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Present a professional image 102

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Art of Dressing Hair 215

Art of Colouring Hair 217

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How to Color & Highlight Hair | TONI&GUY Hair Color Technique [Platinum blonde / Champagne blonde]

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The power of placing your foils on angles

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Here is a new educational Movie from ZIPA FOIL and Zipamarsha. This is a free example of the Educational DVD sold on the web site www.zipafoil.com. This is just the beginning of a series of educational DVD on coloring and foiling techniques with REAL TIME REAL PEOPLE REAL HAIRDOS!

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The effects of lightening products on the hair structure

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The effects of lightening products on the hair structure

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Part one shows how to effectively apply a full head colour to medium length hair.
The 'hot-cross bun' technique is demonstrated, along with safety tips for protecting you and your client.

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Part two shows how to effectively apply a full head colour quickly and effectively to the roots.
Learn how to avoid 'root glow' and learn techniques for ensuring good coverage.

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Part three shows how to effectively remove excess colour off the scalp after colour has been applied. Effleurage and Rotary techniques are demonstrated.

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The effects of permanent colour on the hair structure

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Women from Venezuela are crossing the border in droves and selling their hair in a Colombian border town in order to afford scarce basic necessities such as food, diapers or medicines.

The trend, which has taken off in recent weeks, is another sign of the oil-rich country's deepening crisis amid shortages and spiralling inflation that have millions skipping meals and forgoing costly medical treatment.

Dozens of middlemen, known as "draggers", stand on a bridge linking San Antonio, Venezuela, to Colombia's La Parada, calling out: "We buy hair!"

About 200 women a day are taking up their offer at one of seven makeshift stands dotting La Parada, according to estimates from five middlemen. The locks are then sold as extensions in the western Colombian city of Cali.

Celina Gonzales, a 45-year-old street vendor, stood in line for an hour to sell her mid-length brown hair for 60,000 Colombian pesos, or about $20 - the equivalent of a monthly minimum wage and food tickets back home.

"I suffer arthritis and I need to buy medicine. This won't be much, but at least I can buy painkillers," said Gonzales, who had not told her family what she was doing.

Venezuela's leftist government blames the crisis on businessmen waging an "economic war" to sabotage it. The information ministry did not respond to a request for comment.

As the economy teeters under a third year of recession, Venezuelans are increasingly ending up empty-handed despite long lines for heavily subsidized food. Non-subsidized food is far too expensive, with a bag of rice sometimes costing about a tenth of monthly earnings.

Many are forced to survive on starches or forage through garbage for scraps. In recent months, hundreds have drifted across to Colombia to buy groceries.

In the border towns, the hair business is booming.

"I can take off volume, cut strands here and there or make a ponytail and cut all the hair," explained Jenifer Nino, 31, a so-called dragger, as she stood next to informal hair salons housed on street corners, sidewalks and even a tire store.

"Most of the women come here with little kids and after cutting their hair they go buy food," Nino added.

Some women complain the haircuts are sloppy and end up regretting the decision, while others are turned away.

Maribel, a poor woman from Venezuela's Tachira state, travelled to Colombia after her brother told her about the hair business.

"I'm here because I have nothing to eat," she said, but she was later rebuffed because her hair was too short and thin.

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Venezuelan women sell their hair in order to buy basic necessities

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Women from Venezuela are crossing the border in droves and selling their hair in a Colombian border town in order to afford scarce basic necessities such as food, diapers or medicines. The trend, which has taken off in recent weeks, is another sign of the oil-rich country's deepening crisis amid shortages and spiralling inflation that have millions skipping meals and forgoing costly medical treatment.

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Graham Wake is hardly looking at me but one glance is enough. "I could pay about £75 to £100 if you had a pixie cut," he says briskly. "If you went for a short bob I'd give you £40." It's not often you get paid for a haircut, but Wake's business, Bloomsbury Wigs, now relies solely on hair sourced from the heads of women in the UK. Each week 30-40 envelopes stuffed with ponytails arrive at his office. Every day, one or two women visit to have their hair valued, cut off, and restyled. Some are bored with long hair, others need the money, and a few are raising money for charity.

Wake says he prefers paying a fair price to women in the UK to buying hair from agents, and that 90% of the coils piled into the transparent plastic boxes that surround him are used to create wigs for people who have lost their hair. The rest are for hair extensions, which is what my locks could become. "If your hair was any curlier, we couldn't take it," he says. "It would just matt after a while, but as it is I could use it."

