Hey there modern vegans and vegan curious,
it's Margaret, and welcome back to ModVegan.
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Today on the channel I want to talk with you about
zero waste hair colour.
And some of the experiences that I've had,
and how I think they might be valuable for you,
and maybe some different ideas for you to take into
consideration going forward.
So I got my first grey hair when I was 25 years old,
and I remember it very distinctly.
Because it was the day of my wedding that I noticed.
So I was sitting there with my hairdresser,
and she was doing my hair for the wedding,
curling it, and she noticed a grey hair,
and she said "oh, I guess you've started to get grey hair!"
"Congratulations!"
And I thought, "oh my god, I'm only 25!
I can't believe that I
have grey hair already."
Well, fortunately it grew very slowly,
so I've only gotten a few grey hairs every year.
But still, it was a little traumatizing to see that first grey hair,
and I will never forget it when she pulled it out of my head
and showed me that indeed, I did have a white hair
growing out of my head.
But since then, I've gotten a little more comfortable with it,
and for many years I just kind of ignored it,
because it was so small.
Like there were just a couple of hairs,
so I pretty much ignored it.
But as time went on, I decided I wanted to do something about it,
and I know that a lot of women absolutely love their grey hair,
they embrace it, and I want to congratulate them,
I think that's fabulous.
It's up to everyone whether they decide
they want to colour their hair or not.
It's very much a personal decision.
It's just like wearing makeup:
no one should ever make you feel like you need to wear makeup,
or that you have to wear makeup, no one should ever
make you feel like you need to dye your hair,
but if you want to, and you just like the idea of having
a little more colour in your life, then this video is for you.
So after I found that first grey hair, I pretty much ignored
the grey hair until I was around 30.
And I made sure I waited until I was about 30
before I started colouring my hair,
because I just felt like for some reason in my head
that it didn't make sense to colour my hair before I was 30.
So I started colouring my hair when I was about 30 years old,
and I just coloured it pretty much the colour that it is now,
my natural hair colour, 'cause this is my natural hair colour.
I just used a semi-premanent dye, which is like the natural
essences?
I think Clairol makes Herbal Essences?
It's kind of their demi-permanent, if you're going to use the
lingo used by hair dressers.
That is kind of the
semi-permanent/demi permanent hair colouring that lasts
for about 28 washes.
It doesn't lift any colour out of your natural hair,
it just deposits colour on your natural hair.
So it's not bleaching it, it's free from bleach,
and it what it does is it just deposits colour on the shaft of your hair.
So that's kind of how that works.
And I did that most of the time, because I felt like
I didn't want to pay anymore, I didn't want to have to do
permanent dye, because I felt that really to do a good job
of permanent dye it's better to go to a hair dresser,
so I just used the temporary ones at that point.
And I did that for quite a few years, until I was about -
I guess I was 32 or 33?
Because it was just a couple of years ago.
I decided to start highlighting my hair,
and you can see that in some of the earlier videos
from this channel.
You can see me with highlighted hair, because I decided
to go to the hair dresser and get my hair highlighted.
And of course that was with peroxide, because that's really
the only way to bleach hair.
So I went to my hair dresser,
had that done there, and I did that for a little while,
and then I stopped doing that when I decided it was just
ridiculously expensive.
I didn't want to do it anymore.
I thought that it overall worked pretty well.
It was not
an uncomfortable process by any means,
it's just the amount of money that you're spending on it
that is really the deterrent there,
and that's really - the environmental impact and the time
and money spent at the hairdresser are the big drawbacks to that sort of thing.
But of course, also as a vegan, you're going to find
when you try to look into it a bit, that hardly any hair dye
is vegan.
And since I care quite a bit about this -
I make sure that my makeup is vegan - I'm very
conscientious about that sort of thing -
it didn't seem right for me to be using hair dye
that was not vegan either.
So about - gosh - probably
about 6 months ago?
I stopped using traditional hair dye,
and you may have noticed that my hair has been a bit darker
in my recent videos, and that's because I'm no longer highlighting it,
I kind of cut off the part that was highlighted.
And now I am using a natural hair dye instead,
and I wanted to tell you guys about it,
because I've been very happy with it,
and I think it's a really good solution if you are a brunette.
If you are not a brunette, if you're a blonde,
then this may not work as well for you, especially if
you want to keep your hair a blonde colour.
There are other solutions for hair colour if your hair
is naturally blonde.
I know that Bea Johnson
from the "Zero Waste Home" book and blog
- she uses chamomile tea in her hair.
I don't know if that works at all - I have no clue,
because I'm not blonde, so I don't know if that works,
but that's one idea if your hair is naturally blonde.
But I would pretty much take this video as advice for brunettes.
I'm only giving advice for brunettes, because I am a brunette,
so that's what this advice is for.
So I did quite a bit of research before I decided to use
a more natural dye.
And I looked around different companies, tried to find
out more about natural hair dyes, and since I'd had a horrible
reaction to the brand HerbaTint when I was in high school,
I decided to avoid that, because they use some of the same
chemicals that are in conventional dyes,
and so even though their dyes are "natural" - they do contain
some chemicals in them that may be - if you have sensitive
skin you may have a problem with them.
