Behold my awesome hair!!

[kellinator]

So I went home last night with my box of Egyptian Plum Natural Instincts Exotic hair dye. (Picking this out probably looked quite bizarre. There I was in CVS sitting on the floor attempting to describe shades of red/purple to atomicnumber51. Actually, since she has DSL, she just pulled up the hair-dye websites and was able to follow along pretty well.) This time I had no intentions of dyeing my neck purple, so I slathered a metric fuckton of Vaseline on my neck.

Using "grown-up" hair dye is a hell of a lot easier than trying to figure out what to do with that little bottle of goth bait. They give you directions, they give you gloves, and it doesn't seem to stain so badly, though I sacrificed one towel for the cause.

So... I think it looks pretty good. It's really dark, but when the light catches it it looks really cool. And I think I can still get away with my pink lipstick -- actually, I think the pink lipgloss looks pretty good with it.

But right now it's greasy. Really greasy. I guess it's a combination of the super-moisturizers and all that Vaseline which got into my hair. I can't wash it till tonight. In the meantime I look like Snape's long-lost daughter. His long-lost beautiful smart Mary Sue daughter, of course...

Comments

[milkmaidmolly.livejournal.com]

I dye my hair regularly...First, dont use vaseline, it gets into your hair and the chemicals wont take...

what i do is, after i dye my hair and it is setting...i take makeup remover (cheap stuff that i get at cvs) and run that along the back of my neck at the hairline and anywhere else i got it (i have a bad habit of getting it on my face...arrrrgggg) to take most of it off before it sets on my skin. Then after i rinse my hair (before putting in the conditioner, i do a cold rinse (actually lukewarm...this sets the color and it tends to last longer) then do the conditioner. If you still have stain on your neck, use more makeup remover...and if it is a really tough stain i use a dab of fingernail polish remover, non acetone. i always put on lotion after i do this because it tends to dry out my skin.

ANyway, i know this is ALL unsolicited advice...but i hope it helps.

m

[danorsong.livejournal.com]

That is great advice.... I end up useing cold cream alot to when dying the hair but I neer thought about nail polish remover.. Heh. I didn't know that there was a benifit to the cold wash :)

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tips! I'll definitely follow these next time.