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Homemade Red Hair Dye

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Fall is among us all and it feels amazing! Fall is our homemade red hair dyefavorite season, but not because of all the pretty foliage that surrounds us, but because fall is the time of year to experiment with different fall hair colors!

Although, getting your hair done by a professional is less stressful, it is much more costly. We have experimented with plenty of fall hair colors and we wanted to share with you a couple homemade red hair dye recipes that we have fallen in love with. 😆

Homemade Red Hair Dye Recipe

The following homemade red hair dye recipes are all natural and do not contain any harsh chemicals box hair dye contains.

Marigold Red
This natural red hair dye recipe adds a soft looking red to light brown and brown hair.

Materials:

  • 1/3 cup crushed marigold flowers OR 3 tablespoons dried calendula petals
  • 2 1/2 cups water
  • non-aluminum pot
  • strainer
  • red wine
  • basin or large bowl

Directions:

  1. homemade red hair dyeIn non-aluminum pot, add water and crushed marigold flowers or dried calendula petals
  2. Simmer over low-medium heat for 20 minutes
  3. Remove from heat and let mixture cool
  4. Strain out marigold or calendula saving the liquid
  5. Add red wine to liquid
  6. Shampoo and condition hair
  7. Place basin or large bowl in front of your feet in bathtub
  8. Pour liquid over your hair and catching it into the basin or large bowl
  9. Reapply liquid several times
  10. Allow hair to dry naturally in the sun if possible
  11. Repeat liquid rinsing process every time you wash your hair until you’re happy with the color

Another Homemade Red Hair Dye Recipe

Beet Me Red
This natural red hair dye recipe will leave you looking in the mirror speechless at how awesome your hair looks! 😉

Materials:

homemade red hair dye

  • canned beets made with water, salt, and sugar
  • basin or large bowl
  • comb

Directions:

  1. Open canned beats
  2. Place basin or large bowl in front of your feet in a bathtub
  3. Pour canned beats over dry hair, catching liquid in basin or large bowl
  4. Reapply liquid several times
  5. Comb hair and let hair air dry
  6. Comb hair occasionally for faster drying
  7. Apply 3 times the first week and once every third week to keep color

Make sure you buy the canned beets with water, salt and sugar in it. If you buy sugarless you will end up staining your skin and it will rub off on your clothing and pillowcase. 😡 A huge perk about this homemade red hair dye recipe is that it should not stain your skin or rub off on your pillowcase!

Although, both of these homemade red hair dye recipes are all natural, the ingredients in both are not particularly great to be left on your skin. Leaving elements that are not intended for the skin can be very damaging. There are products out there such as Epifresh and Touch that can help yield the effects of harsh chemicals coming into contact with your skin.

Your skin is very important and you should be taking good car of it. A healthy skin care routine can make all the difference in the world when it comes to taking care of your body. Be prepared for anything and get out there and take on the world with your new red hair! alys signature

 

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Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner

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Making our own makeup has made for plenty of memories experimenting with different formulas. Of course every great invention couldn’t be made possible without many mistakes along the way. We wanted to share with you a homemade beauty recipe that has been very helpful in our makeup and weight loss journey.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner

A makeup brush cleaner should be an essential in every women’s makeup bag. Dirty makeup brushes lead to terrible things that can happen to your skin. 😯

This homemade natural makeup brush cleaner will leave your makeup brushes free of gunk!

homemade natural makeup brush cleanerWhat you’ll need:

  • Your dirty makeup brushes
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar

What you do:

  1. Boil water for about 5 minutes
  2. Pour into a glass jar or bowl
  3. Add distilled white vinegar into boiling water and stir
  4. Dip one brush at a time into the solution and swirl brush around gently against the bottom of the glass jar or bowl
  5. Rinse under running hot water
  6. Follow with a rinse of cold water
  7. Re-shape bristles if necessary
  8. Dry brushes flat on a paper towel or napkin

Although you are using smelly vinegar, it will come out after the rinses and drying process; usually within 20 minutes of drying. You may use more or less vinegar in this recipe if you desire, but we’ve found that two teaspoons have worked the best.

Another Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner

If you’re not a fan of vinegar (who is?) then this other homemade natural makeup brush cleaner might just be what you’re looking for. We’ve experimented with this one a lot and not to give away anything… it has a lot of the same properties our natural makeup brush cleaner has in our store, but we’re not giving away anything or anything. 😉

What you’ll need:

  • Bottle or mason jar with cap/lid
  • 1/2 cup witch hazel
  • 2 teaspoons castile soap
  • 1 teaspoon nourishing oil, like olive oil, almond oil or jojoba oil (optional)
  • 1 cup distilled water

What you do:

  1. In preferred container, combine ingredients in order of their listing above
  2. Shake container

Viola! You have a homemade natural makeup brush cleaner at your finger tips. 😀 But now what!?

To use:

  1. Shake bottle before every use (of course, if you just made it there’s no need to shake it again)
  2. Pour some of the liquid into a bowl
  3. Place the tips of dirty brushes in cleaner and swirl around
  4. Rinse brushes with running water
  5. Re-shape bristles if necessary
  6. Dry brushes flat on a paper towel or napkin

The witch hazel and castile soap that this recipe calls for can be found at almost any retailer. We just included a link, so you know which ones we are talking about. Shop around for the needed products and if you’re thinking there’s no way you’ll use witch hazel again. Think again! There are many natural uses for witch hazel. We think every home should have it! 😎

homemade natural makeup brush cleanerMaking your own homemade natural makeup brush cleaner, and actually using it, will benefit your skin in so many ways. We had a customer come into our store that said she never used a makeup brush cleaner a day in her life and we told her the effects of dirty brushes. Once we got to the point of putting her skin at risk of getting more wrinkles, she told us that she has been trying every anti-aging and anti-wrinkle cream such as Revitol’s formula and Vivacious Skin.

That’s right – dirty makeup brushes expose the skin to oxidative stress from free radicals, which causes a break down of collagen. 🙁

These homemade natural makeup brush cleaner recipes can be made in a batch and stored at room temperature. We recommend cleaning your makeup brushes at least once a week if you apply makeup everyday. Have you ever experienced anything bad from your makeup brushes when you didn’t clean them or do you have some tips on how to clean the brushes? Let us know in a comment below!alys signature

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