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In recent years, natural hair dyes<\/a> have become an incredibly popular choice not only for people sitting in the salon chair but also for professionals as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of reasons for this, including less harshness on the scalp, the ability to more consistently build a particular colour type with repeated applications and the benefits to both your skin and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, whilst there are some modern natural hair dyes<\/a>, it is a misconception to think they are the exception, as for thousands of years before the invention of synthetic dyes there has been a long, vibrant and extravagant tradition of hair dyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a 2007 episode of BBC\u2019s Woman\u2019s Hour<\/a>, the earliest known hair dye is over four millennia old, dating back to a circa 2177 BC Aysserian set of cosmetic preparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, natural hair days are not and were never limited to natural hair colours. Henna, a commonly used ingredient in natural hair colourants, is orange or red and can be used to build up a permanent red or orange colour with repeated use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, it can be combined with indigo, a plant-based blue dye, to create shades of brown and black as desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the early, older natural methods for colouring hair were published in the 1661 publication Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature<\/a>, some of the earliest popular compilations of \u201cdo it yourself\u201d cosmetic advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the wide availability of this and other \u201cSecrets\u201d books, even by the 1907 launch of the first non-natural hair dye, the ability to colour your hair using natural ingredients was already widely known and commonly undertaken by salons of the era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using natural dyes is safer, better for the environment and allows for the preservation of natural techniques, formulations and ingredients for people in the future to enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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