Summary. Baking soda is a great natural remedy for gray hair, as it helps to clarify the hair and scalp while also restoring vibrancy and shine, especially if you're struggling with hair loss. Plus, baking soda can prevent discoloration due to exposure to sunlight, extreme dryness, or other factors.
Overall, using baking soda and vinegar can be a great natural method for removing yellowing and restoring a natural color to gray hair.
Baking soda has a pH of 9, which is far higher than that of the scalp. Using a product with such a high pH may harm the hair. Over time, baking soda can strip the natural oil from the hair, lead to breakage, and make the hair fragile.
Baking soda against the yellow effect
Just a packet of baking soda is enough to counteract the yellow effect. Put the baking soda in a cup and add water little by little until you get a creamy consistency. Wash the hair with a neutral pH shampoo and then apply the paste to the hair.
Purple Shampoo
Purple shampoos are the best shampoos for gray hair turning yellow, as purple is the opposite of yellow on the color wheel. A great purple option is BTWCo's purple shampoo & conditioner. It's very gentle, has a light fragrance, and really makes silver hair shine.
As well as damaging your hair, leaving baking soda on for too long can also be harsh on your scalp. The alkaline nature of baking soda can strip your scalp of its natural oils, leaving it dry, itchy, and irritated.
Baking Soda Paste
Baking soda can be an effective way to remove permanent hair dye naturally because of its lightening properties. Try mixing baking soda with lemon juice, which is acidic, to create a paste. Then, work the paste through your hair, allow it to sit for five minutes, and rinse thoroughly.
Dissolve the baking soda in ½ cup of the water. Wet your hair and apply the mixture. Work into hair and leave in for about 10 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with water.
Vinegar can help lighten and refine hair color when applied to gray hair. Gray hair normally looks brassy because of its light tint, which shows stains and poor hair health easily. ACV can help remove the stains and improve the health of your hair, making it look brighter and healthier.
Apple Cider Vinegar: I make a diluted rinse using about 1 to 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to 1 quart of water. An ACV helps remove the residue in the hair that can cause yellowing. Since gray hair tends to be dryer, this recipe is more dilute. A simple ACV rinse is easy to make.
Gray or white hair, which contains little or no pigment, sometimes gets yellow because it picks up pigments from the environment; for example, if you use a yellowish shampoo or conditioner, rather than a clear one, a trace of the color might be deposited on your hair.
Combining hydrogen peroxide and baking soda can also work for lightening your hair. Baking soda and peroxide will create a paste that will settle your hair and do the trick. Blend three tablespoons of peroxide with baking soda and apply it to your hair. Leave it for about 30-60 minutes and wash it after that.
Baking soda can be used to help remove hair dye that you may have used to color your hair, and baking soda is a natural solution, without damaging the hair. First, you should wash your hair thoroughly before using baking soda.
Combine Baking Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide
Combining hydrogen peroxide with baking soda, though, creates a paste that can sit on your hair and work magic, lightening it by one to two shades.
Key Takeaways. Baking soda is an effective remedy to remove hair color at home. It can be mixed with shampoo or dish soap and applied to hair to strip its color. Baking soda can also be applied after mixing with lemon juice, vinegar, or peroxide as they have natural bleaching properties which help remove hair dye.
Amp up the cleaning and clarifying power of your regular hair shampoo with a tablespoon of baking soda mixed right in. If you're dealing with limp or lackluster locks from product buildup and want a fresh start, this baking soda hack will do the trick.
If you have dry hair, it's recommended to use a creamy conditioner after rinsing out the baking soda to moisturize your strands.
Vinegar Wash
The acidic elements of apple cider vinegar can make the yellow tones in your locks lighter, which is why it's so effective at removing yellow from gray hair or blonde hair.
Purple shampoo is a toning shampoo that deposits purple pigments onto hair to counteract brassiness. While it's typically used on blonde hair, it can also get rid of yellow or orange undertones in gray, white, or silver hair.
Golden strands of hair are typically caused by sun-exposure, and can show up in any hair color. Sunlight is composed of a variety of different wavelengths, some of which can cause the reflection or absorption of light off individual strands within the hair shaft.