Timeline for Natural and affordable way to dye hair in medieval period?
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| Apr 15, 2021 at 15:51 | comment | added | mlk | It would be interesting to know which of the plants used needed to be fresh and which could be used in some preserved form. A dye that is only available for a few months each year would be less useful for the question. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 10:55 | comment | added | Chris H | A search for Oak Gall Hair Dye (iron and oak galls were used to make ink for centuries) turned up this paper demonstrating the effectiveness. If literate she would have access to the ink; trying it could be initially out of desperation but turn out to work well. It would probably also stain skin, which might be trickier. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 10:26 | comment | added | Hobbamok | The thing is just having the time to actually do it as a medieval serv. But then: they had an average 6 hour workday, so it would be possible | |
| Apr 14, 2021 at 10:56 | history | answered | user81881 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |