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I'm seriously considering hennaing my hair. I've used synthetic dyes before to go red, and I kind of liked the results when they were fresh, but they annoyed me as they faded out over time. This led to me redying my hair more frequently than I probably should have using those synthetic dyes. I'd also experimented with purple a couple different times, and while fun, not something I'm interested in doing again because of how shitty the bleach is on my hair.
Family has always bitched at me when I've dyed my hair. "Oh, your hair's so pretty, why would you dye it!?" and "You know, there are some women who pay hundreds of dollars to get hair like yours". It's one of those things that people can get bored with over time, the more I looked at my brown hair with the sun streaks, the more tired I got with it. While part of the reason I'd stopped dying my hair red in the first place had been trying to cut back on my spending, it also annoyed the hell out of me the damage that was being done to my scalp. I've always had oily skin, so it's frustrating to me to have dyed so much that now my scalp is a little on the dry side.
When one can find henna that hasn't got weird shit mixed into it, the colors that result are pretty. Also, it's supposed to help some with the dry scalp that results from the excessive use of synthetic dyes. When I looked into using henna the first time, I was hoping to find somewhere that actually had pure henna in stock where I could buy it, but I couldn't find anything but the kits that had shit mixed into the henna. And what's the point of going henna if you're just going to get the damn synthetic shit mixed in too?
Anyhow, I am seriously considering the henna, but I need to decide what shade or tint I'd like to aim for, order the henna and figure out what sort of mix I want to use on my hair. I've been checking out Henna for Hair to try to figure out how I want to attack this. I'm inclined towards a deep red, but I might consider a brighter shade if I think my complexion won't fight it too badly. I seem to have been a little more red in the face lately than I've been for a while, so the brighter red might not work out. I'll ponder on it and see what I decide on.