How to change your hair color without wasting money or ruining it.

You can change your hair color at home, using natural products and without stressing your hair. These are the simplest and most effective natural methods.

This recipe is ideal for hair blonde or light brown hair that you intend to lighten.

Procedure:

• Prepare a very concentrated chamomile tea (4–5 tea bags or flowers in hot water).
• Let it cool.
• Pour it on clean hair.
• Leave it on for 30–40 minutes (better in the sun).
• Rinse lightly.
• This recipe, if used more frequently and intensely, can take you all the way to blonde hair.

Another very useful ingredient for lightening hair is lemon, which should be used especially for light hair.

With this procedure:

• Mix lemon juice with water, in a 1 to 1 ratio.
• Spray on hair.
• Expose and leave your hair in the sun for 20–30 minutes.

 On the contrary, if you want darker hair, use walnut shells.

• Boil the walnut shells or leaves.
• Filter the liquid.
• Use it as a rinse after shampooing.

At the end, the hair will have dark brown highlights.  

Browner hair with coffee

Coffee can help you make your hair browner.

With this method:

• Make a very strong coffee.
• Let it cool.
• Pour it on your hair and leave it on for 20 minutes.

You can repeat this several times for a more visible effect.

Red hair with henna

To have red hair, henna is definitely the most powerful natural method.

• Pure Henna: red/copper reflections
• Henna + indigo: brown or black

The duration of red hair with this method varies from 2 to 4 weeks

App to change hair color

There are some  apps that can be useful for changing hair color You can virtually "try on" a new hairstyle and try out new colors and cuts before actually going to the salon to change your hair color. Here are the best apps.

• Hair color It lets you take a photo and use a series of filters that realistically change your hair color. It's a free solution, available for Android and iOS, and is the result of a scientific project developed by Stanford University that has received numerous awards and recognitions.
• style my hair It's a completely free app, developed by L'Oreal, that can be downloaded for free on your Android and iOS device. Furthermore, the Style My Hair interface features a very simple and intuitive design that allows you to change your hair in just a few steps.
• HairStyle: Hair Color Maker It is a free application, available exclusively for iPhone and iPad, which allows you to virtually change the color of your hair, thanks to a minimal interface and various tools included.
• Ultimate Hairstyle Try-On It's a free app, available for Android and iOS, that lets you change your hairstyle by taking inspiration from celebrities.
• Hair changes color in real life It's a fun, free app that can be downloaded to your Android device and that allows you to change your hair color by choosing from over 40 available shades, from classic brown to blonde, red, and green.
• Your perfect hairstyle It is a free app, available for iOS, that offers the ability to take a photo and easily change hair color or cut using the included tools.

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