Plant-Based Hair Dye vs Conventional Hair Dye
Thinking of making a change? Hair dye is a good place to start as you can really bring out your personality through whichever colour you choose. If you don’t want to go for a drastic change it is ideal to have a subtle change, and then you can adjust it by a few shades if you want to.
Now the big question: Conventional Hair Dye or Plant-Based hair dye
Conventional hair dyes come with a lot of caution. Did you know conventional hair dyes include a whole host of chemicals which can be potentially harmful to your body, cause skin allergies, allergic reactions and skin irritations. The harsh chemicals that are used to make the colour include resorcinol; skin irritant and may cause allergic reactions to the skin, ammonia; this is one of the most commonly known toxic ingredients in conventional hair dyes. Ammonia can also give you severe irritation or can lead to burning and irritate the eyes and lungs. Over time, ammonia makes the hair dry and brittle. Another ingredient to watch out for is hydrogen peroxide, it is widely used in hair dye to remove the pigment from the hair, so if you are making a drastic change like black to pink, the hydrogen peroxide allows this to happen by taking away original pigments and replacing them with the new colour. These chemicals sit on your scalp for 45minutes while making way into the bloodstream. Did you know the scalp is one of the most absorbents parts of the body, as hair dye sits on the scalp, chemicals are absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream. Conventional hair dye penetrates into the hair cuticles and enter the cortex, they react with the melanin in your hair and permanently colours the hair. Even though conventional hair dyes are easy, convenient and quick to do, they can do more damage to your hair than good. Frequent colour of your hair can cause damage, breakage and dryness of the hair, something we don’t really want.
Do you really want to make the change using a conventional hair dye? Lets take a look at the benefits of using a plant-based natural hair dye.
Plant-Based hair dyes contains a lot of benefits for your hair. Instead of penetrating deep into the hair, our plant-based hair dyes place a protective wrapping around every strand to give you intense colour. Each ingredient within Ayluna has been carefully selected to give you extra shine, volume and be damage free. Within Ayluna we have 8 hair loving natural ingredients; Indigofera, Madder, Brahmi, Cassia, Henna, Fenugreek, Amla, Chamomile, so there are no preservatives, additives or bulking agents. Click on our ingredients page to have a look at what all the ingredients do for your hair.
The process of using plant-based hair dyes is easy, you start by mixing the powder with warm water to create a viscous mixture that is ready to apply. Application is easy, simply part the hair into sections, using a brush apply the hair dye paste. Once applied it is time to start the timer, allow the colour to develop and once finished just rinse thoroughly with water, dry and wait 48 hours to see the fully developed result.
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Its time to love your hair again with Ayluna!