The henna thing

[samvara]

transcendancing kindly mudpacked me on Friday while I was home sick. We did it sitting outside chatting and enjoying the warmth of the afternoon. It was very nice. I made the slurry with beetroot juice and added a couple of eggs to the mix as well. It's definitely not blue-black, more a warm, darker brown, I like the smell and it's gone a bit flatter and shinier.

Before After

Comments

[zooey_glass]

Ooh, it looks absolutely gorgeous! When did you add the eggs? I make my henna with really hot water, I'm not sure I could add egg without it cooking! Although I dimly recall that you're not supposed to make black henna so hot?

I hope you're feeling a bit better today!

[samvara]

It's very shiny! I boiled beetroot for the hot water, mixed in the henna powder then let it cool down just enough to add the eggs - which was just cool enough to touch my head :)

I'm a bit better, can't seem to kick this headache though :(

[zooey_glass]

Woe for headache, rest up and take good care of yourself *sends healing thoughts*

[onceamy]

A head to the name! It looks lovely :).

(I'm in the process of going platinum blond - bah, no natural ingredients there.)

[samvara]

The tip of my nose!

Mmm, I've done blond, you need serious chemicals for that! Will we get photos?

[onceamy]

When it's done, you will! It's costing some serious bucks though.

[mynxii.livejournal.com]

I can really see the difference now!!

And yes - not blue black, is there a henna that does that?

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Pretty!

I don't think so

[psycho-tabby.livejournal.com]

Whats mudpacking? I like the colour a lot. It looks great!

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Win :-) It looks like it's been really good for your hair's condition, too.

I miss the premade pots that Lush used to sell. Really should get around to attempting to do something with the solid blocks that have been sitting in the bathroom cupboard for many months now..

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Henna powder looks like mud when you put it on :)

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Yes you should!

[azhure.livejournal.com]

If you want blue-black, look into doing a two-step process - first dye with henna and then with indigo :)

[azhure.livejournal.com]

And it looks lovely! :)

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think I'll stick with the dark brown right now but I'll keep it in mind :)