katie goes platinum
With all the grim news coming out about the potential dangers of hair dye, I thought this was the perfect time to consult an expert. Who better to ask than one of our own silver sisters?
Ronnie Citron-Fink is the author of True Roots: What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me About Health and Beauty, and she is also the editorial director of Moms Clean Air Force, an environmental protection organization dedicated to improving air quality standards and combating climate change.
Gray hair is increasingly in the news—from celebrities choosing not to cover their grays to young people intentionally dyeing their hair silver. How does True Roots fit into this conversation?
Gray hair – both dyed and natural – is definitely trending as a popular hair color. True Roots considers the beauty aspects of going gray and goes beyond the cultural moment to ask important questions about hair dye such as:
I needed to color more and more often to cover the skunk stripe that would line my part. Coloring had become both labor-intensive and expensive. Nevertheless, I kept up this whack-a-mole hair routine because I worried my vanity would take a hit and that I would look old with gray hair.