Chemicals in Hair dye

Have you looked at the health food store for henna? I actually do the henna, then pull it through the cap and highlight it, which takes two different days and is time consuming and when I was really sick, just didn't have the energy, so kept ignoring it. The henna is easy, but messy. I prepare it and put it on in the tub. You need to put something around the hairline to keep it from staining and wear gloves. There are all different colors. I mix brown and a little red together.

The highlighting can be done by a professional, if you don't have the strength or energy to do it yourself, and is off the scalp, so is less worrisome about chemicals getting into your system. Sometimes highlighting alone can be enough to help disguise the greys just beginning to come in. What I use is kaleidacolors by clairol in neutral, so it doesn't turn too light. It has a little beige color mixed in with it, so looks more natural with brown hair.

I only have a few greys and my hair has always been thin, so this is what works to keep things hidden and give it body and life. I'm able to purchase this because I went to school for cosmetology during high school,and even though I don't do that for a living, keep my licence active. Hope this is helpful to you!

This is a very interesting topic. I get my hair colored when I feel good. It makes me feel better when I look good but I never really thought about all the chemicals going in my body.

I wonder what tanning lotion does? Ack!

Haha! I found a good one. Neutrogena foam. I actually have to order it off the Internet now because the stores here don't carry it anymore but it's the only one that looks natural on me. I only put it on when I go somewhere, which is usually to the doctors office. I am VERY white! Like hurt your eyes white! lol

Jenn - I quit coloring my hair in 2007 after being diagnosed with IC. As you say, if you're spending a lot of time detoxing, it doesn't make sense to put toxic hair dye on your scalp. There are some hair color products that are more natural (90%) if you realy want to cover up your grey. When I quit coloring my hair it grew in white with streaks of soft grey and still a little brown. It's actually prettier than my hair color was, but I don't think I look as young as I did when I was coloring my hair. If you haven't tried it, you might want to wait and see how it will look. You might like it.

Rose

Thanks for all the replies!!! They didn't have Henna where I went, so I bought the Naturcolor. The lady at the store said it works great.

I also decided to get my eyebrows waxed and got a hair cut. It felt so good!!!! I haven't done anything for myself since I got sick. When I got to the random salon I stopped at I said to the girl, I have Lyme and it's causing me to lose hair and I dunno if you can cut it a certain way to make it look fuller. She said she had some hormone syndrome that causes her to lose hair and that she knew exactly what I needed! How ironic! It turned out really nice and she showed me tricks on how to part my hair to make the thinner side look fuller!!! yay!!