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have you ever heard of anyone coloring their hair with coffee or tea? (Original Post) grasswire Oct 2014 OP
Those substances will enhance color but blogslut Oct 2014 #1
"I LOVE what you've done with your hair!" pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #2
I love henna LiberalEsto Oct 2014 #3
If you take a pound of coffee with a quart of hot water, you'll get a fairly nice dye job that... BlueJazz Oct 2014 #4
My grandma used to color her hair with strong tea. femmocrat Oct 2014 #5
kool aid lame54 Oct 2014 #6
You can also use walnut hulls. Chellee Oct 2014 #7
that's interesting, too grasswire Oct 2014 #9
You could try dyeing a t-shirt with them and see what color you get. Chellee Oct 2014 #10
I knew a girl who reminds my of Cher, she was always changing the color of her hair NightWatcher Oct 2014 #8

blogslut

(38,000 posts)
1. Those substances will enhance color but
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 08:07 PM
Oct 2014

...unless the hair is exceedingly porous (bleached/damaged) the effect is slight and temporary.

 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
3. I love henna
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 08:39 PM
Oct 2014

There is a good website with all kinds of info about ways to color hair with henna, if you're ever interested.

http://hennaforhair.com/

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
4. If you take a pound of coffee with a quart of hot water, you'll get a fairly nice dye job that...
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 08:42 PM
Oct 2014

..will last about 6 weeks. The amount of dye/color is good for about 3 times.
Got the info from one of my friends wife who is allergic to regular hair dye. It looks pretty nice.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
9. that's interesting, too
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:00 PM
Oct 2014

the "after" color is almost as dark as my hair was prior to the gray creeping in.

I wonder about hazelnut shells. Lots of them here.

Chellee

(2,096 posts)
10. You could try dyeing a t-shirt with them and see what color you get.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:41 PM
Oct 2014


When I look at websites for natural dyes, none of them list hazelnuts. But it would certainly seem like it should work. So.... I don't know.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
8. I knew a girl who reminds my of Cher, she was always changing the color of her hair
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 08:37 PM
Oct 2014

But she didn't use nothing that you buy at the store. She liked her hair to be real orange. She uses tangerines.



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