How to Dye Hair With Coffee

Coffee is not just good for waking you up in the morning, it can provide a much-needed wake up call for your hair as well. Coffee brings out the red and brown highlights in dark hair and can even cover and blend in gray. You can add shine, facets and dimension to your hair using a simple coffee mix that does not contain any chemicals or unnatural ingredients.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Basin
• Cup
• Gallon of strong, black coffee
• Hairbrush

How to Dye Hair With Coffee

1. Pour the coffee into the basin. If you have not let the coffee cool, do so now. You may wish to place the basin in a sink in case of sloshing.

2. Brush your hair thoroughly. A rinse like this one is easiest to apply to clean, tangle-free hair.

3. 
   You will need two or three of these for this treatment.

   Dip your head in the basin.Use the cup to thoroughly saturate your hair with the coffee. Work the coffee through your hair from the roots to the tips using your fingers or the hairbrush.

4. Rinse your hair with the coffee fifteen times. Use the cup to scoop the coffee out of the basin and pour it through your hair. This will take about fifteen minutes.

5. Wring out your hair. Make sure you do this over the sink so that you do not stain your carpet or tile floor.

6. Allow the rinse to set for fifteen minutes. If you wish, you can clip your hair up to prevent dripping. Do not wrap it in a turban or the towel will absorb the coffee.

7. 
   Your coffee rinse will bring out a myriad of facets and highlights in your hair.

   Rinse your hair. You can dry and style it as usual. You will notice that grays have disappeared and that any reddish tints you had before are brighter and more vibrant.

Tips & Warnings

• If you do not see as marked a difference as you hoped for with your coffee rinse, repeat the rinse process for several days in a row. Sometimes natural dyes have a more subtle effect and can take multiple applications to achieve the desired look.
• If you are a platinum blond, the effect of a coffee rinse can be instant and dramatic. Test the rinse on a clipping of your hair before treating your entire head.

Resources

• Watch a video on how to apply hair color to cover gray hair here.

[jamaclassics]

on 7/30/2009 This made my red hair kind of Mahogany colored! I have a strong urge to pour cream and sugar on my head and do my hair with a spoon, though.

[faith1]

on 7/24/2009 I just poured coffee into my hair, have it clipped up and waiting for results....:)

[poetryman69]

on 4/30/2009 oh dear. coffee hair...

[jamiekucharski]

on 4/13/2009 This sounds so cool to me! It is a lovely and inexpensive idea. Thanks!!!

[jamiekucharski]

on 4/13/2009 This sounds so cool to me! It is a lovely and inexpensive idea. Thanks!!!