Dark brown naturally?

[tinywife]

Hi all!
I'm looking for a way to color my hair naturally. I'm going for a very dark brown, nearly black - but not true black, because I have an olive skin tone. Red-based, not blue based, if that makes sense. My natural color is a mousy medium-brown.
I really don't know much about henna, so is there a recipe I can use to get a very dark brown? How about coffee/tea?
Any advice at all would be helpful! Thanks so much!

[christine1989]

I would go with indigo+henna. That will give you the darkest and most permanent results without damaging your hair. Coffee or tea would probobly not be dark enough and would wash out soon.

[katha]

You could try henna from Lush. Those are mixed already to be in a specific color, so it's very easy. I used the black on once and it worked well. They have 2 shades of brown I think.

[KittyLost]

Have you looked through this article? There's natural ways of enhancing brunettes and darkening tones near the bottom.
http://www.forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=2