Thanks, everyone, for your contributions to this thread.
Here is another product I discovered in the last year and am very happy with. I have started to switch from mainstream commercial products (deodorants, toothpastes, etc) to ones with more natural ingrediants. I also stopped taking birth control pills after 9 years because I disliked the side effects (hair started to thin, fatigue, etc)
This item is hardly a priority for "crisis preparedness" lists. *L* I thought I would include it here simply as a healthier alternative to boxed hair colours and salon hair colours. It's called
Herbatint and can be found in most health food stores. Here's their main site:
http://www.herbatint.co.uk/
Nenuphar