It feels faintly embarrassing to be discussing the monetary value of something as personal as my hair. But perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised at myself; women's hair has always been a contentious issue. From orthodox Jews, Muslims, and nuns covering it for modesty, to a badge of femininity and beauty in fairytales such as Rapunzel, hair has always exerted a powerful metaphorical pull. Even in today's more secular world it acts as a lightning rod for our attitudes to women: something US gymnast Gabby Douglas discovered when her gold medal win at the Olympics was overshadowed by a row over whether her messy ponytail reflected badly on the black community. Miley Cyrus's decision to cut her hair short in the summer was taken as a sign that another teen pop star's life was spiralling out of control, much like Britney Spears in 2007.

Today, hair is more than just a symbol: it is big business. From India to Peru, the human hair trade has spread across the globe, and it has the UK in its grasp. Last year HM Revenue and Customs recorded more than £38m worth of hair (human, with some mixed human and animal) entering the country, making the UK the third biggest importer of human hair in the world.

Despite the recession the UK extension industry is booming, with hair extension companies claiming it is worth between £45m and £60m (according to London based industry research firm IBISWorld, revenue from hair and beauty salons will be £3.64bn in 2012-13). Great Lengths Hair Extensions, who supply more than 1,000 salons in the UK, report a staggering 70% growth in the past five years. And according to Dawn Riley from Balmain Hair, which sells extensions to thousands of salons and hundreds of wholesalers, this is only the beginning. "It's still an emerging market. We are now seeing the growth that colour [hair dye] saw 30 years ago."

In the upmarket central London salon Inanch, a full head of Great Lengths extensions costs around £900, and lasts up to six months. And while profits from cuts, colouring and blow drys have remained static, in 2012 the salon's hair extension business has grown 60% year on year. Owner Inanch Emir has well-known clients including Cher Lloyd, Mischa Barton and Saturdays singer Rochelle Wiseman, and when I visit one weekday afternoon her small salon is buzzing. "I do about two or three hair extensions a day," she says. "I used to do that a month."

A stylist is finishing off a head of dramatic, tumbling curls for Bianca Gascoigne, a glamour model and reality TV contestant. With her thick, false lashes emphasising her wide-set eyes, the cascade of hair makes her look like a Disney drawing. Laughing, she agrees she likes to look like "a princess": "Hair extensions make you feel glamorous," she says, explaining she first started wearing clip-in fake hair as a teenager, keen to copy celebrities such as Christina Aguilera. Now, she says, everyone she knows has them.

I watch as a woman in her 40s with long, streaked, blond hair has some extensions that have fallen out refitted. Thin strands of hair topped by a "polymer" - a covered metal ring - are wrapped around tiny clumps of her hair in neat rows, a centimetre or so from her scalp. It's fiddly work, and it's fascinating to watch the stylist gently heat the bond so it stays put. Doesn't it weigh her hair down? No, she insists, "you can't feel them, you don't even know it's there." And anyway, she says, "You fall in love with it. You look great without even trying."

Emir says the UK's passion for extensions began with Victoria Beckham. "For a long time it was only celebrities who knew about hair extensions, but when Posh went from short to long, everyone realised - and that was it."

Among hairdressers specialising in Afro-Caribbean hair, however, extensions have been popular for three decades or more, according to independent hairdresser Amanda Biddulph. Black British women may not visit salons as regularly as their US counterparts, whose styling habits were investigated in Chris Rock's 2009 documentary, Good Hair, but in the last decade, demand for extra hair has really taken off. Once, extensions were the preserve of women in their late 20s to mid-30s, says Biddulph, but now she regularly sees 14-year-olds with 18-inch extensions, and has refused to put extensions into the hair of girls as young as 12. "At the moment it's Kim Kardashian for the Afro community," she tells me. "They are wearing middle partings and their hair really long."

Not even the fact that incorrect removal and overuse of extensions and weaves are linked to traction alopecia - a form of hair loss Naomi Campbell is suspected of having after pictures emerged showing bald patches in her hair - puts people off.

Gascoigne says she thinks the reality stars from TV show The Only Way is Essex, have also had a huge impact. "I think it's the girls from The Only Way is Essex that are driving it, because everyone wants that glamorous lifestyle."

