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cupcake_goth Sep. 10th, 2007 01:40 pm)
cupcake_goth Sep. 10th, 2007 01:40 pm)Over the past couple of years, I'd been reading up on using henna and indigo to achieve glossy blue-black hair. It sounded interesting, but I never got around to trying it. Then ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vorona started posting about using indigo (but no henna) on her hair, and how it resulted in a deep black-ish cool brown. Her posts re-triggered my interest, and I did some more reading and searching.
This past Saturday,minim_calibre was kind enough to spend the day with me and help me put glop on my head. First was the henna, which actually felt nice on my head after we were done applying it. Kind of cool and tingly, and it seemed to help ward off the sinus migraine that had been lurking at the edges of my brain. Bonus! We left the henna on for about an hour, with 15 minutes or so spent under the bonnet dryer. I rinsed (and rinsed and rinsed and rinsed) the henna out, towel-dried my hair, and discovered that my roots were now a color I associate with alexiarnps' hair, not mine. Wacky! And there was a faint overlay of red on the rest of my previously-dyed hair.
After mixing & applying the indigo, that was also left on for an hour. The indigo was not as nice of an experience as the henna, because indigo smells like mushy peas and will trickle blue droplets down one's neck and forehead. (The blue droplets wipe off easily, but it's still a little disconcerting.) After an hour, it was back to the rinsing rinsing rinsing, and then ... my hair was mostly black. The crown and the bangs were reddish-black. The rest of my hair? A wonderful blue-black.minim_calibre and I decided that I probably needed to leave the indigo on for longer, and possibly apply it from front to back, instead of from the back of my head to the front.
At that point,minim_calibre went home, and I made dinner. After dinner, I mixed up more indigo, applied it only to the front of my head, and then sat around watching SPN episodes. Sometimes with the bonnet dryer on my head and the TV volume cranked up. After three episodes, I decided I was done with wiping blue trickles off my forehead, and went back for another exciting round of seemingly never-ending rinsing. Ah-ha, success! My hair was now shiny shiny blue-black!
Pro:
- The henna & indigo are not possibly full of carcinogens, unlike regular black hair dye.
- Henna is also supposed to be good for hair health, scalp circulation, and for headaches.
- Wow, did I get a good blue-black from the whole process.
Con:
- Time-consuming, omg. All day, what with the henna needing to sit, and then the extra-extended dance mix indigo routine.
- Messy. Mud! On my head! Amazingly,stroppy_baggage did not point and laugh and/or shriek at the sight. I fully expected him to do the full-on Invasion of the Body Snatchers -type reaction, because I have to admit I looked pretty funny with my head cocooned in plastic.
- Did I mention time-consuming? Yeah. Very much so.
But, I'm really happy with the results. So I guess I'll just need to declare one day a month Mud On Head day.
vorona started posting about using indigo (but no henna) on her hair, and how it resulted in a deep black-ish cool brown. Her posts re-triggered my interest, and I did some more reading and searching.This past Saturday,
minim_calibre was kind enough to spend the day with me and help me put glop on my head. First was the henna, which actually felt nice on my head after we were done applying it. Kind of cool and tingly, and it seemed to help ward off the sinus migraine that had been lurking at the edges of my brain. Bonus! We left the henna on for about an hour, with 15 minutes or so spent under the bonnet dryer. I rinsed (and rinsed and rinsed and rinsed) the henna out, towel-dried my hair, and discovered that my roots were now a color I associate with alexiarnps' hair, not mine. Wacky! And there was a faint overlay of red on the rest of my previously-dyed hair. After mixing & applying the indigo, that was also left on for an hour. The indigo was not as nice of an experience as the henna, because indigo smells like mushy peas and will trickle blue droplets down one's neck and forehead. (The blue droplets wipe off easily, but it's still a little disconcerting.) After an hour, it was back to the rinsing rinsing rinsing, and then ... my hair was mostly black. The crown and the bangs were reddish-black. The rest of my hair? A wonderful blue-black.
minim_calibre and I decided that I probably needed to leave the indigo on for longer, and possibly apply it from front to back, instead of from the back of my head to the front.At that point,
minim_calibre went home, and I made dinner. After dinner, I mixed up more indigo, applied it only to the front of my head, and then sat around watching SPN episodes. Sometimes with the bonnet dryer on my head and the TV volume cranked up. After three episodes, I decided I was done with wiping blue trickles off my forehead, and went back for another exciting round of seemingly never-ending rinsing. Ah-ha, success! My hair was now shiny shiny blue-black!Pro:
- The henna & indigo are not possibly full of carcinogens, unlike regular black hair dye.
- Henna is also supposed to be good for hair health, scalp circulation, and for headaches.
- Wow, did I get a good blue-black from the whole process.
Con:
- Time-consuming, omg. All day, what with the henna needing to sit, and then the extra-extended dance mix indigo routine.
- Messy. Mud! On my head! Amazingly,
stroppy_baggage did not point and laugh and/or shriek at the sight. I fully expected him to do the full-on Invasion of the Body Snatchers -type reaction, because I have to admit I looked pretty funny with my head cocooned in plastic.- Did I mention time-consuming? Yeah. Very much so.
But, I'm really happy with the results. So I guess I'll just need to declare one day a month Mud On Head day.
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I need to Mud On Head tonight. All I did last night was Mud On Hands.
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I should pick up some more henna soon, and slap on some of my own mud. Where did you pick yours up?
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Plei said that she found good quality body-art henna at Zenith, too. So I may start picking up my henna from there, and ordering the indigo from mehandi.com.
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I should get back to doing Henna again. I just haven't really had anyone to draw ON.
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quite a bit of it, off and on. Generally I use makeup pencils (liners, etc), but I have been known to use henna as well. :)
(this is the part where you note I have an *icon* for DRAWING ON PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY - which is my Not-so-subtle clue)
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and you bet!
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We're talking a few days after the Halo 3 release. The last weekend of September. So most likely then.
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and... while i am not opposed to peeps around when I draw on someone, if'n you want to be somewhat nekkid for it, you might. But I can make time for drawing that weekend, if you have time to be made then. :)
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Have gone ahead and just ordered the good stuff.
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I will be ordering the good stuff soon enough then, as well.
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Hmmmm sounds like it could become a much celibrated holiday.
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How careful did you need to be to not get your skin and what is the rules for too many layers now. Back in the day you weren't supposed to layer it too many times or the saturation changed the colors.
I'm also concerned that I will have a tonal change between henna over dye and henna over just my hair.
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I don't know what the rules are for too many layers for henna or what sort of tonal change there might be between your grow-out and your previously-dyed hair, but I suspect the tonal shift might not be as sharp or clearly-marked as you might think.
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If nothing else it sounds like you might get some relaxation out of it. :)
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I love the phrase "Mud-On-Head Day". I giggled, rather a lot. :)
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