Tiffanie recently sent an e-mail requesting recommendations for coloring her hair that has never been chemically processed.
My personal experience with hair color is that it always slows my length retention progress. Most of the time we get stuck in a rut and want to switch up our hair and color is one of the ways we do it. It requires quite a bit of maintenance, you have to keep coloring it, grow it out or color over it if you get bored with it. You can do a google search and see all the complaints about dyes and even henna changing curl patterns/hair textures. You have to decide for yourself if its worth all that.
Safely coloring hair is such a complex topic. There could be whole blogs dedicated just to coloring hair. There are whole books on the topic, whole classes in cosmetology schools. If you are interested in coloring your hair, I strongly suggest you read two of my favorite books: The Science of Black Hair and Naturally Healthy Hair: Herbal Treatments And Daily Care for Fabulous Hair. Both of these books have extensive information on coloring hair without chemicals among other amazing info.
So before you do anything to your hair, I implore you to read at least one of those books. They are both in my personal hair reference library and I reference them frequently. Don’t rush into, make an informed decision so that you don’t have any regrets. You might also consider some sort of temporary hair additions to achieve a certain look without permanently putting your hair at risk.
