Natural Hair Dye for grey hair

lilmerlin

sandieb wrote: »

I can thoroughly recommend Daniel Field Natural Colours - Watercolour. This is non-peroxide, non ammonia hair colour. I've been using it for several years now.

The lovely thing about it is that it doesn't smell!


I normally phone to order mine and the service is friendly and VERY efficient.

I ordered this .... PLEASE NOTE ... the Daniel Field site does make their range feel like a very safe, totally natural, chemical free product. The reason I joined this forum is to comment on this. I bought this product. Luckily I did the skin test for 48 hours. The first day was fine, but this product burned and itched after day one and continued for another 3 days after where it left a blister on my elbow (the test area suggested). The product may be safe for some, but for many, it isnt the ammonia or peroxide which harms, for myself included its something amongst all the other chemicals found aplenty in product ranges like these.

I subsequently went over to naturtint as suggested by a user below. I do believe it is much safer (no reaction at all... since it contains non of the chemicals in the Daniel Field range) BUT ALAS it didnt really cover the very few grey temple hairs that well. So back to the drawing board...

On which topic I must say... I am growing some sage and rosemary in the graden to concoct a truly natural dye as recommended by many on the web. If it works in a slow cumulative effect, so be it. At least I wont get blisters on my scalp. Will come back and tell you if this works.

Mayflower10cat

loutalucat wrote: »

I've found a really easy way to cover the grey. I use Superdrug's own brand wash-in-wash-out.

Had a look in Superdrug but wasnt sure which product you refer to. The only one I could find was Superdrug Sensations for £2.93. Is this it?

Thanks

I've been using the exact same colourant for some months now. On the plus side, it colours very well and isn't tested on animals (very important to me) on the minus side, it does have parabens in it though. The product is called 'Colour Effects wash in, wash out' it comes in a small grey tube about the size of a deodorant and has a yellow, drop shape on the label saying 'up to 3 applications'. I found it right at the very end of the top shelf in our Superdrug and it cost me the bargain sum of 99p.

I use colour 6:4 rich red, I wash my hair and towel dry, comb my hair through away from my face and wearing gloves, watching in the mirror as I apply the liquid along my hairline at the front, rubbing it through. Then I lean over the bath to add colour to the back/top of my head. Loosely clip hair up, I stick an old shower cap on and wrap a towel around my head. I leave it on for an hour, despite the instructions (!!!). It does cover my grey very well and I find I only need to reapply every 2-3 weeks.

GWC8

greywhitecover.co.uk

hannoja

GWC8 I believe, from what I have read, that the Sage/Rosemary 'tea' is a long term thing i.e. with regular application you will see a gradual 'return' to your hair's natural colour.
I have, in fact, been trying this, and believe that it is working for me: slowly, but surely.

littleowl

Why colour if your hair is grey?

Mine has a lot of grey and when I lived in France the hairdresser was always trying to get me to have a red colour. For some reason French women of 'a certain age' all seem to have dyed red hair! I like my hair as it is and don't use conditioners (they make it limp), just have a good cut periodically.

One day a French woman approached me and asked where I had my hair dyed - I said I didn't and that the colour was natural - she was very envious. So - why colour? Perhaps it is better to look after the condition of your hair and have a good cut and let it be.

NellieNewbie

I've been through this thread a couple of times now, clicking on all the links and generally browsing the internet about colouring my own hair - and I've managed to confuse myself! :think:

I'm a brunette and coloured my own hair from when I was a teenager, for fun to start off with and then to cover grey (I started going grey early). Eventually I graduated to needing a permanent colour to cope with the grey and have been going to the hairdressers every four weeks to get my roots done. My hairdresser isn't expensive as hairdressers go as I pay £29-£41 for cut, colour and highlights, depending on what I need doing, but I just can't afford to do that any more. My hair has been short for years so the grey roots do show up quickly which is what I had the highlights for and why my roots need doing so often. I've been growing my hair for a few months now and I had to cancel my last hair appointment because I was ill (shingles ), so now I have a fair bit of root growth.

