Meanwhile, hair coloring in cosmetics there is thousands of years. Copper and bronze blazed intricate hairstyles contemporaries Nefertiti. And their hair is not flogged, and not fall, but becomes thicker and great because they use paint, which gave them their nature.Henna - a natural dye, which is obtained from the leaves of plants with beautiful name "lawsonite. In addition, it refines your hair, henna is also an excellent natural conditioner. Not without reason in modern India and in the East women to paint it, not only hair, but the heels and palms. We add that in addition to all his virtues henna - a wonderful disinfectant agent. Henna can be enjoyed by all, except:who have gray hair,morethan half. Hair, devoid of natural pigment can then get henna carrot or even a red hue;whose hair has recently undergone a chemical dye staining. The fact that henna, like any other natural dye, the chemistry is not compatible. You risk getting weird, crazy shades up to the green. Chemical paint, in turn, also does not like henna - not lie down on her. No serious artist would not do perm your hair dyed with henna. At best, the chemical solution simply will not work;who changes color like a glove. Henna - resistant paint, it does not smoesh as easy as it penetrates into the deepest layers of the hair. The best way to combat it - the scissors. If a couple of months after dyeing with henna hair became less bright, it's not a reason to asn for the chemical dyes. Henna is a little faded and faded, but she remained on the hair.A few tricks, how to paint your hair with henna:Henna from a bag to brew with boiling water, not cold water.If you have dark hair, and you want to achieve a deep chestnut color, add the henna tablespoon of instant coffee. If you are attracted to purple shades, dilute henna is not in the water, and beet juice.Did you know that the professional beauty into a solution of henna often add butter calendula, jojoba oil, mallow? Thus, they kill two birds: the oil helps the paint to liemoreevenly, while healing and strengthening the hair roots.Make sure that not a divorced henna painted the ears, neck or forehead area. If it makes contact with skin, quickly wash it off with warm water and soap because after a while will make it easy. You can apply on the forehead along the hairline thick layer of rich cream - it will not allow paint to penetrate into the pores of the skin.After staining with polyethylene cover her head and cover with warm towel - this will speed up the process.Keep the henna on dark hair in the middle hour. Longer exposure of henna on your hair does not make them brighter and darker. If you do decide to paint henna blonde hair, then, of course, the time of staining must be shorter. In this case it is better before staining "test" one strand of the control to determine the time required to obtain the desired shade.Henna rinse must be done very carefully, without using any shampoos.If, after dyeing her hair turned out brighter than you expected, heat a little vegetable oil and carefully Massage it into your hair. Then drain them a hair dryer, then wash with shampoo. The oil absorbs the henna. If after the first procedure, the result is not clear, repeat it.And here are three recipes of ubiquitous henna.First. To get the warm shades of chestnut, mix the henna and basma 2:1. In the mix, you can add ground coffee or strong tea.Second. If you brew your henna with onion peel, you can achieve the saturated hues of copper and gold.Third. If you want to strengthen your hair and get rid of seborrhea, use colorless henna (the one from which removed the coloring pigment). By the way, colorless henna can make masks, not only for hair but for the body: it helps get rid of acne on chest and back.Magazine "Family Doctor" № June 2001, the www.familydoctor.com