Simply Volume

Give your usual ponytail a boost.

If you don't have bobby pins, try it with two hair ties. Start by pulling the back half of your hair into a high ponytail using one tie. Then, pull the rest of your hair into a larger ponytail around the first.

Lemon Juice.

Lemon is a citrus fruit, which helps in maintaining healthy hair by alleviating several hair problems, like dandruff, itchy scalp, and hair fall. For the treatment of dry and dull hair, wash your hair and then, apply one tablespoon of lemon juice on hair and dry your hair with a towel.

Get frequent trims.

It may seem counter intuitive, but if you want long hair that’s actually healthy, you need to get regular trims. While haircuts don’t make your hair grow any faster, they get rid of split ends that break your hair. Eliminating the breakage gives the appearance that your hair is growing faster. After all, a split end that breaks can lead to your hair losing length – not to mention shine, volume, and smoothness.

Soda Can Curls

A hilarious, but effective way to get heatless curls. Wrap almost dry hair around clean, used aluminum cans and pin in place. Wait to dry and you’ll have big, super voluminous curls. To speed things up, you can blow hair dry. The metal cans will heat up and act like hot rollers. Save the environment. Save your hair.

The Perfect Mess

Who really wakes up with hair this perfectly undone? No one. Here’s a trick: spritz your hair with saltwater spray, twist your ends a bit, then air dry.

Olive oil can help smooth the broken or burned ends of your hair. Apply to the last two inches of the strands that are damaged.

A Faster Way

If you want faster and more permanent results, you can use Henna Hair Color from Mountain Rose Herbs. This is the only brand I can vouch for the quality of, and the results are very dramatic. They have a lot of color variations with red hues (and darker ones) and the results last for several months (or longer if you wash your hair less often).
They won’t completely cover grey hair, but will darken it. Don’t use on chemically treated hair or test on a small section before using on the whole head!

Herbs for Red Hair

These will create a red/dark strawberry blonde tint in lighter hair and an auburn tint in darker hair. The effects are cumulative, so extended use over time will create a more vibrant red. The easiest thing is to make it part of your hair care routine if you want continual red hair.

Red Hair Color Ingredients
2 cups of water
1/2 cup of calendula flowers or fresh marigold petals from your garden
2 tablespoons (or more for more red hues) of hibiscus petals (also available from Mountain Rose Herbs)

Red Hair Color Instructions
Boil the water and simmer with the calendula/marigold and hibiscus for at least half an hour. Strain off the flowers and store in the fridge. Use as a final hair rinse at the end of each shower. Dry hair in the sun if possible. Repeat daily until desired shade is maintained and then every few days to maintain.

Light Hair Color

Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
2 cups of strong chamomile tea
1/2 cup strong calendula tea (optional and will produce more golden tones)

Light Hair Color Instructions: M
ix all ingredients in a spray bottle or other small bottle. Shake well before each use. Spray or pour into hair and brush through to get even. This works best when applied to hair directly before sun exposure and left in for 1-2 hours before being rinsed out. Can be used several times a week until desired color is reached.

You can also use this as a rinse at the end of a shower (and then lightly rinse with water) though it will take longer to have an effect. This will not have an overnight dramatic effect, though when I’ve put it in my hair before gardening in the sun for a few hours I definitely noticed a difference.

LOOPED-THROUGH BUN

Two is better than one in the case of this sporty headband look. Start with a one-inch headband of any color, then layer a double-strand black headband on top of it. Tie your hair in a ponytail, then loop the tail through the black headband. That makes the hair follow the line of the neck so it looks more elegant.