So that would be my big caution with Herbatint.
I think it probably works just fine for people who are
looking for colour, as long as they do not have sensitive skin.
And I do.
I had a horrible reaction back when I was in school -
when I was in high school I had a really deep reaction to it.
My entire head was itching, it was miserable.
So since then I haven't used Herbatint.
I was pretty happy with
Herbal Essences from I think Clairol, that makes Herbal Essences.
I used that for a while.
And I was pretty happy with that.
It had more to do with wanting a vegan and cruelty free option.
And thankfully, I found one that I'm pretty much in love with.
So after doing quite a bit of research, I ended up
with the LUSH Caca Rouge.
Now, try not to let the name dissuade you.
Caca is a bad word in Spanish,
but we're going to forget about that for a second.
But I think what they're just trying to say is that this is red.
And this is their basic red hair dye.
This is what I use.
And it's interesting, because if you look at my hair,
you're going to notice that there really is no red at all.
You probably can see a few highlights where it may look
slightly red - but the hair itself is not red.
It does not look red at all.
And that's one of the beauties of using henna,
which is what this dye is made out of, it's made out of henna.
And one of the beauty's of henna is that it kind of just
goes over your natural hair colour - it's almost like a varnish.
And it kind of coats your hair, it protects your hair,
and it imparts a red tone.
If you're blonde,
then your hair may look very red.
And you will notice,
I'm going to show you guys the grey spot in my hair -
that is my major major grey spot right there -
you're going to notice that's where it's red.
So that's the hair that's white, and you can see that it's turned
bright red.
And it's just this tiny little section right here -
I mean, I'm 35 years old, and this is the part of my hair that is
kind of white, and it's been turned like a brighter red colour.
But you don't really notice it that much -
you can see when you're looking at the rest of my hair,
you don't tend to notice that there's that bright section of red there.
And I'm quite happy with it.
I have to say, like, if you look at it,
I've only ever been trying to cover up my grey roots -
I'm not really interested in changing the colour of my hair,
and I find that this red works very well.
One of the things that the sales person at LUSH told me
was that if you are using their red hair dye,
it's better to use the Caca Rouge than the Caca Marron,
because the Caca Marron is their brown,
but it just doesn't contain as much colouring pigment
in it.
So unless you're trying to colour your hair brown
(which, if you're say, blonde, you might want that, because you might not want a bright
red result)
you might be happier with the Caca Marron if you're a blonde.
But if you have white hair, the Caca Rouge covers the colour
a little bit better.
It covers grey much better than the other one does.
And I'm going to take her word for it.
Because that's been
my experience so far.
It works very well to cover up greys.
No this video is in no way sponsored by LUSH,
and for that reason, I'm going to let you guys in on a few tips
that I have regarding using this product for greying hair.
Now I've been using this product for a few months,
and you will notice that it is 90% still there.
So I've used maybe a third or something of this outer ring.
So it comes with nine blocks of colour,
and if you're just colouring your roots,
and you're just trying to get rid of the grey that's maybe
at the very root of your scalp - you really do not need much of this at all.
You're going to just use a cheese grater and grate off
a little bit of this bar and then add some boiling water to it
until it kind of is the consistency of a brownie mixture.
So it's going to be not quite liquid, and not quite a solid -
just somewhere in between.
Kind of like a goopy paste.
That works best for sticking it to your hair.
And again, I mean - I've done this now like four times.
I try to do it once every four weeks.
And I find that works best for me.
Because it actually is a lot more permanent than the dye
that I was using before.
But it also - even though it's more
permanent, it's kind of nice to have it have that nice colour
at the roots.
I don't like the roots to get too long.
So that's why I do it every four weeks.
But you can see - if I've done if four times - I have no idea
how long this is going to last, but I would say one of these
bars - if you're just colouring the greys and you're not doing much else -
a bar like this will last you about a year.
And this is probably - I'm going to say it's about -
I'm going to be off here with the price,
but I think that it's under 30 dollars in Canada.
I think it's more like $20 in the US.
And it's about a year's
worth of hair dye.
Which is a pretty good deal,
because, at least in Canada, it's usually around $10 on sale
to buy a hair dye in a bottle.
And you need to buy those every month.
So you're talking $130 every year, vs. $20-30 a year
so it's definitely a considerable savings.
And of course, the only waste that you have is this,
which is your instruction information,
and it's just printed on recyclable paper.
So it really is zero waste.
And it's - aside from the sticker -
it does have a little sticker on here, and I do think this might be a plastic sticker,
so the sticker is not recyclable, but that is the only part
of the packaging that is not recyclable.
I brought
a recyclable bag to buy it, so it's truly a pretty much zero waste
hair dye solution.
And it's nice, 'cause it comes from a store,
it's already pre-made for you, all you need to do is add the hot water
to it.
It's very simple.
If I can do it, anyone can.
I've been trying to convince my mom to try it,
'cause I think that she'd really enjoy it, I think it's pretty much
exactly the colour that she would want.
So I just go ahead and I grate that bar, into a container like this one,
anything that isn't going to stain significantly.
