OMGosh...I just read through all of this and I had no idea that store-bought color had metal in it! Good grief...no wonder my hair has become so dry! And no amount of conditioning seems to help it.

HELP! What can I do, dancer? Well, besides the obvious, which is to make friends with a hairdresser or at least let them do the coloring from now on. But what about conditioning my hair, which is somewhat thick...(not as thick as it use to be) and showing a tad of gray...