Summer is gone and so are the little natural highlights that added dimension and interest to my hair… So, I am ready to spice things up a bit, but after reading Toxic Beauty I cannot bring myself to apply the mainstream super chemical induced hair dyes!

Luckily, I have options. The first is Organic Colour Systems, based out of the UK. If you are on that side of the pond, I fully recommend going in for a consultation and application for the first time. Otherwise, you can send an inquiry to see where an Organic Colour Systems salon is near you.

Stateside, you can look up your local John Masters Organics salon and book in for ammonia-free high lights or herbal-based single process color.

For more of an at home treatment, you can pick up a box of Longona Herbal Henna Hair Color Kits. They are 100% natural and come in a range of colors from golden blonde to mahogany red, and coffee brown or black. Unlike normal hair dyes, they don’t actually penetrate the inner layer of the hair shaft- thereby causing damage, but instead create an outer coat on the surface level which blends with your natural color to produce a unique and enhanced color.

LUSH also carries a small collection of very raw Henna where you can DIY at home and play with the results. Their bricks of Henna are mixes of the various hues and thus when you let it air dry you obtain a different color than if you wrap it in plastic to process.