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Experiment #1 - coffee as hair coloring?

 
 
 
 
  • Posted by Lisa
  • Fri, 08/06/2010 - 00:46

On Roaste's Facebook page I saw a link posted about skin and hair care products that were made with coffee. As tempting as they were I  just cannot afford them right now. This got me thinking - could I make my own products? I decided to experiment and see. This is the first experiment - using coffee as a hair coloring.

There are multiple ways/methods. I researched and reviewed then came up with the following:

I brewed a very strong pot of coffee. To make a full pot of coffee I normally use 7 scoops for a twelve cup drip coffee maker. For this experiment I used 14 scoops. A lot of coffee! I did not want to waste the "good" stuff on this so I went to the local dollar store and picked up what they had.  I also picked up a spray bottle there too. 

My hair was clean and dry (washed and dried it this morning). I completely sprayed it down with the coffee. I have long hair so it took a while. I kept combing and spraying trying to make sure I did not miss any hair. In the end I got impatient, stepped in the shower and poured the rest directly on. I  waited twenty minutes then rinsed it out. 

I did not see a big difference but there was a subtle difference. My hair (a medium auburn brown) was soft and there was a nice shine to it. It smelled good (especially when I was using the hair dryer). Maybe there would be more of a change had I left it on longer but I got impatient (again!) and had to see what it would look like after twenty minutes. 

I would say that coffee works better as a rinse/conditioner than as hair coloring. I will probably do this again because I like the way it makes my hair feel. Now to see what other skin and hair care products I can make using coffee...... Cool

 

 

 

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  • MY YOUR HAIR SMELLS TERRIFIC

    Wakeknot | Tue, 11/08/2011 - 18:48

    perhaps that should be the new coffee ad campaign?

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  • IT'S A FOOD PRODUCT

    EricBNC | Tue, 09/06/2011 - 12:09


    The oils get rancid after a while - this is what would add the color too - not sure it is worth the trade off.

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  • THANKS

    Lisa | Sat, 09/25/2010 - 19:14

    Thanks sherman8r - I will try it mixed with henna!

  • COFFEE AS A HAIR COLORING

    sherman8r | Fri, 09/24/2010 - 09:22

    Bravo for being adventurous and volunteering yourself as the guinea pig for this experiment! It would seem as it the strong brewed coffee you prepared would be enough to really stain - and color - your hair. After all, when we spill a drop of coffee on a white shirt, it stains quite readily!

    Hair is a little more stubborn than cotton apparently. I too have tried coffee as a hair darkener. In my case, I had dark brown but now it's got a lot of gray mixed in. I had read about a procedure using henna with some coffee. So I bought a henna product at the natural grocery store. This one happened to have a two-step procedure.

    My instructions were to use day old coffee and add it in place of water in the second step, the second rinse of the henna. When I was meticulously measuring and mixing, I forgot the coffee, until I'd already added the water. So I ended up only putting half as much coffee as was optimal. I followed the directions for the second rinse and left it on for almost an hour. I wrapped my hair in plastic and blew the hair dryer on it to heat it and thereby help the stain to hold.

    It was then rinsed out and the results amazed me. Where henna had turned my hair orange on a previous use, my coffee-ed hair was now a nice shade of dark-medium brown. The coffee smell washed out in a couple of washes, but the color stayed until the hair grew out.

    Except for the mess, this method worked excellently and saved me from exposing my head to the yucky hair coloring chemicals. Remember to read the henna package to make sure it doesn't have chemicals, but is the natural henna.

    Keep experimenting. At least you discovered a good rinse for your hair. And next time you're at the beauty salon, and they offer you a cup of coffee, make sure you tell them to leave it black and pour it on!

    To your health!

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