Hi Folks,
I was just googling to get the phone number for Daniel Field to re-order and saw this discussion and felt I had to post a reply here.
I developed massive allergies to ordinary hair dye a year or so ago. If I used it I was almost literally tearing my scalp apart with intense itching for weeks after using the hair dye.
I started searching for a natural product and went down the henna route for a time but it wasn't successful for me because it still caused some itching but having dark hair with grey coming through, I couldn't get one that covered the grey and matched my darker hair (without of course going down the black route, which is never a good look for people with skin my colour!).
I did my usual and googled and found a discussion on a cancer forum where people were suggesting suitable hair dyes for women going through chemo to use and Daniel Field came up and was given great reviews by the women who had used it so I thought well if it was mild enough for them going through what they were, then I would give it a try.
I went to the site (the danielfieldmailorder.co.uk one) and went to order but got confused about the colours so abandoned my efforts for the day. Later in the evening I got a telephone call from Nick (who I think might own the site?). He said he had seen my order but that I hadn't finished it and wondered if he might help me. I was very impressed with this, especially given I was only ordering one hair dye.
He was excellent and found out a bit about me and my bother with ordinary hair dyes and guided me to the correct one to use from his products. At no time did he try to get me to buy shampoo, conditioner or any of the other products he has available. And on top of that, he actually sent me a dye to try to see if I could use it with the intense bother I was having with my scalp and other dyes, gratis!
The little box arrived here in Ireland two days later and I did the skin test (first time I had ever done one but I had promised Nick I would do so).
When I had no reaction I used the dye. It is so simple to mix. You get a small plastic bottle with powder in it and a taller dispensing bottle to put the product on your hair once mixed. To mix it I just had to put the powder into the larger dispensing bottle, put in a little warm water and shake the mix then add more water to the mark on the dispensing bottle, replace the lid and shake.
It turns into a sort of foam and was one of the most simple hair dying applications I have come across. Added to that it doesn't seem to dye and skin it gets on to as badly as other chemical dyes I have used ~ but of course you still need to be careful.
The result was the grey was covered perfectly. I have dark hair with some grey coming through at the top of my head but the two "wings" at the sides of my temple would be pure white if I allowed it so I was delighted that this water based dye did it's job so well.
And best of all? NO itching afterwards.
Needless to say I will now only use this product and have recommended it to many ~ including those without allergies as it doesn't contain any of the harmful elements you get in chemical dyes, especially those in dyes for darker hair.
By the way, I order Shade 5 "Oak" which for me, leaving it on for an hour to get maximum darkness out of it, covers every single grey/white hair and the resultant colour doesn't look "hard" as something darker might.
Hope this is helpful. And just to add, I have absolutely NO connection with Daniel Field other than my purchasing his dyes.