As cool as my henna highlights were, I decided to go all-out anyway. I wanted to see how the henna conditioned it, and I was feeling the need to be a little extreme (angst from overwork). So, I mixed together my recipe of henna, chamomile, yogurt, and lavendar, slathered it through my hair, wrapped it with saran wrap, and covered all that with a makeshift turban made out of a half-sized sarong I got in Hawaii.
I then laid down on the couch, wrapped a heating pad loosely around it all, and dozed off, because I was operating on three hours of sleep.
My mix was way too watery, though. Despite all my wrapping, when I got up after two hours to use the facilities, it started leaking out from behind my ears. It only sort of got on everything. And good thing I was wearing a black shirt!
Anyway, I averted disaster, slept for two more hours, then got up and rinsed it all out with conditioner — Herbal Essences Intensive Blends, or whatever is in my shower at the moment. I would highly recommend combing it through real well with a shower comb. I’ve been using a shower comb for a few years now anyway, but it would’ve been nearly impossible to get the tangle of henna out and get the conditioner in without one.
I then blowdried it so that any remaining henna wouldn’t stain my pillow, and threw on my bright green Happy Day shirt because I found Joan’s Henna Tribe comment about reverse oompa loompas really funny. 🙂 So, behold! Elaine with freshly glowing orange henna head!
It stayed that color for about a day. It really is orange — I’ve been comparing it to a t-shirt I have that’s brown with big orange letters on it. During Day 1, my hair matched the letters. After one wash, though, it’s starting to calm down to a more auburn shade. Here’s a photo from, let’s see, about 20 hours after washing the henna out:
Very, very cool. I’m liking it a lot! It’s an even prettier red today, but I’m skipping photos today because I’ve been working like an ox, and I’ve got bedhead.
The only thing that bugs me is what an amazingly different shade my eyebrows are. I have a solution to that though, so stay posted!