REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION JULY/AUGUST 2021 ISSUE Eurofins, Vegan Society Develop Vegan Verification Program via Cosmetics & Toiletries – read more FORMULATING | C&T PEER-REVIEWED Vegan Roots IN SECTION: FORMULATING | C&TPEER-REVIEWED Siddha-inspired Botanical Extracts as Colorants for Hair Dyes ‣ Francesca Schumann, Annamaria Ratti and Viviana Brancato Bregaglio srl, Biassono, Italy KEY POINTS This article describes the development of hair dyes with 100% vegetable-derived colorants. Testing showed good semi-permanent hair color efficacy without the use of synthetic colorants, alkalizers and peroxide or other oxidizers. ∗Editor’s note: This paper is excerpted from a thesis presented in 2020 by Francesca Schumann for hermaster’s degree in cosmetic science at the University of Pavia, Italy. Dissatisfaction with the color of one’s hair, since the earliest of times, has led men and women to seek solutions to change it. The first records of hair coloring date back to Ancient Egypt and to traditions of the contemporary period in China and the