I guess I’m just one of those lucky people that go gray before their time. Between the grays and my thinning hair, I’ve been feeling older than my years. I’m constantly reminded every time I see myself on a video and I’m haunted by the long, thick, and beautifully-colored tresses that so many women seem to have these days. I keep telling myself they’re extensions, they’re wigs, they aren’t real! But lately, that doesn’t seem to make me feel any better.

I thought a wig might be the answer to both the color and thinning issues, so I went with my mom to try some on. I didn’t find the perfect one for me, either the color or the style was off—usually both. And, honestly, when I’m looking in the mirror, it doesn’t bother me that much. It’s when I see myself on camera or when I’m comparing myself to others. Why do I still do that? Am I having a midlife crisis? Ugh. I need to work on it.

Anyway, I thought I would try a DIY hair dye that was also a natural hair dye, not permanent, so I wouldn’t have to worry about touch-ups later. The reason I stopped coloring my gray hair in the first place was because of that awful root line that must be retouched every few weeks. I want something that will wash out evenly over time and something that won’t further damage my aging hair. I was going to the salon for demi-permanent or semi-permanent color, which works the way I need it to. But, the time and cost didn’t seem worth the couple weeks of gray coverage.

So, I started researching at home hair color and natural hair dye alternatives. The most frequently returned results for a DIY natural hair dye were for coffee hair dye. So, I started watching. The more videos I watched, the less I knew and the more frustrated I became. The few people that actually showed themselves doing this did not have my hair color and definitely didn’t have any visible grays. Most videos, though, didn’t show people at all, but had hundreds of thousands, even millions of views. Double UGH!

I’ve tried this out for myself, not to chase some YouTube algorithm, but to find out once and for all if using a coffee hair dye will darken hair and cover grays. I hope that if you have been considering this for yourself, our video will help you decide whether or not it’s worth trying. I’ll show you all my gray hair, the exact recipes I used and the results of each.

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