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Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:59 pm  |
I've colored my own hair for years and I love the color it's really natural looking and lots of dimensions. The problem is I have terrible allergies along with really sensitive eyes and skin. Last week I got downright sick for 2 days after I colored my hair, this has happened a lot to me and I'm at the point where I want to find a good hair color that doesn't have harmful chemicals.
I can't go gray but facing feeling this bad every 3 weeks is really difficult, and also I'm afraid it's just going to get worse. Any other experiences with this and or natural/organic hair colors? I'm medium Blonde (my hair did turn out really great...sigh....) |
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61 OMG! Health and fitness oriented and I take care of my skin from the inside out and use Klaron, Clindamycin, Tazorac Shikai creams, Beyond Coastal Sunscreen, Clairsonic. |
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Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:37 pm |
I bought one called Herbatint -www.herbatint.co.uk. Haven't used it yet.
I got it at a chemist/ health food store, they had a couple of other brands too. One was Naturetint I guess. HTH |
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:10 pm |
| How'd it turn out? I really want to switch but the color I use is so perfect, perfectly toxic too. |
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61 OMG! Health and fitness oriented and I take care of my skin from the inside out and use Klaron, Clindamycin, Tazorac Shikai creams, Beyond Coastal Sunscreen, Clairsonic. |
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Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:06 am |
Not used it sorry and prob won't for a while - hopefully ages  I just got a couple of white hairs and someone told me I should just cut them off with scissors instead of dying everything |
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:30 pm |
I've used it or something very similar I am in USA I purchased it at local health food store and I think Whole Foods carries it as well. I have been coloring for years never had any issues but do prefer all natural and organic. Now what you want to know most I am sure it worked beautifully covered very well (I have a fair amount of grey that is actually snow white) my natural color is quite dark with auburn highlights. The brand comes in a wide selection of colors and covered as well as any regular product it was quite gentle and left hair with a lot of shine and dimension. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a more natural alternative. I have been very pleased with it.
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:14 am |
| Just remember there are henna dyes too. Not sure how wide the range of colours is |
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:40 am |
TTD
I think Henna is wonderful until the grey hits! It is not good for covering grey if you have a lot. Also you need to wait before using it if you have used permanent dye, I can't stand the roots showing that long and I think my white hairs just might turn pink. LOL |
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Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:33 pm |
| DarkMoon wrote: |
TTD
I think Henna is wonderful until the grey hits! It is not good for covering grey if you have a lot. Also you need to wait before using it if you have used permanent dye, I can't stand the roots showing that long and I think my white hairs just might turn pink. LOL |
I think maybe hennas have improved recently or something? My mom (who's 65) has a lot of white hair, and she uses henna. The henna will leave the white hair golden-like (she buys the golden color) and so it looks like she has highlights.... it looks really pretty! And I think it takes her only 20 minutes or so... I don't know but she's really happy about it... even her stylist tells her to not use dyes since the henna looks so good on her. I don't know if my mom is a special case or what... |
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37, light brown hair, green eyes, very fair skin. Oily T zone, broken capillaries... Current regime: Tretinoin 0.05% every night, hydroquinone 4% twice per day, lachydran every other day, random moisturizers and sunscreen |
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Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:37 am |
Jose,
that's sounds beautiful on your mom, I on the other hand have a combo of snow white against extremely DARK brown with auburn highlights. From all the Henna I have seen it does not recommend use on hair with over a small percentage of grey. I think it really depends on how dark your natural color is and the amount of grey. I couldn't risk it. I checked out a few brands very recently, and that's why I chose the Naturetint (whatever it is called) it covers my white very well.
Rona |
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Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:23 am |
| I'm going to check it out. My problem is that I'm blonde and we have to juggle how to not be brassy or ashy but in between. I LOVE the color I use now but don't love the chemicals so I'm going to put some time into finding that great color in an organic brand. Thanks for all the feedback! |
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61 OMG! Health and fitness oriented and I take care of my skin from the inside out and use Klaron, Clindamycin, Tazorac Shikai creams, Beyond Coastal Sunscreen, Clairsonic. |
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Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:45 am |
Secretly,
they do have a great range of color, to avoid brassiness look for a neutral base or ash base it should say on the box.
HTH
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:52 pm |
| Any real organic and natural color that are safe for pregnant woman? |
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:26 pm |
| Drsunmei wrote: |
| Any real organic and natural color that are safe for pregnant woman? |
I am fairly certain Henna is a safe choice while pregnant, the ones mentioned from the health food stores may say on the package. As a mom of four (now adult) kids I think you should run anything that may be a concern by your doctor. You may want to write the ingredients down before next prenatal visit.
HTH
DM |
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:31 pm |
Here gals,
The web site with color chart info and if you click on a color of interest it will list all ingredients. I did not post them as they are different depending on the color. These are carried by Whole Foods and they are really picky as far as how safe and pure what they sell is.
http://www.herbsgardenshealth.com/naturtint_hair_colours.htm
HTH
DM |
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:33 pm |
| Thank you! It looks like if I mixed a couple of them I'd get the color I'm using now. Wonder if you can mix them? |
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61 OMG! Health and fitness oriented and I take care of my skin from the inside out and use Klaron, Clindamycin, Tazorac Shikai creams, Beyond Coastal Sunscreen, Clairsonic. |
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:37 pm |
Secretly,
You are reading my mind that is exactly what I do to get my perfect color. I forgot to post that and then you asked. |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:43 pm |
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| Thank you! It looks like if I mixed a couple of them I'd get the color I'm using now. Wonder if you can mix them? |
Yes, it says so on their website:
24 colours can be mixed easily & economically to create an infinite range. |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:40 pm |
Yes yet another thing to bring out the mad scientist in us all. LOL
I really love the effects I get from the colors and mixing gives me just what I want.
Have Fun
DM |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:45 pm |
I'm going to try it but haven't had time (just time to look for boots online that ended up not fitting ugh!).
I love the mad scientist line, I've mixed nail polish forever but never hair colors! |
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61 OMG! Health and fitness oriented and I take care of my skin from the inside out and use Klaron, Clindamycin, Tazorac Shikai creams, Beyond Coastal Sunscreen, Clairsonic. |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:41 pm |
Secretly,
You are really a girl after my own heart! I have been mixing nail polish for years too LOL. I also buy a brand of MMU that sells pure pigments and I have a field day mixing up
eye shadows with it!
DM |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:09 pm |
Hi... I don't use a totally chem free hair color... But this is the brand I use...
http://www.developlus.com/products/satincolor/index.html
I get the developer in a 20. I've had my hair done professionally, but theirs is sooooooo strong that it burns my scalp. I can't tolerate it for some reason. (not really sensitive to other stuff.)
Aloe is the base ingredient. There is ammonia... very low...
Would be curious about the brand of henna that the mom with totally grey hair uses... I hate using chemicals on my head... |
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Claudia of FlexEffect... 43, fair skin, occasional breakout, Using ECO FROG (my own=disclaimer), and TrueScience (I also sell this)... Happy with that...Come visit on FB! |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:57 pm |
Claudia,
why not PM Josie and ask about the Henna brand, she may not be watching the thread?
DM |
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:22 pm |
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Claudia of FlexEffect... 43, fair skin, occasional breakout, Using ECO FROG (my own=disclaimer), and TrueScience (I also sell this)... Happy with that...Come visit on FB! |
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Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:05 am |
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Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:19 pm |
| My mom uses and likes henna because it is a more natural alternative- she has dark brown hair and is greying - it turns the grey into a red coppery color and looks like she's highlighted her hair. |
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