Some women in the public eye may prefer to keep the "help" they get with their hair secret (Gascoigne says, perhaps naively, that people can't tell if she wears them). And after a L'Oreal advert starring Cheryl Cole drew complaints because she was wearing extensions, Emir says some of her famous clients have made her sign confidentiality agreements. Several of the experts I speak to tell me emphatically that they believe the Duchess of Cambridge has had extensions - but even if she had, it's unlikely she would discuss it. Reality show participants, however, have no such qualms, says Riley. "It takes away the embarrassment for younger women. They wear it as a badge of pride - I can afford extensions, so I have extensions."

In Liverpool, at hair suppliers Rapunzel City of Hair, teenagers in school uniform are a common sight, says owner Emma Canty. They buy clip-in synthetic hair extensions, which can sell for as little as £10 a packet. Fake hair accessories such as plaited hair bands, meanwhile, are also sold in highstreet shops such as Topshop. Theresa Yee, beauty editor at trend forecasting company WGSN, says these quick fixes are "driving the popularity of this trend into a wider market" allowing customers to "try out multiple 'temporary' looks which they can achieve at home".

Synthetic hair may still be popular, but it cannot be heat-styled, curled or straightened. So for more permanent extensions salons rely on human hair. With it comes an array of jargon. There is Remi hair (all strands face the same way and often come from just one person's head); virgin hair (unprocessed); double drawn (all the same length). The hair can be attached with a weave - when strips of extra hair, called a weft, are sewn into thin plaits of the customer's own hair - or attached to the customer's own hair using micro rings, or even glue. But while such terms may trip off the tongue of dedicated customers, few seem interested in the human beings it came from. "If I'm honest, I don't think people care where it is from," admits Riley. "I would like to say we are all ethically minded, but if clients want something and they can pay for it, they will have it." Gascoigne agrees: "I never ask where the hair comes from, I just love it so much. When you have big, bouncy hair you feel a million dollars."

Yet behind the bounce, the profit, and the rows of neatly packaged hair, is what hair historian Caroline Cox calls the "dark side" of the industry. With the exception of a handful of businesses such as Bloomsbury Wigs, most hair comes from countries where long, natural hair remains a badge of beauty - but where the women are poor enough to consider selling a treasured asset.

Cox points out that such exploitation has underpinned the industry since false fronts and hair pieces became popular in the UK in Edwardian times. "It's taking advantage of those who are disadvantaged," she says. "Working-class women's hair is used to bedeck the head of those who are more privileged. It's been going on for hundreds of years."

Much of the hair on sale comes from small agents who tour villages in India, China, and eastern Europe, offering poverty-stricken women small payments to part with their hair. As one importer, based in Ukraine, told the New York Times recently: "They are not doing it for fun. Usually only people who have temporary financial difficulties in depressed regions sell their hair." More worryingly, back in 2006, the Observer reported that in India some husbands were forcing their wives into selling their hair, slum children were being tricked into having their heads shaved in exchange for toys, and in one case a gang stole a woman's hair, holding her down and cutting it off. When Victoria Beckham said in 2003 that her " extensions come from Russian prisoners, so I've got Russian cell block H on my head", she may have been joking, but it was not long until the Moscow Centre for Prison Reform admitted it was possible: warders were forcibly shaving and selling the hair of prisoners. Thanks to such horror stories, reputable companies try to ensure the hair they sell is "ethical". Balmain Hair, Riley explains, has been sourcing hair from China for almost 50 years, and pays women the equivalent of a man's six-month salary (although she cannot give me an exact figure). However, not all companies pay donors.In temples in south India devotees travel for hundreds of miles and queue for hours to have their hair tonsured, or ritually shaved. Some have prayed for a child, others for a sick relative or a good harvest, and when their prayers are answered they offer up their hair. According to one report, most are rural women whose hair has often never been dyed, blow-dried, or even cut and is worth around £200. The hair is then sorted and sold, often by online auction. Last year Tirumala temple, apparently made 2,000m rupees (more than £22m), from auctioning hair. Great Lengths, who sell "temple hair", point out the hair is donated willingly, and they have a representative based in India who buys it straight from the temple, and ensures the money is funnelled directly back into the local community to fund "medical aid, educational systems and other crucial infrastructure projects".

