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Posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on May 22, 2004 at 11:09:26:

In reply to: Catherine posted by Kim in MI on May 22, 2004 at 10:58:32:

Well ............ the cosmetic industry has sold us on the notion that
we can have any tone of hair we want just by opening a little box.
For that vanity and convenience, we pay with our health, and the
planet's heath by using toxic dyes.

Its possible you won't get precisely the color you want from natural
dyes, not ever, not nohow. The color you get from henna is going to be
a combination of that one molecule, and the natural color of your hair.

If you read through the cosmetic industry's promotional material
through the last 80 years, you'll see how they trash safe natural dyes
for being "old fashioned" "inconvenient" and "giving unreliable
results" while touting their products as providing the "only your
hairdresser will know" sort of faux naturalness. Look at anyone's
dyed hair and you know that's ballocks. YOu can spot that trashed out
strawy hair look a mile off. Anyway .. the cosmetic industry, which
gets 70% of its profits from hair dyes, has taught us to demand a
level of color precision that is simply NOT available through natural
dyes .... and somehow completely neglected to inform us about the
health risks attached to their little packets of chemicals.

So ......... you probably cannot expect to fine tune your color with
vegetal dyes. There are very few dye molecules that will safely stain
hair .... Lawsone, indigol, juglone .... but if you can find something
you're comfortable with, you're doing your own health and your
planet's health a favor.

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Thank you, and ... Kim in MI 11:30:14 5/22/2004 (1)
- Re: Thank you, and ... Catherine Cartwright-Jones 11:35:04 5/22/2004 (0)

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: Well ............ the cosmetic industry has sold us on the notion that : we can have any tone of hair we want just by opening a little box. : For that vanity and convenience, we pay with our health, and the : planet's heath by using toxic dyes. : : Its possible you won't get precisely the color you want from natural : dyes, not ever, not nohow. The color you get from henna is going to be : a combination of that one molecule, and the natural color of your hair. : : If you read through the cosmetic industry's promotional material : through the last 80 years, you'll see how they trash safe natural dyes : for being "old fashioned" "inconvenient" and "giving unreliable : results" while touting their products as providing the "only your : hairdresser will know" sort of faux naturalness. Look at anyone's : dyed hair and you know that's ballocks. YOu can spot that trashed out : strawy hair look a mile off. Anyway .. the cosmetic industry, which : gets 70% of its profits from hair dyes, has taught us to demand a : level of color precision that is simply NOT available through natural : dyes .... and somehow completely neglected to inform us about the : health risks attached to their little packets of chemicals. : : So ......... you probably cannot expect to fine tune your color with : vegetal dyes. There are very few dye molecules that will safely stain : hair .... Lawsone, indigol, juglone .... but if you can find something : you're comfortable with, you're doing your own health and your : planet's health a favor.
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