost.

Tip 1: For blondes who hair turns a greenish after swimming, add lemon juice to your rinse water. Brassy brunettes, add apple cider vinegar to your rinse water.

Tip 2: To get natural highlights, add lemon juice to hair and go out in the sun.