For those who requested a recipe for coloring hair without Henna, this recipe is for you! A rich brown hair color without using Henna ☺
This is a very simple recipe and you hardly need two ingredients! Ready everyone?
Ingredients
Aloe Vera Gum / Resin / Crystals – a few pieces
Dried Indian Gooseberry – a handful
Instructions
Soak the Dried Indian Gooseberry in water for a few hours – 3 – 6 hours.
Grind it to a fine paste – keep it thick and not very runny.
Soak Aloe Vera Gum in water – you can add enough water to submerge the crystals. You can do this the previous night.
When you check in the morning it should have dissolved fully, or you can shake gently (using your fingers) to dissolve.
Now, add this liquid to the ground Gooseberry Paste.
Done!
How to Use the Paste?
Just apply the paste to your stands and wait for 15 – 30 minutes.
Rinse off after massaging hair well.
This paste also cleanses hair gently. But if you want to wash your hair, use herbal hair wash powder – hair fruit and soap nut powder along with other ingredients.
Let it air-dry.
How Long Does the Color Last?
The color lasts 3 – 5 days, if your hair is almost grey. You might need to do this every time you wash your hair – 2 -3 times a week.
Tips to Tweak the Recipe
You can also add coffee or tea decoction to this – soaking the crystals in coffee or tea works. This helps retain the color a little longer.
You can add Katha Powder to this – this also retains the color longer. Katha powder gives a brown finish. Hair doesn’t dry out as we use Aloe Crystals and Gooseberry. But if it is drying – rinse off with Rice Water or Rose Water.
The results are better if you keep the gooseberry soaked in an iron vessel. If you don’t get dried gooseberry or want to make it easier, you can use Gooseberry powder instead. I recommend preparing it a few hours ahead and keeping it in an iron vessel.
You can also add False Daisy Leaves. However this gives more of black color than brown.
Why These Ingredients?
The Aloe Crystals and Indian Gooseberry give a nice dark brown shade to greying strands. However, when used regularly, they can also reverse premature greying. This pack also strengthens hair and promotes better hair growth.
This is not a permanent color change like Henna and you would have to top it up like twice a week till your graying is reversed. Even so, for those who don’t want to use Henna, this is a good option and with little tweaks like adding Katha, Coffee, Tea and other ingredients like Indigofera, Katam, False Daisy, you can extend the color to 15 days or more just like with Henna. Try out different combinations and see what works for you best.
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