Aveda is my fave...

Aveda is my fave...

by Kara Smith
(Davis, CA)

I actually think Aveda is the best natural color. NO PDD! They use green tea extract instead, which is an antioxidant. They are 98% plant based, too! The color is amazing! Covers gray!

Editor's Note:

Thank you Kara. No one had written about Aveda yet so I was glad you did.

For those of you unfamiliar with Aveda it is one of the more natural hair colorings. As Kara said they are largely plant based and some of their colors may indeed be ppd free but not all of them are.

I searched through the Aveda site for the ingredient list and only found a list of key ingredients which always bugs me. I really appreciate it when a company encloses everything on their sites.

I did find a local Aveda salon and they had the ingredient list faxed over to them and gave me a copy. I am including their list below. The ingredients below are used in Aveda Full Spectrum Permanent Hair Color Treatment:

Aloe Vera, Ammonium Hydroxide, Annatto, Black Tea Extract, Castor Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cocamide MEA, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Erythorbic Acid, Glycerin, Clyceryl Stearate, Green Tea Extract, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Jojoba Oil, Marshmallow Root(certified organic), Oleic Acid, Polysorbate 20, sodium Sulfite, Sorbitan Stearate, Steareth-21, Sunflower Oil, Tetrasodium EDTA, Vanillin

Primary Intermediates and Couplers*
Resorcinol, m-Aminophenol, N, N-Bis-2(hydroxyethyl)-P, Phenylandiamine(ppd),Sulfate,p-Aminophenol, p-phenylenediamine (ppd), Resorcinol,1-Naphthol, 5-Amino-2 Merthylphenol

*may contain one or all of these ingredients.

Aveda's Deposit-Only Color Treatment may also contain ppd so make sure to check with your stylist.

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You can make Permanent color - Semi-Permanent
by: Angela

For those of you doing your own color, here is a colorist trick.
To turn regular permanent color into a less permanent version just substitute water for some of the peroxide. Ie: Mixing 1oz of 20 volume (the usual strength in most hair color kits, high lift blondes are often 30 volume) with 1oz of water, to be mixed with 2oz of hair color you will get a semi-permanent effect.

The same thing is done in salons by using "10 volume" peroxide. You could cut the strength even more and get more of a "deposit" color which would be even more semi in nature as it will not penetrate the hair shaft as much.

This is not useful for those that are lightening their color though, as you need the full "volume" to get the needed lift.

Angela
The Sycamore Boutique

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Aveda covered well but was strong
by: Wendy

I had Aveda done in the salon. I have to have gluten free products and my scalp also gets irritated with most hair color, so I took a friend's advice and gave Aveda a try.
It did cover my gray and it was a lovely color, but the smell was strong, and I still found it bothered my scalp. It didn't bother me after she rinsed but while it was on me I was uncomfortable.

I'm ready to try something else. I actually like some of my gray, I just want to tone down some of it. I'd like to try another semi-permanent color, I'm afraid of being locked into a permanent color again right now.

thanks for these reviews, they help

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