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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Hair Dye -Avoid Toxic Metallic Salts!

Question: If Metallic Salts are Dangerous to Use in Dying Textiles,

Why Use them in Hair Dye?

I’ve been called a “Mixed-Media Fiber Artist” for many years now, due to my love of transforming textiles in to art. I also enjoy naturally-dyed fabrics and other fibers, still desiring to do all my own dying…one day. So with an avid interest in this subject, I was naturally drawn to the parallel between the process of fixing natural dyes to textiles and the general process of dying human hair.
 

Generally, in dying natural textiles the objective in selecting a mordant (a substance that sets the dye) is to try and select the least toxic one! Metallic salts are commonly used as a mordant in textile dying and a tremendous amount of caution has to be exercised. Please view the following informative video regarding setting up and recording the mordant used in the natural textile dying process. As you listen, think of how much care is used and what the instructor actually states about metallic salts. Then consider: If metallic salts are so toxic, then why would they be included in the ingredients of the majority of chemical hair dye products, as well as so-called natural “compound henna” hair dye mixes?

Avoid Toxic Metallic SaltsMetallic Salts Are a Toxic Poison.

Human hair fiber should definitely be treasured and treated with more care than the clothes on our backs. Shouldn’t caution of the highest extreme be used when selecting a hair dye to color these fibers? Certainly more care than we’d use in the natural textile dying process. Yet, take a look at drug store and beauty supply houses lined with shelves of these toxic hair dyes.

In fact, care must be exercised even when purchasing what we believe to be 'natural' henna hair dye mixes. Of course reading ingredient labels is absolutely essential. However, some countries aren’t required to even list their ingredients on the label and these products are being exported! Stay away from faulty packaging! A few years ago, I ordered premixed henna hair dye from an online store and suffered a severe allergic reaction from the metallic salts that were in the product (even though the henna compound did not contain PPD). My hair fell out in spots and my scalp broke out in horrible blisters. I had to wear a wig for months until my hair grew back and my skin cleared.

Avoid Metallic Salts in Hair Dye.

This experience set me on the search for a truly all natural henna hair dye. Even though in the past I have mixed my own ingredients to color my hair, and waited hours for the dye release to take place –I no longer have to. Quite frankly, I just don’t have the time. So, in about 90 minutes, I can use Lustrous Henna® Hair Dye. I’ve never experienced any negative reaction. My hair is actually healthier and my grays are covered.

Author: L.J. O'Neal, writer and researcher. (L.J. is also a Lustrous Henna® user.)
©2012. L.J. O’Neal. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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