Hair Dye for Ginger to cover grey

[articginger]

Can anybody recommend a hair dye for natural ginger hair? I have started to get grey coming through and just want something to cover it up without spending loads of money at the salon. I have tried a few colours none of which I like, my latest was Schwarzkopf vital care colour cream in Mahogany but it is too dark. I want to keep to my natural colour ginger but it is so hard to find something natural for gingers.

Hi @articginger,

(And a warm welcome to Mumsnet!)

I have brown hair, not ginger, but I use the Clairol Nice n Easy root touch-up, which is dead easy to use and only takes ten minutes. They have a copper/auburn red shade which may be right for you?

Link here - Nice n Easy 5RC

Hopefully some Mumsnetters with actual ginger hair will be along shortly with some other suggestions. In the meantime, we're going to move this thread over to our Style & Beauty topic.

Henna ? Too red?

I have natural red hair, I use a mix of cassia and henna to make a strawberry blonde shade, it looks like highlights. I don't want the commitment of root touch ups every four to six weeks and this works well for me.

I'm a dark brunette and use henna. It's much less of a faff than box dye.

I have natural auburn hair and i use Nice and Easy Medium dark auburn, they do a light auburn as well. It doesnt have a string smell and the colour looks natural

I haven't tried henna before and don't know much about it, do you have to mix it yourself from powder? Thanks for all your suggestions, I will try anything!

Yes I mix 75% cassia to 25% henna. You have to work out what shade works for you.

www.henna-boy.co.uk/how-to-henna-your-hair