The Benefits Of Black Tea Hair Rinses

I'm a proponent of tea rinses. Since doing tea rinses on my relaxed hair, I've seen good results - a scalp that itches less, a less flaky scalp, and reduced shedding. So far, my tea of choice has been green tea.

I had tried black tea in the past for my tea rinse, but I didn't have good results. The last time I used black tea for a rinse, my hair didn't feel so great afterward. My hair felt dry and was tangling. My diagnosis was it was caused by the black tea since I'd seen online that those were issues others faced when doing a black tea rinse. After this negative experience, I switched to green tea for my rinses

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I don't just use tea to rinse my hair. I also drink it, and I happened to have a box of black tea in my tea cabinet. I don't really drink black tea, so I decided to give a black rinse another try.

Related post: Why I Do Tea Rinses On My Relaxed Hair

From what I've read, if you have shedding problems, black tea is the better tea option because it has high caffeine content, which blocks DHT, which is the hormone responsible for hair loss. Additional benefits from black tea include:

• Added shine and softening of the hair
• Possible stimulation of hair growth from the caffeine
• Strengthening of hair
• Possible darkening of the hair
• And it can bring out natural highlights

Have you tried black tea rinses?