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[macabre_grrl]

Once there was a macabre girl who was tired of her black hair turning pure white, due to the melanocytes just giving up and leaving. Having never dyed her hair before, she was at a loss until she discovered Henna For Hair, which perfectly appealed to her neverending desire to do stuff differently than the norm.

So she went on a

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[snacks84]

Pretty cool. I like the two hoodies,

[xxv]

Instead, she's now the only girl in the punk rock scene to have dyed it with stuff she found at spice store :-)

That looks awesome. Yay for careful use of red!

How long is it expected to last?

[macabre_grrl]

I think a pretty long time. People on the henna site talk about going for months at a time before having to do it again. I guess washing your hair with baking soda will strip it out, but I have no idea how fast it will happen.

Here are some nifty diagrams.

IF the color strips completely out of the white hairs, I kinda want to try making them blue with the indigo.

[aquastar]

Nice!

It looks hot dear!

[weezercrazed]

Looks lovely! How long will the color last?

[macabre_grrl]

Not sure, but I'm told it lasts a very long time. People on the internet talk about doing henna three or four times a year to maintain it.

[weezercrazed]

damn. I wonder if it would work on light hair for a red color. I hate that normal reds fade so fast :(

[knowmebymylaugh]

Ooh, looks awesome :)