5 ways to maintain white or gray hair
Grey and white hair is on the rise; more and more of us are embracing it and stopping trying to camouflage it at all costs with hair dyes. But just like colored hair, white hair requires a minimum of care to remain stable and beautiful over time. From organic shampoo for grey hair to neutral henna, discover all our tips to enhance it.
1. Choosing an organic shampoo for white hair?
Rather than an organic shampoo for grey hair, we advise you to choose a shampoo adapted to your hair type: normal, dry and sensitive, natural, chemically colored or plant-dyed. We will in fact offer you a much more effective method a little further down to maintain the natural shade of your white hair and prevent it from yellowing.
Let’s come back to shampoo. Its only purpose is to clean your hair and rid it of impurities that accumulate throughout the day (dust, pollution, sebum…); its cleansing base will be powerful if your hair tends to get greasy quickly, and gentler if it is dry or if you suffer from a sensitive scalp. Chemically treated hair is also maintained differently from hair colored with plant-based dye; the pigments of a natural dye adhere in a very specific way to the hair fiber, so it must be taken great care of. These are the elements you must keep in mind when choosing your shampoo, not the fact that your hair is white.
2. Opting for a powerful and targeted treatment
Better than an organic shampoo for white hair, we suggest a treatment based on vegetable and essential oils applied to dry hair, before shampooing. An innovative concept, which makes all the difference: unlike natural shampoo for grey hair, which is applied to wet hair and stays on the surface because water acts as a barrier, the active ingredients of our exclusive treatment penetrate to the heart of the hair to regenerate it in depth. This is what allows us to achieve remarkable results, from the very first use.
In the case of light hair, we rely on three active molecules in particular:
- we have selected bergamot essential oil for its photosensitizing properties,
- lemon essential oil provides lovely pearly highlights to the hair,
- and the intense blue of tansy essential oil counteracts the yellowish undertones we want to eliminate.
Combined, these substances are even more effective and complement each other. Concretely, here is the procedure to follow to benefit from this treatment:
- take your applicator bottle and your mixture of vegetable oils; Renovator will suit normal to thick hair, while Repair will meet the needs of fine or oily hair,
- add a few drops of Nacre, the synergy of essential oils specially developed to enhance light hair (blonde, grey and white),
- apply the mixture to all your hair and leave on for about twenty minutes,
- do two shampoos to remove any oil residue, then apply your detangling balm, rinse and style your hair as usual.
Your hair will then be incredibly light, easy to style and adorned with magnificent silver highlights, which will neutralize the yellowish undertones that naturally tend to develop on light hair. Enough to quickly make you forget conventional natural shampoo for white hair!
3. Nourishing the hair fiber
A white hair is a hair that no longer contains melanin; the hair fiber is then less protected from external aggressions and becomes more fragile. It therefore becomes necessary to favor very moisturizing products.
The treatment with vegetable and essential oils will provide great suppleness to your hair but if that is not enough, you can for example use a little Karité on dry hair, after styling, like a “day cream”; this way you will provide an extra dose of hydration daily.
4. Relying on neutral henna
Did you know that there is a type of henna called “neutral,” meaning that it does not change the color of the hair but allows it to benefit from the many advantages of plant-based coloring? Here, we use Cassia, an amazing non-tinctorial plant, whose main effects are the following:
- provides incredible and long-lasting shine to the hair,
- coats the hair fiber, gives body to the hair and makes it appear thicker,
- regulates the scalp and sebum production.
In other words, neutral henna will make your hair more beautiful, stronger, shinier. It is an excellent treatment for light hair, in addition to the vegetable and essential oil protocol presented above. Attention: on blonde, grey or white hair, do not leave your neutral henna on for more than 20 minutes. Beyond that, the shade of your hair could warm slightly.
5. Protecting yourself from the sun and chlorine
It is well known that the summer season can wreak havoc on hair. This is particularly true for light hair, which is more prone to color variations than dark hair. Only one solution: prevention! A healthy and effective remedy for the harmful effects of UV rays and chlorine is to coat your hair with jojoba oil before any sun exposure or swimming. In addition to nourishing the hair, this vegetable oil has a natural sun filter.
Forget about organic shampoo for white hair, which will only work on the surface and will not bring you complete satisfaction. When used wisely, vegetable oils, essential oils and neutral henna reveal all the beauty and uniqueness of grey hair; add them to your beauty routine, you will not regret it!
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