How to Make Natural Red Hair Redder? (10 Easy Ways)

You might be someone whose hair is naturally red or might be what we call it sometimes as ginger shade!

The natural red hair is something that is rare, it is always on the ginger shade side you must admit. And at some point of time you are just bored with the same colour, yet love your red shade of hair and want to make it a perfect red shade that is bright and vibrant!

So, are there ways to make your natural red hair redder?

Yes of course and that’s what I have pinned down in this article for you!

You will be amazed to know how some very simple and quick fixes can make your natural red hair even redder and add some vibrancy to your hair!

So, let’s proceed without further ado…..

Why does natural red hair fade?

The fading of the natural red hair can be attributed to any of the following causes:

1.) Your natural ageing process can be a reason behind the fading of the red colour of the hair. What happens is that as you age, your body will start producing more eumelanin that darkens the hair naturally.

2.) It may so happen that due to some cause the hair follicles sometimes stop producing their own colour pigments, and that’s when the natural red colour starts changing from bright red to an orangish blonde shade.

3.) Another reason for “why does red fade so fast” is that the red hair molecules are quite larger in size than the other colour molecules. This is why the red colour finds it hard to enter the hair shaft and only a little percentage of the colour makes its way fully to the hair.

4.) The fading of the red hair colour can also be attributed to the continuous shampoo that we put to our hair and also the hit blow dries that strips our hair of moisture and makes our hair look dull.

Ways to make your natural red hair redder

You know the secret behind making any hair colour pop out is to keep your hair moisturised and shiny. The shine enhances the colour and reflects the colour in light even more.

So let’s add more of the redness to your hair with these following awesome hacks:

1. Have you tried coffee and egg white for red hair?

Coffee helps to bring a reddish tinge to the hair and egg white locks in moisture and provides protein and shine to the hair. All you need to do is mix two egg whites and a tablespoon of coffee in a bowl.

Then apply the paste to your hair and leave for 30 minutes. Rinse with cold water and then shampoo with a colour protecting shampoo. Cold dry your hair.

2. Henna along with coffee is the most effective and natural way to achieve that red hair

Henna is natural food for the hair that not only has multiple benefits for the hair, but also adds that ginger colour to the hair naturally. Take tablespoons of henna in a bowl, add a tablespoon of coffee to it and then mix with water.

Apply the mixture to your hair and leave it until the henna dries out completely. Wash with cold water and then apply a leave-in conditioner. 

3. Beetroot juice is naturally red that enhances the redness of your hair

Make a paste of beetroot in the mixer grinder and add water to liquify the paste. Apply it to your hair and keep it for an hour. Wash off with cold water and apply a leave-in conditioner.

4. Cranberry juice is also effective in making your hair red

Cranberry is naturally red and delivers a beautiful red colour to the hair. Yes, I admit it’s a bit sticky, so you need to shampoo with a colour protecting shampoo thereafter keeping the juice for half an hour on your hair.

5. Colour protecting shampoo seals in the red colour of the hair

You just cannot apply any random shampoo after colouring your hair red. It’s important to apply something that’s solely made for protecting the colour and for that colour protecting shampoo is the best choice.

6. Don’t ever skip the conditioner to keep the red colour of your hair intact

Conditioner helps to add moisture to the hair and helps to maintain the red colour of your hair. You can just rinse your hair with conditioner and cold water or can even apply a leave-in conditioner. Both works fine.

7. Gloss helps to seal in the red colour of your hair

To bring on the shine and vibrancy of any colour on your hair, the best trick is to apply a hair gloss after washing your hair. The shine enhances the colour and reflects it more in light.

8. Do not shampoo till 4 days of colouring your hair

When you colour your hair, do not wash your hair with shampoo just after it. Shampoo will take off the colour immediately. So, once you are done colouring, just apply a conditioner and rinse with cold water that very day. Then apply the shampoo after 4 days of colour application. The colour will settle in the hair strands by then.

9. Do not apply direct heat to your red coloured hair

Heat damages your hair and makes it frizzy and dry. Dry and frizzy hair looks very dull and the colour also fades with it. So, after colouring, when you want to dry your hair, set the heating setting of the dryer to cold air.

10. Avoid hot ironing tools for a few days to maintain the red colour of your hair

The same thing applies to ironing rods as well. So, instead of using electrical ironing rods and tongs, use natural ways to style your hair for a few days after colouring.

How do you fix faded red hair?

The faded red hair can be fixed with multiple ways including all the above hacks and adding more conditioners, hair masks, hair glosses and keratin treatment to your hair.

See you soon!

Girls and boys! Flaunt your red hair with these amazing hacks and thank me later.

All the hacks mentioned above are with natural ingredients and completely safe for your hair and won’t cause any damage to your hair.

Hope you enjoyed reading with me and will stay with me for future styling tips and fashion hacks!