But while the women who grew the hair may not be well paid, the price for the customers is rising. Biddulph says the cost of buying hair "has gone through the roof" - packets that used to cost £10.99 to £20.99 are now priced at £50 or £60. Yet, says Biddulph, even in a recession about half of her clients' extra hair is something they "can't be without - they factor it in to their monthly expenses." Other stylists I speak to agree and link it to the higher grooming standards and emphasis on physical perfection that have recently crept in. Kim Hunjan, who runs Belle Hair Extensions in North London, says: "A lot of clients talk about botox and plastic surgery, and they see this as similar."

In a recent report on the hair industry, IBISWorld noted trips to salons are seen as essential, rather than an optional extra: "Many salon customers have come to view their spending on hair colouring and styling services as non-discretionary expenditure causing demand for the industry to remain more resilient than in previous years."

In fact, asking how women can afford the cost might be missing the point. According to Cox extensions, like long fake nails, are status symbols. "If you have long nails, there is a suggestion you have a lot of leisure time. If hair costs a lot to do, and to keep up, there is the same suggestion. It's almost as though you are living the life of a The Only Way is Essex girl or glamour model."

The fact that it does not necessarily look like your own hair also reflects the influence of the sex industry on our ideas of what a woman should look like, says Cox. "The fashion for such a long time has been about the glorification of artificiality. Fake tans, fake teeth, fake boobs and fake nails - and you need fake hair to go with all that. The whole idea of beauty is [now] predicated on artificiality and getting rid of humanness - waxing every hair from your body but putting fake hair on your head."

Recently there has been a move towards a more demure aesthetic, she says, but one that continues to emphasise wealth. "In the recent series of The Only Way is Essex, almost half of it was set in hairdressing salons, and they were all having their hair styled in up-dos." This exposes roots and allows extensions to be clearly seen. "It's a way of showing them off," says Cox. "Today we want to show off that our extensions cost £800."

Extensions also reflect a retrogressive attitude towards women's place in society, she says. "When women try and change their role their hair becomes short and chic like in the 60s and 20s, but when gender roles become more traditional, fake hair comes in."

However, economic woes, and the recent rise in grassroots feminism could spell the end of extensions. "It's beginning to look old fashioned, especially as the recession continues," Cox explains. "I think we are at the height of it; in the fashion cycle we are moving towards a more natural look." Biddulph has already noticed a rise in salons catering exclusively to women who don't relax, straighten or extend their Afro hair. "More people are making a statement with natural hair and more salons are opening up. It's about a 70-30, but I think it will be 50-50 soon."

Yet a natural look does not necessarily mean the end of extensions in the mainstream. Instead they are becoming more discreet - used to add volume rather than length. This trend reflects the fact that older women are turning to extensions: "Young people often have coloured extensions, middle-aged women do it for the 'wow' effect, while older women often want thicker hair," says Emir. Riley agrees: "Women's hair starts thinning at 35 but they want the beautiful hair they had at 20, and they do it by hair addition."

Whatever sparked our love affair with extensions, it has deepened into something more permanent. On a rainy Thursday I watch as one of Kim's stylists works on bride-to-be Jessica Munday, who is having her hair lengthened in time for her wedding. It's a time-consuming, repetitive and expensive process but Jessica doesn't care. "People want longer hair instantly. If I like it I'll definitely have it done again."
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Graham Wake is hardly looking at me but one glance is enough. "I could pay about £75 to £100 if you had a pixie cut," he says briskly. "If you went for a short bob I'd give you £40."

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The human race has been obsessed with beauty since the beginning of civilization, from painting lips to darkening lashes, and of course, dying one's hair. But upon doing some research, I discovered that there were some ancient hair dye techniques that were utterly and seriously disgusting. Beauty wasn't just pain back then, beauty was really, really gross, too.

It's safe to say we've come a long way in the last several thousand years, but there is still one thing that hasn't changed: our fascination with dying our hair. It appears that the whole "grass is greener on the other side" concept has always been alive, as people who lived as early as ancient Egypt (through to the present day) yearned to change the color of their natural locks. Some way or another, we have discovered ways to give us hair that's darker, hair that's lighter, and hair that's any color of the rainbow we should so desire.

Hair dye techniques have been (pretty much) perfected today. The process is quite straight-forward: you call upon a professional colorist (or a handy drugstore box if you're on a budget), pick out the color you desire, mix up a few chemicals, apply, allow 30-45 minutes to develop and then wash off. Usually this does the trick. But the people of the ancient world weren't so lucky. They didn't have the technology and science we have today, and some of the methods they used to dye their hair were pretty damn insane.

