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

[polychromatic22.livejournal.com]

I use natural instincts (burmese ruby). I have used egyptian plum, but it's not dark enough or intense enough for me. When I was going for a pinkish/red cast, I would often follow up the application (dye, rinse, condition) with special effects ruby red, immediately, while hair is still wet (ray, from 'vox taught me to do it that way) then wait rinse and condition again.

I have never needed vaseline or anything when using *just* natural instincts. It washes right off skin with soap and water. You really do need it to set for 48 hours. Wear a beret tomorrow, or a bandana, or whatever. wear it in a ponytail, or a bun. Wrap it in a scarf. Suffer. Beauty is suffering, after all, ;) After that, make sure you always wash your hair in the coldest water that you can take. The colder the water, the least damage to your hair, the longer the dye stays in. It's not a matter of it not being as "intense", it's a matter of red dye just falls right the fuck out quicker than any other color other than blue. (it has the largest molecule of the natural colors, and has a hard time staying in, blue has a slightly larger molecule, and it's why blue hair tends to look more like green hair oh so very quickly.) I usually try to wait a good 3-4 days before shampooing after I dye. It's annoying, but as long as I keep it up and keep my face well washed, it's okay.

Do know that Natural Instincts has permanant dyes that match it;s colors. Look on the side of the box and it'll tell you what the color number/name is. If you decide to go permanant with that color, do know that a permanant color will look slightly different on you as it will more evenly coat and give less room for the natural highlights/lowlights in your hair. Your hair tends to mostly just be on color to begin with anyway, though, so it doesn't seem like it would do anything (I have a blond streak in the front of my hair, and using temp dyes like natural instincts means that it shows up intense there). Oooo, that reminds me, if you want it to be overall scary groovy intense, you can bleach before dying. :) :)

I do like the darker hair on you (just from the SF pictures).