From what they say...Posted by Elettaria on April 2, 2004 at 18:00:41: In reply to: I have dark ash blonde hair and want to go light golden brown posted by Claire on April 2, 2004 at 15:17:16: It sounds like senna is the answer. Catherine is currentlyexperimenting with it (how's it going, Catherine?) and we all keep hassling her for results. If you wander round the mixes page and this board, as well as Catherine's page on different plants used for dyeing, this kind of thing's discussed a fair bit. The ones people mention for blondeness are chamomile (never worked for me, but possibly I don't use enough or my hair's too dark), lemon juice (think you need to go into the sun afterwards), and saffron is on Catherine's list but no one here seems to have used it and I suspect it would be a very bright yellow, not to mention extortionately expensive. Fia also recommends strong black tea, marigold infusion, rhubarb root (which she says can give a very yellow end result) and turmeric (which I imagine would be pretty yellow too). But I'm just summarising what everyone else is saying, ask them! You can also buy commerical "henna" mixes in blonde shades. Now the thing is, they are unlikely to have much henna in them since henna is red and only red, so while some may be nice little mixes of abovementioned plants, others might have less desirable ingredients. Again, snoop around the board, people discuss them quite a lot. I am now going to boil up something fun for a herbal rinse, maybe some coffee or cloves or something. I doubt it's going to make a permanent difference without hennaing, in fact I doubt it'll make a difference at all, but it'll be fun and they do smell lovely.
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