Well, in theory, maybe we had the right idea.

The argument can be made that Kool-Aid is a chemical in its own right, but the fact remains that we CAN change the color of our hair, without using hair dye!

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One obvious solution is all-natural henna dye. You can do this at home, in the same way you’d dye your hair with a box of traditional hair dye, but you can do so knowing it’s an all-natural product with no ammonia or any of that ick factor. (Which means you can use it if you are preggers, too!)

Want to get even more natural? You can give yourself fabulous highlights at home with lemon juice!

We all know that laying out in the sun will lighten our hair – mine gets lighter, and it starts out platinum! But it takes a while…that’s why you need to spend a lot of time exposing yourself to the UV evils in order to see any difference. However, if you put some lemon juice in your hair first, it’ll act as a catalyst and the hair will get lighter faster! Now, you can’t go from a brunette to my hair – but you will see a difference!

Does anyone else know any natural ways to lighten (or darken?) our hair? Please share!

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Getting Some Color, Right at Home

A few years ago, if you wanted a clean home,  bleach, comet, and ammonia were about the only scents you had to choose from.  Today, there’s a whole range of more natural cleaners that use essential oils, enzymes, and less harsh chemicals to clean your floors without cleaning your clock, so to speak.  The next few days while I’m spring cleaning, I’ll also be reviewing several of my favorite cleaning products.   A nicely scented product makes scrubbing icky messes a little less icky.

One of the most popular ‘alternative’ cleaners is Method – now widely available at target.  There are a lot of different products to choose from, but only a few scents.   Two of my favorites are French Lavender and Pink Grapefruit.  I mean, who can object to lavender?   They also say that “Method is made with naturally-derived surfactants. It works by absorbing dirt rather than chemically degrading it. And method is biodegradable so you can clean your home without flushing super-toxic chemicals down the drain into our rivers, lakes and oceans. We’re against that. Dirty doesn’t have to roll downhill.”  I don’t know a lot about chemistry so I’m not entirely sure that the chemicals are less toxic.   I guess we’ll have to trust them on that, or perhaps an enlightened reader can tell me more.

More tomorrow!

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Spring Cleaning: my favorite naturally scented products