Hil, did you allow the henna to dye release?
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P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2009 2:18:57 pm PST #9620 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2009 2:19:07 pm PST #9621 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Atropa - Jan 30, 2009 2:20:27 pm PST #9622 of 10000
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Hil, did you allow the henna to dye release?
Aaaand Plei beats me to the question I was going to ask.
P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2009 2:22:03 pm PST #9623 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, health food store henna instructions = bad and lead to bad results.
Hil R. - Jan 30, 2009 2:36:04 pm PST #9624 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What does dye release mean? I followed the instructions on the container.
Hil R. - Jan 30, 2009 2:37:40 pm PST #9625 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Also, my hair is starting off very dark. The best I've ever been able to do is a drug store dye that was supposed to last six weeks and actually lasted about three days, but for those three days, it was visibly redder.
Glamcookie - Jan 30, 2009 3:01:26 pm PST #9626 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Barb, I just had a myomectomy to remove a big old fibroid. If that's one of your options, it wasn't so terrible IME. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
I spent the day caring for my cousin's 3-month-old boy twins while she packed (they're moving this weekend). Dude, I'm tired! They are cuties, though.
Fay - Jan 30, 2009 3:23:10 pm PST #9627 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oh, Glam, much -ma to your missus and her family. I cannot believe it's a year already.
Pix - Jan 30, 2009 3:27:24 pm PST #9628 of 10000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
My father just called. He started the phone call with, "I know you're going to be angry, but I'm ok." Never a good way to start a conversation. Then he said he had an operation yesterday, but they got it all. Got what, I asked. All the cancer. Yep, that's right, my father had/has prostate cancer. Oh, and did I mention that apparently he was diagnosed in SEPTEMBER but didn't tell me because he thought I was going through enough already?
I don't even know how to describe what I'm feeling right now. I'm very relieved to hear that the operation was successful and that it looks like the cancer is completely gone, but I have never been so angry at someone in my entire life.
There's more, but I just can't right now. I just...I don't know how I can ever trust him again, though I know he did this out of misguided love. He has now promised and promised again he will never do this to me again. But. Jesus.
P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2009 3:44:05 pm PST #9629 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What does dye release mean? I followed the instructions on the container.
Dye release = letting the henna and liquid mix sit until you get a good stain from the paste. How long depends on the henna, usually. The Jamila I get from the Indian grocery takes about 12 hours. I usually prep mine, freeze it, and then thaw it in warm water before I use it (double bagged). I seem to get better stain that way.
I leave the henna on my head for 2-3 hours. It takes a day or so for the color to fully develop. When I started doing henna again, it took about 3 applications before I got good color depth (but I was blending bleached hair with natural). You won't see a lot of difference on dark hair unless you are in full sun, but your greys should cover after a couple applications.