| There is another favorite hair dye besides henna in the | | | | effect enhancing you should put plastic hat on your |
| East. It is called basma. This vegetable hair dye is | | | | head, and then cover it with a towel. Keep the dye for |
| environmentally friendly. It is prepared from dried | | | | 20-30 minutes (for having a light tone), or 1-3 hours (for |
| leaves of tropical plant indigo, which have greenish | | | | having rich dark tone). |
| grey color. Basma can be used only with henna or | | | | However, dyes from natural ingredients are not |
| coffee, because basma itself can dye your hair in | | | | permanent as chemical dyes are. Therefore hair dyed |
| green or greenish blue. Basma has excellent | | | | with henna or basma should be spared; wash it with |
| cosmetology properties: it stimulates hair growth and | | | | mild shampoos and rinse it with conditioners and balms |
| gives it a natural shine, improves hair structure, | | | | of the same type (do not use deep cleaning |
| strengthens hair roots, and eliminates dandruff. | | | | shampoos!). Maintain the color intensity using such a |
| Also as henna, basma should be prepared immediately | | | | rinse. Pour the mixture of 25 grams of henna and 25 |
| before applying on hair; you have not to store a hair | | | | grams of basma with 1.5 liters of boiling water. Filter the |
| dye. Take from 20 till 100 grams of basma and henna | | | | mixture carefully, cool it and rinse your hair with it. You |
| powder depending on your hair length. The proportion | | | | have to moisturize your hair regularly and nourish it |
| is determined depending on the desired tone and hue | | | | with protein masks for keeping the resulting hair shine. |
| intensity. Having dissolved a powder in proportion of 1:1 | | | | You can make the mask by yourself: mix 2 egg yolks, |
| you will get a nice brown hue. If you want to get hair | | | | 1 teaspoon of honey, aloe leaf juice, 1 teaspoon of |
| so black as night, the proportion should be 1:2 (henna: | | | | castor oil. |
| basma); but having changed the proportion of | | | | You should remember: if your hair is dyed with |
| components (1:2 basma: henna) you will get hair of | | | | vegetable dye, you cannot use artificial dyes. The |
| bronze color. | | | | reaction of chemical agents with henna and basma |
| Apply the dye dissolved with water to cream mixture | | | | can lead to unexpected results, including blue or green |
| to dry or wet clean hair; it is better to start with back | | | | hue. Natural dye has to be completely washed off. Go |
| of the head. Then apply the dye on top of the head | | | | to Hair Dyeing and know more about natural hair |
| and on temples, and then on the entire length. For | | | | care. |