A hair day.
What to do if we socially isolate and do not have an easy access to hair dressers or barbers? I know few guys who frantically got a crew cut last week (following governor Charlie Baker, MA?)predicting that many businesses will be forced to close in the pandemic. This truly is heartbreaking as many of them are self-employed or small businesses and they will have hard time to carry on, unless something is done quick to help them, at the level of local and national governing bodies.
I decided to hold a fort and not color my hair and not to cut it. I have short pixie for about 2 years now and I think this is an opportunity to start growing it back.
My stylist kept it from looking like I wear a helmet, but I have little choice to upkeep it at present time.
In addition the color is faded.
For now I use styling methods to reorganize the mushroom of the thing that used to be called my hair, and also look for home remedies to enhance or improve my color, which is anything between ginger, brown and dirty blonde. Below I listed a few of my tried and true color-editing kitchen options that may not only help with tone, but also gently massage the scalp. The healthy ingredients may improve scalp health and combat winter dryness among other maladies. If you have sensitive skin or scratches in the scalp some remedies below may be irritating. It is best to do patch test for any ingredient you try at home.
Power of chamomile. Known for antiseptic skin properties, but also for lightening hair ever so gently. It is used in many skin benefiting shampoos and other products. You can make your own tincture by pouring boiling water over chamomile flowers and extracting the yellow to amber color liquid for single or repeated use. If you have any leftover it is better to store in the fridge and use within few days. When liquid is cool it can be diluted and added to final hair rinse for natural, but slow fading of the color. It is very delicate and I never had any trouble with too much tone change effect. The smell and inhalation are additional benefits of aromatherapy of this soothing senses calming extract.
Lemon may have similar hair lightening effect and also skin healing benefit when combined with honey.
It can be diluted or massaged in scalp for 2-3 minutes hair mask with gentle brightening effect as well.
While generally considered skin friendly the lemon extract may cause mild burn if scalp is irritated or has open sores.
Disclaimer: All medical opinions and body and image advise on this site are mine. The opinions are not to be substituted by the best medical judgement of healthcare professional involved in your care.
