HELP>>>Need educated opinion

I have pixie length hair with 1/2 inch grey roots. I would like to do 2 things. Grow it a little longer and get it to it's natural color. I don't have the patience to wait for the color to grow out and would like to try to blend the dyed hair in with the natural....This is where it gets complicated. I can't use any products with PPD. I was using henna for the last 5 years, but recently that seems to make my head itch (although it is not nearly as bad as my reaction to PPD ) I followed directions on the net, applying yogurt many, many, many times to the henna dyed hair and got quite a bit of it out. Then I tried to dye my whole head a very light brown with Loreal Natural Match. ( It didn't list PPD as an Ingredient) My hair came out a pumpkin color and I had to go to the doctor because of a bad reaction. So not that I'm stupid or anything.....Then I tried to put in some highlights to break up the color ( didn't have a reaction ), but my hair was too brassy. So then....OH NO....by now I had 1/2 salt and pepper root thing happening. So I applied Tints of Nature in a brown with a cotton ball...avoiding my scalp...and that toned down the brassiness a little.

Edited by alburystph - October 25 2008 at 5:17pm

I tried that new Loreal Color match but had a reaction. I tried Loving Care many years ago, but if I remember correctly...it didn't last very long. At this point I would really like to let my natural color to come in...but I want to lessen the contrast between the gray and the color treated hair. That's why I tried a light brown but I think the residual henna sabotaged the color. So I wondered about matching my salt and pepper (more salt at the crown )Am I grasping at straws?