Naturally Coloring My Hair

January 8, 2008

I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

February 27, 2008

Hi,

I have never tried this but I was reading in a herbal book, that if you

rinse your hair with sage, it will restore color. I don't know how

long you would have to do this.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 27, 2008

Hi,

I have never tried this but I was reading in a herbal book, that if you

rinse your hair with sage, it will restore color. I don't know how

long you would have to do this.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 27, 2008

Hi,

I have never tried this but I was reading in a herbal book, that if you

rinse your hair with sage, it will restore color. I don't know how

long you would have to do this.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 28, 2008

I tried it - it 'kinda' works. Very subtle.

But then you visit your daughter, the hairdresser, who doesn't like you

messing with stuff when you can get it done right. Now, I visit her shop every

6 weeks or so.

Its good for us.

Judy

Green Dragon Herbals

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February 29, 2008

HI!

I'm a henna addict! Granted it imparts a red to my hair, but that's

what I was going for. You can mix things in it like walnut, clove,

indigo, amla, casia etc to make it a different color. I have a

wonderful website I use for reference...not sure though if I can post

the link here. If you are interested shoot me an email and I'll give

you the link.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 29, 2008

HI!

I'm a henna addict! Granted it imparts a red to my hair, but that's

what I was going for. You can mix things in it like walnut, clove,

indigo, amla, casia etc to make it a different color. I have a

wonderful website I use for reference...not sure though if I can post

the link here. If you are interested shoot me an email and I'll give

you the link.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 29, 2008

HI!

I'm a henna addict! Granted it imparts a red to my hair, but that's

what I was going for. You can mix things in it like walnut, clove,

indigo, amla, casia etc to make it a different color. I have a

wonderful website I use for reference...not sure though if I can post

the link here. If you are interested shoot me an email and I'll give

you the link.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 29, 2008

Hi,

I went to the local health food store to buy henna, and the saleswoman

convinced me that henna does not cover gray hair, only gives already

colored hair a nice reddish shine.

Any experience with covering the gray?

thanks!

Re: Naturally Coloring My Hair

HI!

I'm a henna addict! Granted it imparts a red to my hair, but that's

what I was going for. You can mix things in it like walnut, clove,

indigo, amla, casia etc to make it a different color. I have a

wonderful website I use for reference...not sure though if I can post

the link here. If you are interested shoot me an email and I'll give

you the link.

>

> I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use that is

> a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

>

February 29, 2008

Yes! I do have some silvers that peak through under the henna when

it's time to do my roots. I'm probably about 1/8 grey, so not much

but enough to be noticeable. A lot of henna that you can buy in

health food stores and whatnot is usually mixed with metalic salts,

this causes the henna to be more like chemical dyes in the uptake and

the length of stay on the hair. Chemical dyes eventually fade to

near nothing and many times to nothing at all. Henna is absolutely

permanent since it stains the hair, it doesn't dye the hair. That

could explain why that particular " henna " that the employee was

talking about would give grey hair a red hue. I have a friend that

is 98% grey with tail bone length hair, she henna's and you wouldn't

know it until her roots start to show.

This is a picture of my hair:

http://getchellwedd.topcities.com/lhcsiggy.jpg my natural color is

milk chocolate brown with gold mixed throughout and the sparkly

silvers that dance through my mane :smile:

> >

> > I have greyish hair and wondered what's a good product to use

that is

> > a natural product to bring color to my grey hairs?

> >

>

March 1, 2008

From what I have experienced henna does NOT cover gray hair.

While attending Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Apprentice program back in

1997 <my hair was a mix of gray and black> she advised that I should not

try the henna as it would not cover the gray and might result in some

funky coloration.

We did have a great time applying henna to the hair of many members of

our class. There were subtle changes in the colors but nothing dramatic

that I can recall

Bobbi Guerra

www.thepurplesage.com

March 1, 2008

Yes everyone's color in using henna is different. Had I not seen my

friends white roots I would've never guessed she had so much white hair

under that gorgeous henna auburn. The best thing to do is to do a

strand test when you use anything to color hair. I found my comparison

picture of before and after:

http://getchellwedd.topcities.com/LHCSIG.jpg Henna builds up the more

you use it, as you can tell by the picture I posted yesterday, the

color is darker, that was after 2 full henna applications, I've now

done 3 full applications, about once a month I do my roots. I still

don't know if I can post the website for the henna information - I will

go ahead and post, if it is innappropriate to post mod(s) please remove

it: www.hennaforhair.com (or google Henna For Hair) They have

comparison pictures of a huge slough of before and after hair colors.

