Abstract

A REVIEW ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES USE AS HAIR COLOUR AND HAIR DYE

Ashwini A. Zanke*, Prof. R. R. Popat, Bhakti V. Mali, Ananta B. Ghonge and Akashay V. Patil

ABSTRACT

Hair colour is one of the oldest and most well-known cosmetics that have been used by many ancient cultures in different parts of the world for not only women but also for men. Synthetic oxidative hair dyes available in the market contain combination of peroxide and ammonia which damage hair and causes allergic reactions. Also, Further the people using synthetic dyes are exposed the risk of breast cancer, urinary bladder cancer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Hair dyes derived from plants to solve these problems and are safe to use. A few of these natural herbals are henna, clove, cinnamon, beets, fenugreek seeds, walnuts¸ etc. The developed oil hair colour may provide multifunctional effects such as softening¸ conditioning effect, promotion of growth and density of hair¸ etc. In this article, the types of used plants for hair colour and hair care products are discussed.[1]

Keywords: hair colour, henna, clove, cinnamon, beets, fenugreek seeds, walnuts.