Hair Coloring - Hair Dyeing

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Hair coloring was done earlier by hair dressers at saloon. Today hair coloring is very simple, user-friendly and can be done at their house in 30-40 minutes.

History of Hair coloring –

The extraordinary history of hair color can be traced back to Sumerians 2000 BC. Nobel Sumerians used to color their gray hairs with golden dye, using silver or gold combs. Ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks began to use hair color which was made from plant and animal extracts regularly. Egyptian women in 1500 BC, colored their hair using henna plant extracts. The Romans believed that hair dyeing and coloring was a symbol of woman’s eroticism, and highlighted her gracefulness and elegancy. By 27 BC, hair dye became a much accepted trend, and both men and women in Rome used hair color as a way of enhancing their looks and appearance. Roman Empire insisted prostitutes to color their hair with yellow color or to wear yellow color wig to indicate their profession. Prostitutes were coloring their hair with ashes of burned plants, flowers and nuts to achieve the yellow hue.

Hair dyes were made using henna, crushed nut shells, berries, and vinegar. Red hair dye was prepared by fermenting leeches in vinegar for two months. This mixture was applied on the hair, which was then exposed to the sun for hours to get red hue.

In the 1860s, hydrogen peroxide was a common option for hair bleaching. With time, this came to be known as blond dye, until the 1930s. Hydrogen peroxide was used along with other ingredients like ammonia and soap powder. This combination damaged the hair, and burned the scalp. Soon this combination became less popular.

Hair coloring and dying took a major leap when paraphenylenediamine (PPD) was discovered by