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Tints of Nature Hair Color {Review and Giveaway}

Groovy Green Livin Hair color [1]

My natural hair color is dark brown with a few reddish highlights. It’s always been dark brown except for one summer during college when I was a camp counselor and over did it with Sun-In. That summer I came back to college with very orange hair which at the time I really liked, but in retrospect realize that it was a bad mistake. Thankfully over time my natural hair color grew back.

Trying Henna

Over the past few years I’ve struggled with a few gray hairs that are incredibly persistent [2].  I know  that gray hair is coming for all of us and there’s no stopping mother nature. As a green living advocate, like many of you, I pay close attention to the chemicals that go in and on my body. As much as I want to keep my dark hair, my intuition is screaming “toxic chemicals”.

So I tried henna [3]. It was messy and smelly, but it worked. After a few months of using henna my stubborn grays decided not to cooperate and my natural gray and brown hair color reappeared after a very short 1-2 weeks after a henna treatment. There was no way I could reapply henna every 1-2 weeks so it was time for another option. Gray isn’t an option yet.

Tints of Nature

Groovy Green Livin Tints of Nature Hair Color [4]For weeks I stood and starred at the many hair color options in the aisle at Whole Foods. I was searching for a safer option than all of those chemical filled conventional hair colors in a box. Tints of Nature was on the shelf and I did a little leg work to see what this product was all about.

What I like about Tints of Nature

What I don’t like about Tints of Nature

I’m most concerned about the PPDs (paraphenylenendiamines) in Tints of Nature permanent color. PPDs can cause severe health issues [6] ranging from allergic reactions to cancer. The reason they’re used in hair dye is they allow the color  to penetrate the hair shaft (as opposed to henna, which interacts with one’s natural pigment on the outside of the shaft). The bottom line is if you’re using a permanent hair dye it probably has PPDs in it.

Using Tints of Nature

Groovy Green Livin Tints of Nature Hair Color [7]

I’ve been using Tints of Nature hair color for a few months and I really like the color of my hair and the ease of applying the mixture. It also has been lasting for about 4-5 weeks. When applying I’ve learned to be very careful not to get the product on any counters, floors or sinks-or they too will be dyed black!

To apply the solution your hair needs to be washed and wet. The box contains gloves to spread the mixture starting from the roots down. I leave it on my head for about 30 minutes with the provided cap. The final steps are rinsing, shampooing and conditioning in the shower with their products-all contained in the box. It’s not as messy as henna and a much simpler process.

Great news: Tints of Nature now has a semi-permanent dye without PPD’s

Tints of Nature just launched an ammonia-free, organic semi-permanent hair color line that is completely free of PPDs and PTDs (Paraphenylenediamines and Paratoluenediamines – pigment). A semi-permanent color does not penetrate the hair shaft; it simply coats the hair to provide shiny, temporary color to hair, without damage or risk.

GIVEAWAY

The kind folks at Tints of Nature [5] have agreed to give one Groovy Green Livin reader 6 boxes of Tints of Nature permanent colour By entering your name and other information you acknowledge that you have read and are agreeing to our Official Rules. [8]

a Rafflecopter giveaway [9]

Disclosure: I was sent six boxes of Tints of Nature for review. The opinions expressed in this review are my very own.

photo credit: OwlLens [10] via photopin [11] cc [12]