Why don't we have a look at 5 ancient hair dye techniques that will make you so grateful for boxed hair dye.

1. Lead

The ancient Egyptians saw dark hair as a beauty ideal and used a lead-based hair dye to color their locks black. The recipe for this hair dye called for taking lead oxide and mixing it with slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) and water until a paste is formed. This was then rubbed onto the head.

Back in these days, people had shorter life spans and didn't necessarily care about the safety issues of using lead in their beauty products (as they used lead in almost everything) and may not have even been aware of the dangers until much later on. This is pretty nasty when you think they not only put lead on their heads, but also on their eyes and faces as well. We may still use chemicals today to dye our hair, but in a much safer and more controlled way (unlike the pretty-poison used by the ancient Egyptians).

2. Wood Ash And Vinegar (Or Lye Soap)

Unlike the ancient Egyptians who valued dark hair, the ancient Greeks valued light hair. One of the methods they used to achieve this was to take wood ash and mix it with either vinegar or lye soap and apply it to their hair. Now, this is considered a chemical process, and unless you were experienced working with these substances, there were some seriously unpleasant side effects that could occur (aside from the disgusting smell of the vinegar or lye on your head): the mixture could burn your skin and also cause your hair to break at the touch if left on too long. Awesome.

3. Box (Shavings) Of Wine And Honey

As mentioned before in my article on gross Medieval beauty tricks, blonde/yellow was also a popular hair color to have during Medieval times, as well. One of the most disgusting ways to achieve lighter locks was to use a method as follows: mix honey and white wine together, apply it to your hair, and then leave it overnight. Then, add a mixture of calendine roots, olive-madder, oil of cumin seed, box shavings (what for?!), and saffron. Wash off after 24 hours.

Honey, wine, some roots and herbs, and some box shavings (for funsies?) in your hair, for 24 hours? Now that's some disgusting dedication for the sake of beauty.

4. Pickled Leeches

In ancient Rome, the Romans used all sorts of crazy methods to dye their hair, including using actual gold dust to make their locks "gold". If you wanted to dye your hair black, however, you were in for a disgusting experience. One would prepare a mixture made from leeches mixed with vinegar. That's right, leeches. They would then allow this awful mixture to ferment for two months. After the allotted fermenting period, they would apply this to their hair and sit in the sun to allow it to bake in. Baking pickled leeches into your hair in order to turn it black? Thanks, but no thanks.

5. Worms

Worms. Yes, that's right; to color gray hair, the ancient Romans used a mixture made from ashes, boiled walnut shells, and earthworms. Crush and mix these ingredients all together and apply liberally to your hair to cover those unsightly grays. Just try not to think of the disgusting worm-paste on your head while you're at it.
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5 Ancient Hair Dye Techniques That Are So Gross

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According to one survey from the U.K., women change their hairstyles about 150 times over the course of a lifetime. However many times you make the change, it's likely that coloring is a part of the process.

It's not required, of course. These days, white hair is in vogue, with celebrities like Helen Mirren, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Meryl Streep all embracing their natural silver.

Still, about 65 percent of women alter their natural hair color, about a 7 percent increase from the 1950s. We like playing with color. It makes us feel good...until we open the bottle and smell all the fumes.

Traditional hair dyes are full of potentially harmful chemicals that at high exposures, have been linked with skin and respiratory irritation, a suppressed immune system, and even cancer.

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A New Way to Cover Gray - How Hairprint Mimics Biology and Restores Your Hair Color

Is there a way to cover the gray-or just enjoy a nice color-without exposing ourselves to these toxic chemicals?

the concern about regular hair dyes

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) states that over 5,000 different chemicals are used in hair dye products, some of which are reported to be carcinogenic in animals. Though manufacturers have improved beauty products to eliminate some of the more dangerous chemicals that were used in the 1970s, most still contain less-than-savory ingredients.

CHEMICALS FOUND IN HAIR DYES:

Quaternium-15, which can release formaldehyde, a known carcinogen

Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), which may be hormone disruptors

Phenylenediamine (PPD), which is a skin and respiratory irritant and has been classified in the European Union as toxic and dangerous to the environment

The NCI notes that some studies have found that hairdressers and barbers are at an increased risk of bladder cancer, potentially because of coloring chemicals. Other studies have found personal use of chemical dyes could potentially increase the risk of leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but results have been mixed.

