Darkening ends with herbs?

[cooklaezo13]

My hair is only just past shoulder, but due to excessive sun exposure over the last two years, the ends of the hair (bottom 3-4 inches) are a pale golden blonde, while the roots are a light ashy brown, more of a cool color than warm. I work outside everyday in the sun for 8-10 hours, and I've been very diligent about covering my hair this summer, because I prefer the color of the darker roots and because the sun damages my hair a lot.

My question is, can I die the ends of my hair slightly darker, so that they match closer with my roots, by using a combination of henna, indigo, cassia and/or amla? Can someone please suggest a recipe? I'm thinking that just a gloss consisting of mostly conditioner, with a slight amount of henna and indigo, would work? I want to avoid any red tones, and just get a light brown color for my ends. I used to dye my hair with straight-up henna, but I just finished growing and cutting all the old henna out because red colors do not suit me. I want to be very sure that the dye will give me the color I want before I use it, because I know how permanent henna and indigo ca be.

Thank you so much!

[TheHuman]

Henna and indigo are so unpredictable. There's a chance you can account for 99% of all the variables on your strand tests then still end up with something you don't like that you can't remove. Have you considered Elumen, or something akin to it?

[Wildcat Diva]

Have you considered Elumen, or something akin to it?

What is this?

I have lighter ends than my roots too, it's bugging me. I have not decided if I will do anything about it, probably not.

[Danyelly]

Would love more info on Elumen as well... is it non toxic? How well does it cover, and last? I just used Henna, and although I'm ok with the results, there is a clear demarcation from where my root virgin growth, and that which was previously bleached. I would love to have it all blended in, and all of it have more brown base like my virgin/henna roots. That way, I could just use henna and have just ONE hair color.

[Wildcat Diva]

I'm not really interested in dying my hair. But would a tea rinse work to darken my ends just a bit? I wonder. I guess my ends must be a bit sun bleached, though I don't spend lots of time in the sun. I am thinking of trying this tea rinse to see if it give subtle help.

http://www.chagrinvalleysoapandsalve...ark-hair-blend

[elea]

a tea rinse worked for my friend. it was very slight so we did it twice which is great as there is no drastic color change from 1 rinse.

[Natalia]

have you considered doing a tea dip? if its just your ends you can dip dye it faster than rinsing it. id start with sage then rosemarry or be very careful with nettles traditional tea may make you too red. if your around the house you can dip it let it dry then rinse or co it out later

[Wildcat Diva]

Also looking at walnut oil: Thread here:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ad.php?t=99215