An Entire Post About Nothing But Hair (Gabrielle)
April 17, 2007 by Gabrielle
I am a Crystal Wanna-Be. She started using henna in her hair and then I started using henna in my hair. I like using henna, but I never think to do it until Crystal is doing it. I feel like such a follower.
Yesterday Crystal was trying out her indigo sample. I wandered into the kitchen and thought “Natural goop to put in one’s hair and turn it funny colors? That looks like fun!” So I got out our new box of henna, mixed the henna up and walked away for a few hours like you’re supposed to.
Now, I’ve tried henna before with mixed results. My hair is so dark it is easy for the henna to get lost among the darkness. Sometimes the henna dyed my hair nicely, though never as obviously as I wanted; sometimes it just kinda sat there and didn’t seem to do anything at all. The other times I tried henna, though, I mixed it with spices to adjust the natural color. This time I just used straight henna and I am so very pleased with the results. The color should change a little over this week, but for right now it looks like I have bright red highlights. That makes me happy. However, when I put the henna in my hair I didn’t use gloves so it also stained my hands orange. That makes me amused.
We bought this henna from the local International Food Market on Main Street. It is very high quality henna and I would reccomend it to anyone who wants bright red hair and/or orange hands.
Why would I want to dye my hair red?
i’ve henna-d my hair a multitude of times and it barely does anything. my friend noel does it and her hair turns a “real handsome auburn” since it’s so much lighter than mine is. it’s sad. we do love to do henna tattoos with it, tho. the orange on your hands could be in a super cool pattern. the lady at the indian market told me to mix the henna and apply it with a plastic bag that has been pierced with a small hole (as in decorating a cake) or with the end of an incense stick. it really works nicely. you *do* have to leave it on for hours and hours to get a dark color that lasts for awhile, which make it impossible for me to do anymore, but if you don’t have to get up at all in the night, it could work for you.