WE AREN'T RISKING IT.

When we review the research, we can see that we don't have enough studies yet to know how coloring our hair maybe 6-10 times a year really affects our health. Most likely-unless we're hairdressers who deal with high exposures or we color more frequently than usual-the effects will be negligible. Still, it's not comforting to imagine all those chemicals seeping into our scalps from dyed hair (not to mention the toll that the creation and disposal of these chemicals takes on the environment).

Fortunately, there are other natural hair color alternatives.

coloring your hair naturally

You natural beauty deserves natural products and it turns out we can use a lot of natural ingredients for hair care-some of which we can find in our kitchens-to create new hair color. It depends on what color you're looking for, how intense you want it, and how much time you want to spend.

Keep in mind that natural color products are not the same as chemical color products. They don't usually last as long, you won't be able to completely change your natural color, and the color may be slightly different than you imagined. (Of course, that often happens in the salon, too!)

It may take some time and experimentation to get the color you're looking for, but meanwhile you'll actually be doing something good for your hair.

A FEW HELPFUL BEAUTY TIPS:

First, if you're not sure you're brave enough to try the following home remedies on your entire head of hair, save some from your next trim or cut off a few locks and test a small amount of natural dye first.

Next, always rinse out your color with apple cider vinegar to help the color last longer. Try rinsing with a vinegar/water solution, or mix one-tablespoon apple cider vinegar with about a cup of water in a spray bottle and apply after coloring hair-don't rinse.

if you're not a diy enthusiast...

If you're not into making your own, we highly recommend using Hairprint, an incredible, all natural color-restoring product. This safe, hair-healing product is essentially a scientific breakthrough that uses a non-toxic method to restore grey hair to its natural color. Check it out here.

7 ingredients to color your hair naturally

1. COFFEE

Coffee works great if you're looking to go darker, cover gray hairs, or add dimension to dark tresses. Simply brew a strong coffee (espresso works well), let it cool, and then mix one cup with a couple cups of leave-in conditioner and 2 tablespoons of coffee grounds.

Apply on clean hair and allow to sit for about an hour. If you use apple cider vinegar to rinse, it will help the color last longer. You may need to repeat the process a couple times to see noticeable results.

2. TEA

Like coffee, black tea can help you go darker, and can also help cover gray hairs. If you have lighter hair, though, there are other types of tea you can use. Chamomile, for example, is recommended for blondes, while rooibos may work for redheads.

Do keep in mind that tea works best with your natural color. You won't be able to turn blonde hair to brunette or black hair. But black tea can darken blonde hair and chamomile can lighten it-especially if you sit in the sun while you have it in.

The longer you leave the tea on the hair, the more noticeable the color will be. You can also try repeated applications.

The key is to make the tea highly concentrated. Use 3-5 teabags (or about the same amount in loose-leaf tea) for two cups of water. You can apply the cooled tea to hair alone, or mix with conditioner (as noted in the coffee recipe). If you're seeking to cover grays, mix with some fresh or dried sage, which helps open up the hair follicles.

Leave on hair for at least an hour-more if you want more color. Some even put on a cap and wear the tea overnight, then rinse the following morning. Check your color to determine what intensity you need.

3. HERBS

Depending on what color you're going for, you can use a variety of herbs to achieve it. Here are some suggestions, depending on what your natural color is:

Red hair: Try calendula, marigold, rosehips, and hibiscus to deepen the red shade or add a few red highlights. The effects are cumulative-if you keep using the dye regularly, you will notice more color. Simmer the flowers in water for about 30 minutes, strain, cool, and then spray or pour on hair and allow to dry in the sun if possible.

Brunette/dark hair: Rosemary, nettle, and sage are all great herbs for dark hair. Simmer all three with water for 30 minutes, cool, strain, and spray or brush through hair. Allow to sit about an hour. You can also use the rinse daily after your shower. Be patient-it may take several days to notice a difference.

Blonde hair: As mentioned above, chamomile tea works, but you can also try calendula, marigold, saffron, and sunflower petals. To hide grays, try rhubarb root in two cups of water, simmer, strain, and pour over hair.

Add black tea to the darker colors above to help the color last longer. Catnip works for lighter colors.

4. BEET AND CARROT JUICE

These two juices can add natural red tints to your current color. Depending on what

shade you want, you can use each alone, or mix them together. For a more reddish tinge, use more beet juice (strawberry blonde, deeper red, or auburn). Carrot will produce a quieter reddish orange.

