I've been a very good girl, and have not colored my hair for about 3 years.  My hair is completely natural when it comes to color - which was my goal when I decided to stop coloring.  My hair is brunette, I'd say like a chocolate or chestnut brown - in the sun my hair developes natural blonde streaks, the one year I had a streak develop so blonde it looked yellow, a person asked me if I had mustard in my hair!  But, right now my hair is pretty well just a consistant shade of chestnut...and I'm feeling like I want a kick of red.  I used henna years and years ago, but honestly don't even remember the results, I just remember making a mess, my mother ended up with red-spotted bathroom mats (she no-happy  )!  When I would use store brand dyes, I think I used natural instincts, I remember that I liked the way my hair felt and the color, but was not too concerned about if it was doing damage to my hair.  So now, IF I should decide to go thru w/ this, I don't know which is the way to go.  Are there any more natural and gentle non-permanent dyes out there (I don't want to deal with roots and perm. color),  I don't remember if henna was permanent or not...I need some advice, here!   What's your experience with hair colors and hennas?

Although I haven't ever henna'd my hair, I'd go with henna. I've tried a bunch of different store brand dyes and they're all damaging to some extent. My hair only felt better once I packed on the silicone-filled conditioner that came with the dye. According to the people who posted on henna for hair, they've gotten  good results from it without the damage that store brand dyes can inflict.

Everyone said everything there is about henna, so i just thought i'd give you this website morroccomethod.com

They have a good variety of colors. and they have a color chart that shows what henna works for your hair color

Good Luck!

Maggie  Good for you!
Yeah I noticed the same thing with my hair.   ACV is great!  I stopped dying my hair about a year ago.  I was had been dying my hair for 6 years and it never felt as good as it does now!  I also noticed that black dye at my ends is fading away!  Don't worry about the greys, we all have them or will get them.

what is a ACV and how do you di it ???

Hi bluberri!  Adding to what Lisabelle said, we've all kind of experimented to discover what rinses work for us.  The basic rinse is water and apple cider vinegar (white vinegar if you are blonde.)  You could have as little as 1 tablespoon ACV to 2 cups water, or up to a 1:1 ratio (that may be a bit much, so best to start off small.)

Some people like to do the rinse between shampooing and conditioning; some people like doing it after conditioning; and some people like to spritz it on as a leave-in.

You can either mix up a batch and leave it in a squirt bottle in the bathroom (you can get empty bottles at the pharmacy) or mix it in a cup, pitcher, or whatever. 

What you'll notice from an ACV rinse - your hair feels lighter and will look shinier.  If you need some volume, you can add a tablespoon of honey to your mix.  Some of the oher members here use other ingredients - I'll let them pipe in, since I haven't tried other ingredients yet. 

Cynde

I add a few drops of EO (essential oil) to cover the vinegar smell while I'm in the shower. As I understand it, once dry, you don't smell the vinegar, but as an added bonus to using the EO, my hair takes on the scent nicely.

hummm i see a trip to the grocery store in the near future!