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Saige's hennaed hair in the sun and the shade
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Saige's hennaed hair in the sun and the shade
| Hallo! I just took these pictures this morning after doing the Henna yesterday. I had been dying my hair blue black for years before one heck of a PPD allergy made itself known. Swelling scalp, blisters, Second to third degree burns, sores, two weeks or more of healing... and in the end? The color diddnt stay in my hair, it just diddnt take. All of that misery and the color diddnt even stay! Needless to say, I never wanted to go through that again, ever. My hair is usually a pretty dark brown, and a trademark of mine has been these blonde streaks at the temples, and behind the ears. I have always loved having dark hair, but thought I could never get it that inky black that I love, seeing as how the misery afterwards just wasnt worth it. Lo and behold, I started looking into henna, and when I found out about indigo, I could have done a jig, I was so excited! I recently cut off over half of my hair, which I now regret every single day, and am working hard to get it grown back, but healthier this time around! The night before, I took out the remainder of my henna powder. (Bought from an Indian couple at a fair. This is the second batch of powder I had received from them, I'd been using up until now for my body art paste.) In a
pyrex measuring cup, I mixed together:
Lemon juice Red Wine A Healthy dose of ground clove 2 opened bags of Constant Comment Tea 4 Tbsp. Fresh coffee grounds Mixed, Simmered, Strained. I added this to the Henna slowly, mixing until smooth and soupy. I am not entirely sure of how much powder I actually used, as I had sifted the powder and put it in a jar. I'd say it was at least a cup or more. Covered the mix, and left it on the counter overnight to release. Here is a journal entry from the next morning: The dye has released, the splatters look like olive green flames tinged in firey maroon, licking up the sides of the bowl. Its sitting there, on my counter with the akwardness of a pregnancy test. I will steal a glance at it as I sit down here, quickly looking up at the kitchen and averting my eyes to the screen again. No, you are mistaken, I wasn't looking at you.... I quickly pass it in the kitchen. I know I"m going to wind up with the contents of that bowl on my head at some point today. I'm mail ordering indigo this week at some point..... in quanitity, that is. I somehow managed to avoid the henna for a few hours. I wasnt so excited now, I was terrified. There was all of the henna powder I had left, mixed up in some strange concoction! What was I thinking? Was I insane? Did I not remember the terrible sun-in incident I suffered through when I was a kid, that LED me to start dying my hair black in the first place? I was only glad that I had the forsight to mix up some paste, load up some cones and throw it in the freezer before embarking on this hairbrained idea.... (hair... get it? ah.. bleh. It was bad, I know. I can hear the groaning from here.) Eventually... I managed to get the courage up, because dangit, I wasnt wasting all that henna! Here's the journal entry for that part..... Applied, smooshed, piled up, covered in saran wrap, then turbaned in a towel. Sat around and stewed for four hours. Neck is a bit sore and stiff now. Hopped in the shower and let lukewarm water relax the hair, resisted the urge to scrub it out, and make hair angry. When most of the muck seemed pliant, added a heaping amount of conditioner and gently worked it through. Allowed water to rush through again, put normal amount of conditioner in, brushed it through, rinsed, shampooed, followed by another small amount of conditioner. Rinse, rinse, rinse. Did I mention the conditioning and the rinsing and the hey hey? I did? Now, first, it seems vaseline is a godsend when you dont want henna'd ears. But it wont work on streaks you want to stay unhenna'd. The yay!: Hair is HAPPY! No tangles, feels soft and super shiny. The eeeeeeek?: Its bright orangey if I step into the sunlight. This might change. We shall see. I will take peektures as soon as I find that blasted camera I'll be doing indigo as soon as I can manage to get some ordered, and will send in that adventure as well! This is the way it looks in the shade. The henna is not done oxidizing just yet, the henna has turned my streaks into fire! yeow!~ Thank you so much, for all of your hard work, studies, and most of all, for sharing your findings with us! You are an endless source of inspiration!!!! -Saiyge
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