This one is easy-simply apply about a cup of the juice to your hair. You can also mix in some coconut oil or olive oil to condition dry hair at the same time. Work it through, wrap hair, throw on a shower cap and leave on for at least an hour. (These juices stain-wear something to protect your skin and clothes.) Rinse the juice out, and seal with an apple cider vinegar spray. If the color isn't dark enough, repeat the next day.

5. HENNA

One of the most popular natural hair dye ingredients, henna is a powdered form of the leaves that come from the henna plant. These leaves have a natural and effective coloring pigment that has been used for thousands of years to dye hair, nails, and skin.

Natural henna, on its own, creates a red-orange color, so if you see products offering other colors produced with henna, realize the manufacturers have mixed the henna with other ingredients to achieve those colors. Redheads and brunettes (looking for a bit of auburn) are the best candidates for henna hair color. Be careful with this one-the results can be more orange than you'd like, so you may want to mix a little chamomile in with the paste to tame the color.

To make your own henna hair dye, mix about one cup of henna powder with 2 cups lemon juice. You can also add in a tablespoon of vinegar to help release the color. Allow to sit about 4-6 hours until it thickens. Apply to hair and comb through. (This is messy so be prepared!) Wrap your hair in plastic wrap and allow to sit 2-3 hours before rinsing.

6. LEMON JUICE

Looking for a few highlights? Try fresh-squeezed lemon juice sprayed and brushed through hair. Leave on for several hours. If you sit in the sun, you'll notice more lightening. Blondes can enjoy even more lightening by mixing with chamomile tea.

Lemon juice works slowly, so expect to repeat applications several times before seeing results.

7. WALNUT SHELLS

If you want to secure a dark brown color, this is the natural way to go for dyeing. Crush the walnut shells and boil for about half an hour. Cool, strain, and apply to hair. If you're wanting to cover grays, you can use a cotton ball to apply only to those areas where it's needed. Again, be careful as this dye will stain everything, so take precautions.

To create a more intense dye, return the strained juice to the heat and boil until it's simmered down to about a quarter of the original volume. Allow to cool in the refrigerator, strain if needed, and pour through hair.

To save time, use walnut powder instead of the shells.

Let sit for at least an hour (more if you want more color), and rinse. Try to avoid really hot water as it can take the color away. Wash in lukewarm to make the color last longer.

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Client Grace Campbell left with angry red marks after gua sha treatment

Scraping process shows where blood flow has stagnated in the body

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An image of a woman's back covered in angry red marks that make her look as if she's been seriously injured in a car accident has gone viral - but all is not as it seems.

Leicester-based massage therapist and healer Hitesth Patel shared the image of client Grace Campbell on Facebook, explaining that her job had led to the damage to her back - however she's not in the army lugging a heavy backpack or doing what's considered heavy manual labour.

Shockingly working as a hairdresser is at the root of Grace's back issues, caused by hunching in awkward positions as she cuts clients' hair all day.

Therapist Hitesh explained to Femail that giving Grace a therapy called gua sha released 'stagnation' in the muscles which appeared on the skin as red marks known as petechiae.

'With a job that involves holding a static position for a long time you build up stagnation in the blood flow which accumulates in muscle and causes pain,' Hitesh explained.

'Through gua sha the body releases the stagnated tissue stored in the muscles. The red marks indicate where the damaged tissue is.

'We can massage her body accordingly, giving her a full release which in turn gives her mobility and flexibility back in the affected area.'

Petechiae look like a rash or bruising but are in fact blood cells that have been pressed out of the capillaries during the process.

As the body starts to reabsorb them, it improves circulation and creates an anti-inflammatory effect.

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'Depending on how damaged that area is it can go from a light pink colour to very dark black purple colour,' Hitesh explained.

'Light pink indicates just every day fatigue, red marks show little bit more tiredness and damage.

'When it goes purple and black indicate old very stagnant stubborn double inch which might take a little bit longer to deal with.'

Grace is one of several hairdresser clients who see Hitesh, while professionals who also stand in awkward positions all day such as dentists and mechanics can also benefit from the treatment.

'The treatment that Grace had released all that stagnation giving her mobility and reducing pain and inflammation.

Hitesh' post about Grace has certainly caught people's imagination and has been shared 20,000 times since he shared it.

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