True Roots, Ronnie CitronFink
True Roots, Ronnie CitronFink
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True Roots
What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me about Health and Beauty

Author: Ronnie Citron-Fink

Narrator: Joyce Bean

Unabridged: 4 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

Like 75% of American women, Ronnie Citron-Fink dyed her hair, visiting the salon every few weeks to hide gray roots in her signature dark brown mane. She wanted to look attractive, professional, and most of all, young. Yet as a journalist covering health and the environment, she knew something wasn’t right. All those unpronounceable chemical names on the back of the hair dye box were far from natural. Were her recurring headaches and allergies telltale signs that the dye offered the illusion of health, all the while undermining it?So after twenty-five years of coloring, Ronnie took a leap and decided to ditch the dye. Suddenly everyone, from friends and family to rank strangers, seemed to have questions about her hair. How’d you do it? Are you doing that on purpose? Are you OK? Armed with a mantra that explained her reasons for going gray—the upkeep, the cost, the chemicals—Ronnie started to ask her own questions.What are the risks of coloring? Why are hair dye companies allowed to use chemicals that may be harmful? Are there safer alternatives? Maybe most importantly, why do women feel compelled to color? Will I still feel like me when I have gray hair?True Roots follows Ronnie’s journey from dark dyes to a silver crown of glory, from fear of aging to embracing natural beauty. Along the way, readers will learn how to protect themselves, whether by transitioning to their natural color or switching to safer products. Like Ronnie, women of all ages can discover their own hair story, one built on individuality, health, and truth.

About Ronnie Citron-Fink

Ronnie Citron-Fink is the editorial director for the Environmental Defense Fund’s Moms Clean Air Force. She is a contributor to A Glorious Freedom: On Being a Woman, Getting Older, and Living an Extraordinary Life, edited by Lisa Congdon, and has written for USA Today, In Style, and Huffington Post, among other publications. Yahoo named Ronnie one of the “Top 10 Living Green Experts.”


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hilary

Surprising information about the potential danger of hair dye and other cosmetic ingredients. We think these things are safe simply because they are available to us and assume someone is looking out for our health. Not so much. I found the information eye opening. I could relate to the emotional asp......more

Goodreads review by Miriam

It's a very interesting book with a lot of information I had never heard before about the beauty industry and hair dye industry. I picked it up at the library when it caught the corner of my eye because I have developed an allergy to a chemical in hair dye called PPD after dying my hair for several......more

Goodreads review by Julie

If you color your hair, it is worth taking the time to read this small book. I was surprised to find out about the potential risks of many hair dyes. That the onus is on the FDA to prove that cosmetics and hair products are unsafe rather than the beauty companies to prove that their products are saf......more

Goodreads review by Harry

This book opened my eyes to the affects of hair dye, especially the darker hair dyes, on the consumer, the hairstylist and the environment. They are carcinogenic. I feel like our culture/society expect women to dye their hair to cover grays and once you go down the rabbit hole, is hard to climb out......more