FINALLY

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Posted by Alison on October 2, 2004 at 02:48:19:

Ugh, it's been over two months since my last henna fix, and I was
about to curl up and die from being *gasp* a redhead with brown
roots. Well, my henna came on Thursday (I used up the last of mine
the last time I hennaed, then dealt with a crappy seller), and it's
mixed and waiting. The process is a bit more involved this time
(lots more bleaching and some manic panic, too), so I'm going to try
to recruit a few friends for picture-taking so we can get a revised
mix online for me.

Tonight I completed step one (need to do a few touch-ups in the
morning): the part where I bleach my hair. I've found that my mousy
brown hair gives a very nice auburn colour with henna, but that's not
the colour I crave. I want to be like Elizabeth T, or Stevie, or
Blondie--that bright, BRIGHT copper--and I have since I was a little
kid. Late last April, I started putting highlights in my hair before
I henna, and the colour is just what I always wanted, mixed with my
own auburn, and the effect is great. People think I'm a natural red-
head with some highlights, which is what we all want people to think
(that it's natural!). My highlights have stopped being true
highlights, though, and more just a general application of bleach to
my roots in a semi-sporadic pattern.

Tomorrow I need to touch up a few places I didn't get the bleach on
as well as usual, and glop the henna on. After that I snip a strand
test (to see how long I need to get the manic panic colour I want),
and bleach the strand test and a dozen-ish very defined streaks 6" or
so long. On Sunday, five or six of those (depending on how much of
the mix I have) will be an experiment in henna mixed with beet root
powder, and the others will be Manic Panic Bad Boy Blue, hopefully
kept on just long enough to get a nice baby blue colour. I will get
as many pictures in the process as I can, and write up step-by-step
what I've done.

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: Ugh, it's been over two months since my last henna fix, and I was : about to curl up and die from being gasp a redhead with brown : roots. Well, my henna came on Thursday (I used up the last of mine : the last time I hennaed, then dealt with a crappy seller), and it's : mixed and waiting. The process is a bit more involved this time : (lots more bleaching and some manic panic, too), so I'm going to try : to recruit a few friends for picture-taking so we can get a revised : mix online for me. : : Tonight I completed step one (need to do a few touch-ups in the : morning): the part where I bleach my hair. I've found that my mousy : brown hair gives a very nice auburn colour with henna, but that's not : the colour I crave. I want to be like Elizabeth T, or Stevie, or : Blondie--that bright, BRIGHT copper--and I have since I was a little : kid. Late last April, I started putting highlights in my hair before : I henna, and the colour is just what I always wanted, mixed with my : own auburn, and the effect is great. People think I'm a natural red- : head with some highlights, which is what we all want people to think : (that it's natural!). My highlights have stopped being true : highlights, though, and more just a general application of bleach to : my roots in a semi-sporadic pattern. : : Tomorrow I need to touch up a few places I didn't get the bleach on : as well as usual, and glop the henna on. After that I snip a strand : test (to see how long I need to get the manic panic colour I want), : and bleach the strand test and a dozen-ish very defined streaks 6" or : so long. On Sunday, five or six of those (depending on how much of : the mix I have) will be an experiment in henna mixed with beet root : powder, and the others will be Manic Panic Bad Boy Blue, hopefully : kept on just long enough to get a nice baby blue colour. I will get : as many pictures in the process as I can, and write up step-by-step : what I've done.
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