For all other colours
1: Wash hair with a harsh soap (I used dishwashing soap) to remove all oils.
2: Put 2 ounces of Alum in one of our 4 ounce bottles of silk protein shampoo/conditioner
3: Shake the shampoo until the alum is completely dissolved.
4: Extract the dyestuffs super strong. To do this, take the raw dyestuffs, add enough water to cover the dyestuff, and boil until only half the water remains. Strain into a bowl, make sure there aren't any chunks in there.
5: Add cornstarch or flour to the dye until it is the consistancy of thin pudding.
6: Apply silk shampoo/mordant mixture to damp hair, and let set for about 5 minutes. Rinse thoroughly.
7: Apply the dye mixture to towell dried hair (make sure you cover all the hair). Let set 30-35 minutes.
8: Rinse, and apply your favorite conditioner. Leave this conditioner on 3-5 minutes, longer if you feel your hair is dryer than normal.
For Black.
1: Wash hair with a harsh soap to remove all oils
2: Put 2 ounces of IRON into one 4 ounce bottle of our silk protein shampoo/conditioner
3: Shake the shampoo until the iron is completely dissolved
4: Extract the logwood chips as detailed above.
5: Follow directions as above.
For Blue
1: Set up an Indigo fermentation vat as directed, except use twice the dye for the amount of water, or cut the amount of water in half. (To get a good vat, it has to ferment for 2 weeks)
2: Once the Indigo vat has properly fermented, wash hair with a harsh soap to remove all oils.
3: Towell dry hair.
4: Dip hair into Indigo vat. It is extremely difficult to get the roots of the hair because as soon as the Indigo hits air, the fermentation stops and the colour is no longer permanent. To protect your skin from the Indigo, use petroleum jelly where you don't want the dye (hairline, neck ears) Keep hair in Indigo for 10-20 minutes.
5: Ring out hair and let oxidize for 5 minutes or so, the oxidation helps the colour and is necessary because if you rinse out the dye before it has oxidized, it does not fix to the hair. The hair will look green, but when fully oxidized it will turn a nice blue.
6: Rinse hair until the water runs clear.
7: Use our silk protein shampoo/conditioner to help seal in the colour. Rinse
8: Use your favorite conditioner to finish. Leave on 3-5 minutes.
The dyes you would need are:
Brown=Catechu
Red=Brazilwood or Cochineal
Yellow (not blonde, we do not have any bleaches only dyes)=Fusticwood or Fustic Extract
Black=Logwood and Iron
Blue=Indigo
Green=Fusticwood and Iron (mossy greens) or Idigo and Fusticwood (bright greens)
Coming soon! Hair Dye Kits!
The picture below was taken when we were still just dipping the hair in the dyes.
Click on the pictures to enlarge. Please note: the hair colour at the top is the original hair colour, the bottom is dyed with Brazilwood.
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