DIY All Natural Hair Products

You eat five servings of nutrient dense kale per week, you compost, you are a master of do it yourself upcycling, and you drive a hybrid car. You treat your body and the environment with great care. So why are you still dumping harsh chemicals on your hair? Tame your mane with organic hair products!

There are many benefits to switching to an organic hair care regimen. When you buy an all natural shampoo or conditioner, you won't have to stumble over the ingredients list, being left tongue-tied by unpronounceable seven syllable chemicals. Gentler ingredients, like Aloe Vera and almond oil, will replace these harsh chemicals. These organic elements will improve the health of your hair and scalp, and are much less likely to cause irritation or allergic reactions.

If you have been damaging your hair with harsh chemicals and heating products, organic products can help to turn back time. Shampoos and conditioners laden with chemicals not only damage hair, but they also leave behind product build up. By switching to all natural cleansers and conditioners, you can help rid your hair of years of chemical damage and build up. Using organic products can assist in reversing the long-term effects of chemical products, while nourishing and protecting new hair.

While there are many excellent organic hair care products on the market, you can also take a do it yourself approach to all natural hair care. You can create a number of moisturizing hair masks out of products you already have in your kitchen!

Is your hair looking dry and brittle? You can whip up a kitchen concoction, sure to infuse it with lots of shine and volume. To make this deep conditioning hair mask, you will need the following ingredients:

1 tablespoon of honey
1 tablespoon of heavy cream
1 avocado
1 banana
1 teaspoon of olive oil

Once you have all of the necessary ingredients, it is time to blend!

1. Remove the pit of the avocado, slice, and throw it into the blender. Repeat with the banana. Add the honey, cream, and olive oil. Blend until the mixture is smooth.

2. Shampoo your hair.

3. Coat damp hair with the mixture, making sure to cover the whole head. If you can, comb the treatment through your hair with a wide toothcomb.

4. Cover your hair with plastic. Allow the mixture to sit for 20 to 30 minutes. If you want to speed up the process, add heat to the equation. Do this by wrapping a hot towel around your head.

This deep moisturizing mask will help to reveal healthier, happier locks! Avocado is rich in healthy fats, which act as a hydrating moisturizer for your hair. Honey is both a humectant and an emollient, which means that it locks in moisture and makes hair smoother. Bananas contain high amounts of potassium, which works to strengthen damaged hair. The heavy cream is high in fat and moisture. Together, these ingredients will leave your hair looking shiny and feeling healthier.By Julie Holli 

How to Remove Dye From Hair

How to remove dye from hair which is designed to ... well, dye, change the color of, alter stuff. And it does it - very well.
Trouble comes when it gets on places you don't want it - like your face, or clothes, or carpet.
Or you decide that the color 'to die for' just did.
There are some commercial products to remove dye from hair, and a few home potions and processes.
Color Fix by Jheri Redding is designed to remove unwanted permant hair color, and controlled usage allows color correction to specific areas, either full or slight color corrections.
Loreal Color Zap gently washes away all permanent haircolor. Ideal for color correction, removal of dark shades, muddy, uneven results or color build up. Leaves hair ready for immediate re-coloring. Loreal Effasol Color Remover washes away permanent haircolor, leaving hair ready for recoloring. Can be used with water or developer.
Jerome Rusell's Punky Color Punk Off is an easy to use gel that will cleanse your skin from hair dye stains.
Roux Clean Touch is a gentle formula that removes haircolor from skin and scalp. Removes excess color from hair ends and assists in removing stains from clothing.
Home remedies include this one:
Hot Oil treatments, hairspray, shampooing and exposure to water will gradually fade hair dye.
To remove the last bit of residue or stain on the hair (or to get color out immediately) make up a small batch of bleach mixture and add it to 2 tablespoons or so of shampoo in a cup. Stir it up.
Shampoo your hair with this mixture, "kneading" the hair. Start at the roots and work your way down to the end, and then back up.
You should see the color disappear right before your eyes.
Black hair dye is a special case.
It's very hard to remove black hair dye from your hair completely, especially if it's permanent. Better to let it grow out and not bleach it. Bleaching with chemicals damages the hair it may make it so stretchy and thin that it comes out in your comb.
Likewise if black hair dye stains skin or fabric. The best way is to prevent it from staining in the first place by applying Vaseline around the hairline before dyeing.
If black hair dye stains fabric then using detergent and water quickly is a good idea - otherwise dry cleaning may be required.
Black hair dye stains can also be removed by rubbing cigarette ash over the stained skin, dipping milk in cotton balls and rubbing over the stained area, rubbing on WD-40 or even nail polish remover or hair spray.

Jenny Drake