Natural Hair Dye for grey hair

Naturalgirl

Hi everybody, I've just come accross this post.. a bit old but maybe some of you will be interested.. Khadi dyes are being sold in Germany and Poland (where I come from) and they are so so popular there because they give fantastic shades and cover grey hair, and are completely natural: only henna, indigo, amla and other plants. Sometimes you have to use red pure henna, wait 1 day and then use brown or black, but it works great. I know because my friends have been selling Khadi for 2 years in Poland and they get fantastic feedback.

About shampoos: I use Khadi hair oil so I need stronger shampoo to remove the oil and 'faith in nature' brand works fantastic. Not sure if it's pure natural but does not seem to have any nasty ingredients. I buy it in my local 'healthy shop' in Guildford

Naturalgirl

I get Khadi on searchforhealth. I can't post the link here but it's a new online shop with co uk at the end;), and the prices are very good. I personally use Khadi hair oil Amla (this dark one) and Almond & Sandalwood body oil (great sandalwood scent).

dodgyhip

For last couple of years I have been using Naturtint in a
medium brown shade. It is very good and gentle with my
very fine shoulder length hair. No ammonia etc etc

My only concern is that the colour shown on the box
usually comes out about 3 shades darker on your hair.

jyotiagrawal

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Peter_Pan

dodgyhip wrote: »

For last couple of years I have been using Naturtint in a
medium brown shade. It is very good and gentle with my
very fine shoulder length hair. No ammonia etc etc

My only concern is that the colour shown on the box
usually comes out about 3 shades darker on your hair.

Yes i also use Naturtint and also find the colour is a lot darker than shown on the box, i believe also that if you are brave enough you can mix the dyes to make your own shade. I have had an itchy/inflamed scalp for many years but since using Naturtint and an organic aloe vera shampoo it has improved considerably.

Debbie

notanexpert1

As a natural medium blonde with white temples and white threaded through elsewhere I've been using Daniel Field Watercolours for some time now. My problem was that I didn't want to lighten my hair at all and all the usual permanent hair colours lighten or would darken my naturally lighter areas of hair - if that makes sense! Anyway, I find that all I have to do now is touch up my roots every 6 weeks or so and I get a very natural looking coverage and it seems to last permanently elsewhere on my head. However, you must make sure you go to the danielfieldmailorder site and NOT the danielfield.com - danielfieldmailorder is the site owned by daniel field himself and I think the other site doesn't sell watercolours anyway.

freshjust.in

Hi, I personally have been using clairol and it is doing really wonders on my hair not too much ammonia. I found it through greyhairdye.org

e-m-m-a

The last time I coloured my hair (well nearly coloured my hair), Was with garnier nutresse sp? I done the skin test and after about 3 or 4 minutes my skin went bright red and started to blister, so i washed it off immediately, the next day my skin was quite painful and had a yellow crusty scab! I was so glad I done the skin test first as I had a funeral to go to the next day! Now day by day My hair is getting more greys and it bothers me so much, I am a bit hesitant to try another colour, Has this happened to anyone else and then went on to use another colour of a different brand! I no I could do a skin test of another brand but i have read many stories that some people have done the skin test and used the dye only to find that a few days later there faces swelled and had to have hospital treatment. I have some hair dyes but on the boxes they say if you have had a reaction to any hair colour then not to use them, My doctor says I should be okay if I do the skin tests but I am still hesitant

son-of-a-beach

I'm not too fussed about being grey either but I came across this place the other week whilst looking for some stuff for the wife (she's not to internet-savvy), they specialise in natural hair dye, cosmetics etc - which is no doubt better than using chemicals on your hair?

They have a comp on at the moment to win vouchers for natural hair dye. Might be worth a look

www.suvarna.co.uk/natural-hair-dye.html

fordmanchester

Glad that someone (son-of-a-beach) mentioned the suvarna.co.uk website. I've only tried the Logona Natural Hair Dye powders from there, but I can't recommend these dyes highly enough.

I have to admit that it IS time-consuming and messy. The most time-consuming part for me was at the very beginning when I realised that I'd have to experiment with mixing diferent colours together until I eventually got the shade I wanted. They react differently for different people and their shade chart only gives you a very rough guide to the results. You also have to experiment with the length of time that you leave the dye on your hair, and may have to initially use the dyes a couple of times within a short period to get the coverage you want. I'd also recommend that you follow the instructions carefully and PLEASE ALWAYS do a strand test if you decide to try them!

Regarding the mess... I bought a few of those plastic sheets that you use to cover furniture when you're decorating. I cut out a big square of plastic to stand on when I'm colouring my hair, which really helps to contain all the splashes and drops from the hair dye.

Grey hair will always remain lighter than your other hair when dyed with the Logona powder dyes, but the result (when you get the colour right) can be really gentle and natural. For me personally I think it was well worth the effort, rather than risking using Ammonia and PPD.



Just also wanted to respond to one of the posts much earlier in this thread:

thescouselander wrote: »

I cant belive people on here are recommending henna as an "Envoronmentally Firendy" alternative. Henna itself is very dangerous and contains chemicals that, in the worst case, can kill you. Para-phenylendiamine (which is in henna) is banned in some countries because it is so dangerous.

Para-phenylenediamine doesn't occur naturally in henna. As far as I know it's added to certain types of black henna (not to be confused with indigo which some people also call "black henna"). That's why it's really important to read labels and do your best to make sure that you're buying a pure henna with no added nasties.