hair coloring, "naturally?

Do you want to avoid "lots of chemicals" or all chemicals? If the latter, I think that you're kind of out of luck because, as you must be aware, lighter coloring of dark hair requires stripping the color out and then adding back the desired shade. I had brown-auburn hair prior to chemo and it grew back some nondescript, icky color. My wig, however, had ended up being blonde because after trying it on for a joke, I decided, without a shadow of a doubt, that I was a blonde in spirit and needed to be one in reality. My avatar here shows you how long it has grown since then (2005) and I have it highlighted every 7 weeks or so...with chemicals. My hairdresser is extremely health conscious as well as environmentally aware and she tries to use the least toxic hair products possible. I don't know the brand names that she uses for coloring or bleaching, but I'm guessing that they are the "worst" ones of all.

So it really depends, I should think, on your priorities. If you want to go white until your actual hair is entirely white, you'll probably have to succumb to the use of some chemicals. For me, I am so hair-obsessed that it was never a question. I try to use organic, paraben and phthalate-free products in all else, but to get the color I want, my hair is bleached.

~Marin

I tried on a red wig as a joke, and now have ended up with (yes, chemically altered) red/brown hair (first I dyed it a maroon red, just because I wanted to). I have to have color!!!!! If you don't mind some chemicals, maybe put in low lights. Or can you get a wild/young/spikey haircut where the white might look like a 'statement'?