Dyeing your hair with tea??

Jun 17, 2014

Elena F.

I have pretty much straight up blonde hair and I wanted to go a little more strawberry blonde and was wondering if I could use red rooibos tea to make reddish "tint" but I don't know if it would work or how long it would last. Does anyone have experience with dyeing hair with tea/ know anything about it? 
Thanks!!

Jun 17, 2014

Kathryn L.

I didn't even know you could dye your hair with tea. It dosen't seem like it would work though. And strawberry blond is my hair color :D.

Jun 17, 2014

Emerald N.

I doesn't last long at all and pretty much washes out.

Jun 17, 2014

Elena F.

Are there any other natural ways to dye it so it will last long? My mom doesn't want to pay for me to get it done and I don't want to pay that much either :/

Jun 17, 2014

Maria R.

I know that with camomile tea you can possibly go for an ashy shade..but strawberry blonde with red smth..got no idea..I say do an experiment:)^_^ btw good luck.

Jun 17, 2014

Maria R.

There are shampoos that give different natural shades, and they cost 5$ , try to find smth like that.

Jun 17, 2014

Elena F.

Thanks Maria! I think tomorrow I will try to do the tea thing with either a honey chamomile or a coconut red chai depending on which has a more red shade too it, if it works I might post something on here about it! :)

Jun 17, 2014

Kitty K.

Coffe gives a red hue. Have my
Black hair a red hue. You need to do it often however.

Jun 17, 2014

Kitty K.

Gave*

Jun 17, 2014

Elena F.

Thanks kitty! I think I will try a red tea tonight and If it washes out quickly (I assume it will) I will try coffee! Any special kind I need to make for it to be red/strawberry blonde?

Jun 17, 2014

Kitty K.

I'm not too sure. I use black tea to maintain my hair pitch black. I mix it in with all my hair products as well and put it in a spray bottle.
I actually used the Coffee to see if it would help maintain it black and I ended up with red hues.

Jun 18, 2014

Elena F.

How did you mix it with shampoo/conditioner? I made very strong red tea and put in my hair and let it sit for about 45 -50 minutes and then rinsed and conditioned and nothing happened:( are there ways to make it last longer and actually tint the hair better? Thanks so much! :)

Jun 18, 2014

Bailey H.

I had no idea you could dye your hair with tea! That's cool :P. I did know that you can dye your hair with kool aid.

Jun 18, 2014

Elena F.

@bailey it didn't work :( at least not on my hair