Natural Hair Coloring

If you want natural-looking hair color, try henna. This product is as natural as you can get--it's actually ground-up henna plants. Best known for its red shades, henna comes in many varieties of color, so you're sure to find a match. It's messier than chemical hair color, but it doesn't stink (it smells like mud!), have harsh ingredients or pollute. It works by coating the hair shaft, so it conditions, as well. It colors each hair shade differently (white hair doesn't come out as dark), so the end result looks more realistic and less "shoe polished" than other DIY hair coloring kits. Be sure to get the real McCoy, as some drugstore products call themselves "henna" but contain very little of the plant itself.