For years, many people have been looking for natural alternatives to hide the reeds without resorting to aggressive products.
Among the most shared options, a homemade mixture gained popularity for its quick effect: it helps cover gray hair and restores shine to hair with simple and accessible ingredients.
This mixture has a series of secrets, ingredients and recommendations that are key to being able to apply it accurately.
What ingredients does it contain and why do they act on gray hair?
The homemade recipe appeals to natural elements with dark pigments or antioxidant properties that help gently dye gray hair and improve the overall shine of the hair.
These are the ingredients and their properties:
- Café: acts as a natural dye and provides a dark tone that helps cover gray hair immediately.
- black tea: thanks to its concentration of tannins and dark pigments, it is ideal for cover strands with gray hair and slightly darken the hair.
- apple cider vinegar: It is usually mixed with water or other ingredients to regulate the PH and set the color on the scalp.
- Romero: It is incorporated in the form of an oil or dry infusion because it contains antioxidants and compounds that strengthen the hair, help it the scalp benefits and could cooperate in natural pigmentation.
- Henna: when looking for a longer lasting effect, henna can cover gray hair in one day and improve hair texture, giving a more even color.
- Salvia: mentioned for its antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, it is used to strengthen the scalp and provide a complementary effect on gray hair.
These ingredients, combined in appropriate proportions, generate a mixture that visibly “eliminates” gray hair. Although it does not eliminate the cause of their appearance, it does allow them to be concealed with an immediate aesthetic effect.
The homemade recipe appeals to natural elements with dark pigments or antioxidant properties. Photo: Shutterstock
How to apply the homemade mixture to cover gray hair?
For the mixture to have an effect on hair and gray hair, you should follow certain steps:
1. Preparation
- Mix the ingredients (for example, coffee + black tea + rosemary + vinegar) until forming a homogeneous paste or solution.
- It is recommended to use gloves to avoid stains on your hands.
- Divide hair into sections to ensure uniform application.
2. Application on hair
- Spread the mixture in the areas where there are visible gray hairsaffecting roots or white locks.
- Let it sit for as long as the recipe indicates (depending on variants, it may be from minutes to more than half an hour).
- Rinse thoroughly until the water runs clear.
3. Repetition and maintenance
- As it is a natural formula, it does not provide a permanent effect: you have to reapply it frequently (every few washes or when gray hair begins to reappear).
- Some ingredients such as henna offer longer duration, but also involve additional care.
The hair must be divided into sections to ensure uniform application. Photo: Shutterstock
The advantages of this homemade mixture
- It is a gentler alternative against aggressive chemical dyes, which reduces damage to the hair.
- Take advantage of ingredients that many people already have at home.
- In addition to hiding gray hair, some elements provide shine, strengthening of scalp and nutrition.
- It is possible to adjust the formula according to the level of gray hair or the desired hair tone.
The limitations of the homemade mixture to cover gray hair
- Does not remove gray hair permanently: only covers them temporarily.
- The result It will depend on the type of hairits porosity, base color and the amount of gray hair present.
- It may not be enough perfect uniformity in all the wicks.
- Homemade recipes are not standardized: There is a margin of error in doses and mixtures.
Precautions to take
- Do a test on a small strand before applying it all over your hair, to see if it causes allergic reactions or excessive staining.
- Avoid spots on the skin or unwanted areas by using gloves and taking care in application.
- Do not leave the mixture for excessive timesbecause it could over-tint or generate unwanted contrasts.
- Make sure to rinse well so that there are no residues that dull the shine.