You just put it in here.
I actually use one of my
eyeshadow brushes in order to apply it to my scalp
because I kind of just paint it on where I see white spots.
So if I see, you know, a white hair, I can just add it right there.
And you want to mix it until it's kind of a thick paste.
And then you can put it on a brush, and then add it to your hair.
I recommend doing this instead of adding it all over your hair
as long as your hair is somewhere in the brunette family.
If you feel that your hair is either black or blonde,
you probably want to go for something else, do not listen
to this video.
If your hair is blonde or black, and you want a specific
colour, if you're trying to colour all of your hair,
then watch someone else's video, this video is for someone
who has brown hair already.
But if you're just addressing those roots,
and you're trying to change the colour of the roots,
I would strongly recommend you try this.
Just kind of paint it onto your roots.
Leave it on their for about two hours.
And I know that's going to sound ridiculous.
Because when I first read that, I thought "oh my god,
two hours of having something on my head will never work."
But it actually works very well.
You just put it on the roots,
I tend to put it around here
- anywhere where you might get a few white hairs,
put it there.
Any place where you might see your hairs
a bit lighter, and then I put a shower cap over it.
And I have a reusable shower cap that I have at home
for when I'm taking a shower and I don't want to get my
hair wet - so I will use that, and you just put it on
for a couple of hours.
You can walk around the house.
The nice thing with this is that unlike an artificial
dye, if this falls down on your marble countertops, for example,
I've got some marble countertops in here -
if it falls on that, it's very easy to wipe it off.
It's not going to
stain it unless you leave it on there for a long time.
I've been very happy with the kind of ease with which
it can be removed from things.
I haven't had a real problem with that.
And when you're done, you just rinse it out,
and then shampoo your hair.
It's a little bit different, again, from an artificial dye
where you probably wouldn't want to shampoo it.
With this one I do recommend shampooing,
because this has cocoa butter and things like that in it,
to kind of give it a nice smell.
It's just meant to be
a little bit more rich.
And so you don't need to worry about it
drying your hair, it does not damage your hair,
in fact, it actually protects your hair.
And I just love it.
I'm a huge fan.
Again, this video is not sponsored, I wish it was.
It's not sponsored, but I absolutely love this product
and like I said, because it's not sponsored, I can tell you,
that unless you have like - I don't know - maybe 20-30% greys
because I don't really - maybe I have like 5% grey?
Something like that?
So I don't have a lot of grey, and so for me, a bar like this
will easily last a year, probably longer - and if you have
a few more greys than that, then it may not last quite that long,
but you're still going to find it lasts much longer
than any traditional hair colour does.
Again, unless you're blonde - if you're blonde,
you probably need to do something else.
You might need to use like an entire bar and cover your head
with it so that you get uniform colour and everything like that.
But if the problem is just about having some greys here and there,
it works really well.
and as you can see, like - I'm really quite happy with it.
I find that it is working really well with my hair.
And it's good too, if you have a sensitive scalp.
I've told you guys before, I have psoriasis,
and I've always found that to be kind of uncomfortable
when I use artificial dyes.
Like - that's the ironic thing.
If I leave this stuff on for two hours, it doesn't irritate
my head at all.
Like, I can leave it on for two hours -
I could probably leave it on overnight, and it would not
bother my skin at all.
And I have very sensitive skin.
But there's nothing in this that is speeding up that dye
to make it work faster on your hair,
and that's the real problem with something like
a Clairol dye, or L'Oreal or any of those brands -
they contain ammonia to help speed up the process
and help your hair to change colour faster.
And it may work in 10 minutes,
but that isn't really necessarily good for your hair.
And so, a product like this that you can leave on for a couple of hours
and then remove, doesn't irritate your skin at all,
and then if you have something like I do, like psoriasis,
it doesn't irritate the psoriasis at all.
Like, I still have
some psoriasis plaques on my head, and it doesn't irritate those,
and I'm so grateful to have this colour,
and that's why I really wanted to share it with you guys,
especially if any of you guys have, say, an autoimmune
disorder, or anything that causes irritation of your scalp,
you definitely probably are miserable every time you use
a harsh dye on your hair,
and this isn't like that at all.
So, definitely something worth considering.
Also doesn't have any waste!
And the funniest thing is,
I find now, whenever I go to the drug store,
I realize there's nothing I really need to buy there,
because, just in the last couple of weeks, I've started making
my own toothpaste, and my own deodorant,
now I do my hair colour, and I don't really need to worry about
going to the drug store any more, because most of the things
that I need, I already have, or I could make myself,
and it's kind of a nice, liberating feeling.
And I think actually saves me quite a bit of time.
If you enjoyed this video, be sure and give it a thumbs up,
and subscribe if you aren't already,
and also please let me know what your doing with your own
hair dye - if you're pretty happy with your solution,
or if you've tried - especially if you've tried another kind of
zero waste, natural solution that you've found works well for you,
I would love to hear about that.
Let me know, especially things that are cruelty free and vegan.
I would love to hear about that.
And I hope everybody has a beautiful day.
Thanks so much for watching.
Take care.
Bye.
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