Eireann
March 6th, 2019, 02:25 PM
I had been growing out both my color and my length for almost a year (my last color was last May). I had been using Rainbow Henna dark brown, which is nothing but henna and indigo. I liked the results for a while, but as I got more grey, the grey hairs wouldn't take the indigo and ended up being Ronald McDonald orange (no offense to Ronald McDonald. It's a good look for him. Not so much for me.) So I decided to let nature take it's course. I made it through the awkward stage and it no longer looked like neglected roots, but rather a genuine natural salt and pepper. However, after about the 10th time I was mistaken for my son's grandmother, I decided to concede my vanity and give up on the natural look.
They didn't have Rainbow henna at the store where I was trying to impulse buy some hair color. Instead I got "Tints of Nature Henna Cream", which has other ingredients besides henna and indigo (and incidentally smells WAY better than the "real" henna/indigo). It does not contain Ammonia or Peroxide or PPD, and claims to wash out after 12 shampoos so I said why not. I only just did it today, so I can't speak to how it will look after a couple washes, but right now I love it!
I have seen so many beautiful silver sisters, both in "real life" and on the internet (in fact, there was a woman with beautiful long snow-white hair in the grocery aisle where I was buying my dye), and I still plan to join them one day, but for now I am going to pretend that I can turn back time (apologies to Cher.)
So, that's my confession.
They didn't have Rainbow henna at the store where I was trying to impulse buy some hair color. Instead I got "Tints of Nature Henna Cream", which has other ingredients besides henna and indigo (and incidentally smells WAY better than the "real" henna/indigo). It does not contain Ammonia or Peroxide or PPD, and claims to wash out after 12 shampoos so I said why not. I only just did it today, so I can't speak to how it will look after a couple washes, but right now I love it!
I have seen so many beautiful silver sisters, both in "real life" and on the internet (in fact, there was a woman with beautiful long snow-white hair in the grocery aisle where I was buying my dye), and I still plan to join them one day, but for now I am going to pretend that I can turn back time (apologies to Cher.)
So, that's my confession.