Q&A for How to Naturally Dye Your Hair

Salt water, lemon, and raw honey are great natural lighteners. Spending time in the sun can help too!

Yes, it can. Ocean water works, but you can also mix 1 tablespoon of salt into 3/4 cup of water and spray it on your hair.

Red hair is the least common natural hair color. Redheads make up less than 2% of the general population.

You can rinse your hair with tea or a sage infusion for a subtle darkening or you can use henna for a more dramatic change.

Yes, except for the lightening methods like using lemon or chamomile. Lightening hair is permanent, but it does grow out.

This sort of dramatic color change isn't possible with these natural methods.

Usually the lemon method takes about an hour or so with exposure to the sun. Remember to use sunscreen on your skin!

It usually takes two to four weeks. It depends on the darkness of your natural color.

It can take about 3 weeks. What you should do is wash your hair on Sunday, and then on Wednesday.

You'll probably get a red tint, but the natural methods are not strong enough to really dye your hair.

Yes, but it will take a while. Another method is to put the lemon juice on and sit in the sun for an hour, and then wash it off.

This is not possible with natural methods. You will likely need to bleach your hair and then use a pink dye. If you're worried about doing this yourself, go to a salon.

It depends on your natural hair color. If it's relatively light, you could get blonde hair with consistent use. If it's dark, it won't be able to lighten your hair quite that much. The only way to get blonde hair from dark hair is through chemical bleaching.

It will take a week or longer. I don't recommend this method, since it dries your hair out a lot.

Yes, it will make it go grey.

It would take a quite a while because, after all, you are using natural methods only.

It depends on what shade your hair is naturally. It could take anywhere from 1-10 weeks.

Try a beauty supply store, which will have a greater range of dyes than a drug or grocery store.

For that, you might want to consider just coloring your hair with hair dye. You can probably find natural hair dye in stores, or go talk to a professional hairdresser about what you're looking for.

Try coffee. It can help darken your hair. It might take a few tries, so don't get discouraged if it doesn't work immediately.

Changing your hair color to that degree with natural methods isn't possible. If you want to change your hair color drastically, you'll need to go to a salon instead.

The mixture will, over time, wear away as your hair grows. So, yes it will eventually come out (some mixtures just come out by your hair being washed). As for when, I would say about a month or two.

If you use lemon juice on your hair, make sure to wash it out completely as it will make your hair dry out really fast and feel like straw.

Yes, you should be able to do this. It may take some time, though.

You have to slowly bleach it back. It takes a while, especially since black is meant to be a permanent color. If you wanted it blonde quickly you shouldn't have made it black.

You can use henna, it's natural and it's good for your hair.

It should probably take about 2 to 3 weeks. Wash only once a week, otherwise it can damage your hair.

It will remain for about 4-6 weeks depending what your real hair colour is. If you are a blonde, then it will last 6 weeks because your hair is lighter. If you are a brunette, then it will last for 4 weeks because your hair is much darker.

Add onion skins to a pot of water and boil for 30-60 minutes. Leave to soak overnight then strain and pour over clean hair. Leave in for about half an hour before rinsing. Onion skins contain the antioxidant-rich pigment called quercetin, which creates a lovely earthy golden brown colour.

Yes, if you mix lemon and baking soda, it will make your hair turn a few shades lighter. Use it on one strand before going on your full head, to make sure you like the shade, because sometimes, it doesn't turn the way you want it to.