Here is the bottom line will/ does your hair revert back to its natural state or color once the product is applied.
I've heard a lot of people talking and asking about natural hair color.
Henna is a common vegetable tint used by people trying to naturally alter their hair color. It has a tendency to make the hair feel dry, coarse and often times leave a not so pleasant scent. It tends to do more harm than good. My recommendation-> DO NOT use it. It can be hard to find which is another hint that it may not be best for the hair if you can't find it readily. If you still decide to use it you should DEEP condition your hair after the color process and add a egg yolk or olive oil to the henna mixture to help soften it.
Vegetable hair colors coat the hair shaft and do not open the cuticle layer which means they do not interfere with the natural pigment of the hair. This means that it can only add color not take it away so to lighten your natural hair color would be considered a chemical process.
Color rinse, color shampoo, stick color, and vegetable colorants are forms of temporary color or natural non-damaging color.
Vegetable color is a powder of dried herbs, and roots mixed with water into a paste to color the hair.
Color rinse is made from strong tea of the dried herbs and water. It is poured onto hair and remains shampoo to shampoo. (Jazzing and other products like it)
Color Shampoo is a combination of herbal colorant and shampoo. It enhances faded and dull hair.
Stick color is wax that is colored and used to touch up new growth in between color treatments.
“Natural Colors” are derived from plant roots, leaves, flowers, berries, fruit and vegetable skins. Some herbs commonly used for color are sage, indigo, black walnut, hollyhock, alkanet, annatto, or henna.
Natural Relaxer: My opinion is that if your hair does not revert to its natural texture it has been processed. Why would you want a natural relaxer? If your hair is hard to manage but you don’t want to go all the way to a relaxer you have the option to texturize your hair. What this means is putting a relaxer like chemical on your hair to loosen the curl pattern keeping texture (or a curl pattern) in the hair but making it more manageable for some that want that option.
Sometimes you really have to step back and ask yourself:
- What are the bottom line results of the product?
- What are the ingredients?
- When shampooed again what will my hair look like?
In some instances you might as well go with a relaxer for all of that.
Relaxers aren’t bad, incorrect procedures produce bad results and that is with anything you do. Ask yourself if you want to be natural or relaxed? From there decide your next course of action. Do your own research and find an educated cosmetologist, stylist, or hair technician to ask informed questions about your hair and what steps you should take to maintain a healthy head of hair. Ask them how many continuing education classes they take, what seminars they go to, how long they’ve been in the industry different questions that will give you a sense of their experience, passion about what they do, and if they fit the needs of what you are looking for.
Your hair in a natural state is stronger than when it is in a relaxed state. You can permanently color your hair without worrying about it like you would if your hair was relaxed. I know that a lot of women are caught up in the “I have to use all natural products for everything.” Please don’t get caught up in the hype; hair is hair. You find out the strength of your hair and proceed from there. If you want to color your hair go ahead and do it right, if you want to relax your hair go ahead and do it right with the right PROFESSIONAL.
***Relaxed or Natural start looking at the ingredients of the product (google-> no wikipedia) and look at who is featured on the advertisements of the product. If they don't look like you research the company and see if it is a product geared toward your texture of hair chances are it may not be.****
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