Organic colour systems was co-founded by Stephen Landreth, a hairdresser who was forced to give up the career he loved due to a severe allergy to conventional hair colour. He knew there had to be a better way. And there was.

Establishing business initiatives that help save the planet is a big deal for Herb UK. It’s been a driving force since we began over three decades ago. 

There are those who will always visit a salon for their colouring needs, and there are those who prefer to do it themselves at home.  And it was with these DIY hair colourists in mind that we created our premiere take-home colour brand. 

Many people want to have a go at colouring their hair themselves, but it feels a bit scary. We’re here to show you how easy it actually is.

As a company we’ve thought about how we want to navigate the good and the bad; what’s important to us, how we want to treat each other, ourselves and the planet, and how we want to approach different situations. And we came up with four core values to guide us through Herb life:

When I began formulating hair colours over 30 years ago, I never thought the mixtures my friends and I were making (on a camping stove in my garage I might add) would become a worldwide success. 

Many people make hair product. And these days, many of those products at least purport to be natural. But there’s only one with a heritage in natural products dating back to British herbal medicine’s founding father. 

Herb UK is excited to welcome a new sibling for its Tints of Nature and Organic Colour Systems brands.  

The United Kingdom has a reputation, centuries deep, for quality and innovation; and we’re bursting with pride for the role we play in maintaining and evolving this prestigious manufacturing culture.