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Jackie (Grand Rapids, Minnesota) on 01/28/2008

since introduced to this site, i have eliminated chemicals wherever possible. first, i stopped all anti-aging products on face and got rid of fluoride toothpaste. i cleanse with bkg soda and use jaboba oil or vegetable gycerine with drop of essential oil for moisturizer sometimes castor oil around the eyes.use minimal amt of non animal tested pressed powder blush and eyeliner. i indeed look younger and soft and my eyesight has improved. i think the antiaging products might be absorbed into the eye itself or into the blood vessels. any thoughts on this? my skin is much better.

next i found this website, black hair media hair forum. gives recipes for coloring hair using herbs. i wish i had known about this from teenage years. i invented my own recipe that works very well and is very easy to do. i have chin length white hair with darker grey at the neckline.

1 tsp ground ginger, i tsp dry mustard, 1 tsp curry powder and a pinch of tumeric. (be careful with tumeric, hair can turn clown yellow if you use too much. all of these ingredients are spices that can be bought in any grocery store. i put the spices in a bowl, pour one cup of boiling water over them, cover tightly and let cool. next strain saving the liquid. pour over washed and dried hair about 5-6 times. i use a basin in the sink or tub to catch the mixture then pour back into the cup and repeat 5-6 times. don't rinse,squeeze out excess water cover with shower cap and leave on about 30 minutes. rinse with cool water lastly i add a dash of vinegar to cup of cool water and pour over and leave in. acts like a conditioner and keeps the color in better. the mixture doesn't stain my skin,sink or hands. there is some dripping under the shower cap so have a towel handy. this gives me a natural light golden blonde hair color, and my darker hair blends in nicely.it washes out with each shampoo so has to be done each time. the gray is comletely covered using this method, even better than hair dye which often won't cover the temples or the sides. the spices and the vinegar condition it and idon't have to use a conditioner.it's recommended to a patch test with herbs and spices first.

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Replied By Sara (Toronto, Canada) on 08/03/2010

I just read this blog and was fascinated and wanted to try it out but when it said it would turn my hair a golden blonde I was a bit disappointed and I was wondering since my hair is black would it become a light brown or something?? And when you said it washes out with each shampoo so it has to be done each time- does that mean the vinegar or the hair color/dye?
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Replied By Janice (Se Hinterland, Q'ld Australia) on 06/06/2011

Yes.Great results! I used this recipe' yesterday but forgot to include the mustard. It works even without the mustard. Next time I'll add the mustard yet knowing it works beautifully without it, I can compare the difference. I am amazed and delighted at the results! . It covers regrowth and gives a lovely light flaxen-colour blonde results on my lighter hair with my dark streaks seeming darker. I'm happy with it. Thanks for posting.
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Replied By Way West (Saint Paul, Minnesota) on 04/04/2012

This did not work at all. I followed every single detail of the directions that Jackie typed and tried it three different times (on different days) and still nothing. My hair color is a dark brown and looks exactly the same before and after. This is a waste of time to try because all it does is leave little seeds from the solution in your hair. Try the Henna and Indigo one. That might be the next one I will try.
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Replied By Shucky (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on 10/01/2012

I have been using tumeric for a natural looking blonde colour in my white hair for years. I used to be a copper blonde.

To start off, put the tumeric, mustard, and ginger in 1/4 c. Of conditioner, and paint into the hair. Put on a shower cap and leave for 30 minutes. Then wash out.

Now add 1 T. Of your spice mix to 1/4 c. Boiling water and mix well. Add 1 c. Shampoo, mix well, then pour back into a plastic bottle. Use this to wash your hair, and it should stay a nice blonde colour. If you need to boost it once in a while, do it with the colour conditioner, but don't use just this frequently or you will have yellow stains on the necklines of all your shirts and on your pillow cases.

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Replied By Daisy_b (Uk) on 02/26/2016

This sounds great. Am trying to get a natural hair dye mix together. Can I ask did you see any evidence of turmeric inhibiting hair growth. Apparently it can be used to inhibit the growth of fine facial hair, although probably not strong enough to effect stronger head hair. Thank you!

Replied By Isis (St. Louis, Mo) on 07/05/2013

For those of you who noticed that this mixture didn't do much to your hair if you have dark hair already, it is because it won't do anything to it.

This mixture adds color and can't take it away. Hair bleach is the only thing that can remove color from your hair, your hair will not be lightened by coloring it. The reason it worked to color the others' hair is due to them using the dye to cover white (already lightened) hair.

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Replied By Sandy (Usa) on 02/28/2015

Dear Jackie,

Can you please explain how your eye improved and what exactly you did with your facial skin. How have did you moisturise your face regime?

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Replied By Dezzie (Pa) on 07/26/2017

This process will not leave an extremely visible color change on dark hair.
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