They also have instructions on how to make the henna different colors

by adding things like indigo to it.

I'm very against chemical dying, it is hard on you and hard on the

environment. There is just so much you can do with plants for hair

color and the plant derived dyes are very good for your hair. Due to

the henna my waist length hair feels like silk and in sunlight it

shines like satin.

>

> From what I have experienced henna does NOT cover gray hair.

> While attending Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Apprentice program back in

> 1997 <my hair was a mix of gray and black> she advised that I should

not

> try the henna as it would not cover the gray and might result in some

> funky coloration.

>

> We did have a great time applying henna to the hair of many members

of

> our class. There were subtle changes in the colors but nothing

dramatic

> that I can recall

>

> Bobbi Guerra

> www.thepurplesage.com

>

March 1, 2008

if you can find black henna that should work better.

My sister gave me some once but unfortunately I don't

know where she got it from - possibly from Morocco...

it did cover what little gray I had then. I have

so much more now... lol

Willow

--- Bobbi wrote:

> From what I have experienced henna does NOT cover

> gray hair.

> While attending Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal

> Apprentice program back in

> 1997 <my hair was a mix of gray and black> she

> advised that I should not

> try the henna as it would not cover the gray and

> might result in some

> funky coloration.

>

> We did have a great time applying henna to the hair

> of many members of

> our class. There were subtle changes in the colors

> but nothing dramatic

> that I can recall

>

> Bobbi Guerra

> www.thepurplesage.com

>

March 2, 2008

" if you can find black henna that should work better.My sister gave me

some once but unfortunately I don't

know where she got it from - possibly from Morocco...it did cover what

little gray I had then. I have

so much more now... lol "

Willow

Hi Willow,

Alas my hair has few and far between black strands it's mostly white.

There are so many shades of henna on the market. I would need a dark

brown but not witchey black.

My original color was nearly black thanks to my Southern Italian heritage.

As I recall Rosemary's hair was about my color or perhaps a bit

lighter. She hennas her hair and one can see noticeable differences in

the color of her long tresses. I imagine what I am seeing is the white

or gray hairs that have taken on a red coloration.

Once I shopped the isles of a health food store and found the multitude

of colors just as confusing as those from Loreal.

What do they add to the natural henna to derive so many colors? What

processes .. chemically do they subject the henna to make it lighter or

darker?

My hair is short and I get it colored every 6 weeks - it's the only

thing that prevents me from seeing just how old I have gotten. At 64

(in April) I need all the positive reinforcement I can get.

Bobbi Guerra

www.thepurplesage.com

March 2, 2008

If the henna is " all natural " they do not add chemicals to it to make

it different colors. They add casia to make it lighter, or amla to

make it darker or indigo to make it " black " . Unfortunately some

brands add metalic salts which will strip, dry, and possibly ruin the

color of your hair if not ruin your hair. Whenever purchasing henna

make sure to read and understand the ingredient list. The only color

henna comes in is red, well the powder is green, but the stain is

red, if a henna says it's another color than red then it has

something in it to make it that different color, most of the time

that other thing is healthy for your hair and plant derived. I add

super cheap red wine to my henna and steeped clove tea in place of

water to give it a bit of a chestnut color. This free ebook is chock

full of incredible information:

http://www.hennaforhair.com/freebooks/ it explains how to use the

henna as well as what can be added to henna to make it different

colors.

>

> " if you can find black henna that should work better.My sister gave

me

> some once but unfortunately I don't

> know where she got it from - possibly from Morocco...it did cover

what

> little gray I had then. I have

> so much more now... lol "

> Willow

>

> Hi Willow,

>

> Alas my hair has few and far between black strands it's mostly

white.

> There are so many shades of henna on the market. I would need a

dark

> brown but not witchey black.

> My original color was nearly black thanks to my Southern Italian

heritage.

>

> As I recall Rosemary's hair was about my color or perhaps a bit

> lighter. She hennas her hair and one can see noticeable

differences in

> the color of her long tresses. I imagine what I am seeing is the

white

> or gray hairs that have taken on a red coloration.

>

> Once I shopped the isles of a health food store and found the

multitude

> of colors just as confusing as those from Loreal.

>

> What do they add to the natural henna to derive so many colors?

What

> processes .. chemically do they subject the henna to make it

lighter or

> darker?

>

> My hair is short and I get it colored every 6 weeks - it's the only

> thing that prevents me from seeing just how old I have gotten. At

64

> (in April) I need all the positive reinforcement I can get.

>

> Bobbi Guerra

> www.thepurplesage.com

>

March 3, 2008

Thank you all for your comments -- it's been VERY helpful!!