The reason I'm confused is that I can't work out which products will give me an even all over colour and not leave me with a stripe of colour where my grey roots are.

Will I have to colour my hair twice the first time i.e. just do the roots to even out the colour and then do my whole head after that?

Help!

sunflowersuffolk

I'm late 50s with rather faded dark brown hair with sprinkling of grey, in some places, around ears, some top of head. I was using Nice N Easy, got worried about the chemicals so tried Naturtint. I liked it, but after about three or four applications, my scalp started to really itch in places. I was then horrified to find 2 little bald patches, a bit bigger than a 50 pence. They have not yet grown back, after 6 months.

I stopped using the Naturtint. I now use Garnier Nutrisse but my hair doesn't look good, and I'm worried about the chemicals in it. A bit faded and not natural and healthy and shiny.

In my thirties I used henna and liked it. I stopped because of the time/mess. I'm thinking of trying it again, as I hope it would improve my hair. But I don't want bright red, just a natural glinty brown, and understand the grey would possibly appear brighter.

Has anyone else my age tried henna and does it still help hair condition. My hair is quite thick and coarse and wavy/frizzy.

Also do I need to use the "body art" quality, as some sites say you should, as the henna is purer? Should I add indigo also.

Any advice would be welcome thanks.

Seakay

NellieNewbie wrote: »

I've been through this thread a couple of times now, clicking on all the links and generally browsing the internet about colouring my own hair - and I've managed to confuse myself! :think:

I'm a brunette and coloured my own hair from when I was a teenager, for fun to start off with and then to cover grey (I started going grey early). Eventually I graduated to needing a permanent colour to cope with the grey and have been going to the hairdressers every four weeks to get my roots done. My hairdresser isn't expensive as hairdressers go as I pay £29-£41 for cut, colour and highlights, depending on what I need doing, but I just can't afford to do that any more. My hair has been short for years so the grey roots do show up quickly which is what I had the highlights for and why my roots need doing so often. I've been growing my hair for a few months now and I had to cancel my last hair appointment because I was ill (shingles ), so now I have a fair bit of root growth.

The reason I'm confused is that I can't work out which products will give me an even all over colour and not leave me with a stripe of colour where my grey roots are.

Will I have to colour my hair twice the first time i.e. just do the roots to even out the colour and then do my whole head after that?

Help!

I think that you colour it all over the first time and then do just the roots after that. (On subsequent occasions, ie first time dye once)

NellieNewbie

Seakay wrote: »

I think that you colour it all over the first time and then do just the roots after that. (On subsequent occasions, ie first time dye once)

Thank you!

Being impatient to get rid of the grey (:o), last night I put a Harmony colour on (the kind in the little triangular box) just to see what would happen and I am now a red head! :rotfl:

It is a little vibrant at the moment, but it could be worse and it has coloured the grey well - for how long though I don't know! I've got a another tube or Harmony and load of sachets of Toners in a cupboard, as well as some coloured mousse, so I'll use all these first - or at least until I can then decide what I'm going to do with my hair!

In the meantime, I'll keep watching this thread! :T

s@sha

Those of you wanting to try a natural hair colour but don't fancy the mess of henna powder should have a look at Surya henna cream. It's basically henna in a ready-to-use cream. you just squirt it onto your hair, massage it in well, then cover and leave for the required time.

As far as I know it's completely natural, no nasty chemicals. I like it because I'm a natural redhead, but starting to fade now I'm in my 40's, and it's great for enhancing my own colour whilst giving it a great conditioning treatment at the same time. I'm currently using the Copper shade which looks just like my own hair but 'refreshed' though I might try the reddish Dark Blonde for a change.

I can get two treatments from one bottle (I have short-medium thick wavy hair) but they also sell bigger bottles which work out better value.

It comes in about 10 different shades, it guarantees to cover grey but I couldn't advise on this.

I get mine online from Ecohamster

http://www.ecohamster.co.uk/index.php?cPath=221