Great hair at home: 7 DIY hair tricks

Tweezing stray gray hairs can be a pain — literally and metaphorically — and you don’t always have time to color your hair when you spot a gray. In need of a quick, easy and painless option? Find an eyeshadow color that matches your hair color and rub over the problem strands for temporary coverage.

Blonde locks need a boost? We’ve all heard that squeezing the juice of a lemon in your strands pre-sun is a great DIY highlighter, but adding the juice of an orange makes the color a little more believable. Turns out the mixture of the two juices creates a warmer and more natural blonde — while still adding that boost!

Did you know that the molecules in chlorine and hard water can turn your strands green? That’s right — GREEN! The DIY cure? Massaging tomato juice in your hair conceals the unwanted color, as the red pigments in the juice warm up and cancel out any trace of green.

Toothbrushes are constructed for polishing those pearly whites, and maybe scrubbing dirt from hard to reach places. But they also serve a major purpose for your hair! They help tease roots in small, hard to reach places, smooth flyaways and are great hair dye dispensers.

This quick trick will allow you to tame second-day hair and go! Sprinkling flour in your hair acts as a dry shampoo by absorbing the oil. In a rush? Don’t fret! Wait about 10 seconds after sprinkling onto roots, and then dust off with a makeup brush and make your break for the door.

Do your crimson locks need some sprucing up? Cranberry juice can temporarily transform your locks for a quick and vibrant boost. Simply pour the juice onto your hair and let it sit for about five minutes before rinsing. If you’re feeling a deeper red, let the juice sit a little longer for a more dramatic effect.

Ladies, if you’ve been on Pinterest at all, I’m sure the number one pointer you’ve taken away from it is to hold on to your wine corks! Case in point: Wine corks can act as makeshift hair curlers. Simply wrap small sections of damp hair around the corks, secure with bobby pins and blow dry before unraveling to wavy tendrils!