I have recently discovered a plant based haircolour, its a watercolour non ammonia and nonperoxide by "Atlantis Hair"  called Watercolour.

HAs anybody else used it?

Its the most gentle dye i have used on my hair since the messy henna days!
There is a salon at Paddington Sydney which i have visited to give futher advice they are the suppliers i have gone to them once abit pricey though.

Anyway you can obtain them from various health food stores.So in a packet you get a little bottle of powder which you mix simply with water uutill it becomes foamand apply so results in a peramant/semi permanent and covers greys too.

I hate those chemicals that they use in salons !!!!

Does anybody else know any good natural hair dying techniques?

Alegne

Hi there

Heres a tip I use when I go swimming................I have long fine hair that gets into the nastiest tangles after a fun filled day in the water, and what I have found to work a charm is to generously smooth coconut oil through hair then french braid (bonus, thinking natural sun protector factor for hair as well as tangle prevention).  Shampoo at end of day's play, result is silky soft and thankfully not a torture to comb.

Warmly, Blue Nelly

Hey Miss G

From recollection I shampoo a couple of times to remove oil from hair, which probably stills leaves some oil behind.  Personally that is not too heavy for my hair for me to go about my normal day to day business  but if I'm going out somewhere nice I would shampoo more so hair is not weighed down and has a bit of body and movement to it.

I'm a bit lazy when it comes to overnight treatments or coating hair as a pre-conditioner treatment  but I do love using the oil whenever I go swimming as it really does seem to work with tangle prevention with the bonus of having a lovely treatment whilst you play.

I never want to repeat a memory of me scuba diving and a bird's nest (MY HAIR) again, I came this close to shaving it all off (no not really, too vain for that ).

Hope the extra shampoos help,
Blue Nelly

Hey I don't own a hair dryer either haven't used one for years and years and I haven't coloured my hair either I think I did it once years ago. I usually just wash it let it dry and then brush and lately I've been putting it in a high pony tail.

I'm definately a natural hippy girl but I do have lots of greys creeping in that I think I might like to cover. Carl always said that grey hair was wisdom and my bestest girlfriend told me she could just see me with two grey streaks down the front a true wise witch but now that I am on my own I am seriously considering covering up the grey ones.

Will see what our local health food shop has to offer as there is no way I'm putting any chemicals on my hair.

Hugs
Tracey

Ive never used it myself, but what about trying just a bit of plain dark henna ?? 

Most health food shops sell it in bulk or in packets,  no chemicals ..

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for-today ...    to keep enzymes in tact, it should be 100 F ,  not 100 C

100 F  is equivalent to about 35-40 C  (most ovens dont go this low,  therefore a lot of raw foodists use dehydrators, which take much longer to dry your food)

Just thought I'd post, in case you got it confused..  Im hoping it was a typo, otherwise your lemon cookies might be burned to a crisp!

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Hi raw food mates -

Really excited about the effectiveness of the sage treatment for your hair for today. I still haven't found anything else to darken my increasing grey hair, that doesn't contain any chemicals or won't make my hair go orange (henna).

I noticed a local hairdresser's advertising organic and mineral water colour for the hair, apparently originating from Ireland. The brochure says "Organic & Mineral hair colour has been in the UK and Europe for 8 years." which is interesting to me.

Only prob. the brochure doesn't actually list the ingredients. I've found that a company claims to be all natural, but then when you look at the fine print of actual ingredients, you find very worrying types of ingredients. I've found that even Miessence has started to add chemicals. Such a pity.

I've just emailed the organic and mineral hair colour people for a list of their ingredients. Will keep you posted.

In the meantime, I have my hopes pinned on the Sage.

Eve

Hi everyone - tehre was a really excellent range of 100% natural henna-based haircolours from Organic stores in Europe, called Logona - I used "golden chestnut" (chataigne dore)  , it had VERY accurate and reliable colours & a slitghtlyt sticky texture so it stuck well to the hair (I think they added a vegetable gum in it - Aussie henna is quite grainy and doesnt stick well, so falls off more easily when it dries!) - the instructions said to just rinse off ONLY the excess after 1 hour, NOT to use shampoo - this allows the colour to set, and by the time it fades to a light blond coour, the hair had grown anyway, and it was time for a cut and more henna

The nice thing about henna is it just tints the greys, so you just get the effect of expensive "foils" all in one go!

As for the mess, I've got a good technique now , and they supplied a plastic shower cap and plastic gloves with it. It's important to mix it with BOILING water to a thick creamy texture, and have the hair SUPER-CLEAN (I alwasy wash with Pears transparent or pure olive oil soap, a squeeze of lime juice on head with last rinse - NEVER use shampoo or conditioner - hair is thick, shiny & healthy) and towelled to just damp.

 I minimise mess by mixing it in a st.steel bowl, place that in the bathtub, just bend over a BIG bathtub and apply it thickly with rubber gloves on, making sure to cover every strand -  cover all with showercap, wear old bathrobe, then rinse off well over bath after 1 hour - squeeze some limejuice over head for last rinse if water is hard but DONT shampoo or soap! Let it set for a few days!

In Oz, I find the "chestnut brown" or "golden brown" in the health food shops is a good one - cant remember the brand - will let you know when I see it.

Also, I'm actually a bit sick of my ash-brown hair I'd actually like to go blonder with some bigger streaks to lighten up my look (not enough grays I can tint for the look I want!) - does anyone know of a natural hair salon in Canberra? I thought I saw one advertised in the health food shop years ago, but not recently.. I'm thinking maybe bleaching with weak peroxide, then tinting with henna or similar,  but it needs skilled hands!