When real things happen to imaginary people

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 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.

( Long. Much like the process of coloring one's hair with henna and indigo. )

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.