My new "dread"-beasts :)

So! I made dreads this weekend, or as one on a dreadlock forum once said, the foundation of dreads! :D Took a bit longer than I thought it would & my arms still hurts a bit. When you backcomb the whole back of your head you are holding your arms straight up for a long, long time... Easier to do the top and sides of your head. 

I look like a mad squid. Or whatever you want to call it! xD

Progress!

 Not very pretty... yet!

 The back looks even worse.

 But then I got this scarf & it saved me from the squid!

Just washed my hair, even if your not suppose to for a few days, so now they are not sticking out so much. Still, I will live in the scarf for a while!

Last time it took 1-3 months before the beasts looked like dreads and were lying down nicely on my head. :)

Henna oxidation?

Not much did happen during this week with the henna color, its still orange, but not as glowing.

These 3 pics has the same light and even same place, hallway, 2nd floor. ^^ So it's a good comparison. Not a very good angle tho. Just realized I through away some pics that were better to show you. Ah well.

2 days after henna

6 days after henna

Uuh... I guess these pics were'nt good to compare after all, haha. The color has changed, but I dont know into what!? On these pics (and other pics) it looks like it got lighter, but in real life I think it looks just a bit "not so glowingly" orange. 

Pfft, screw it. xD I will apply henna all over my head atleast one more time anyway... I think. Or maybe just the roots and a few inches down the lenghts, then the tips of my dreads will look sunbleached. :)

I did make the dreads yeasterday AND today. My arms feels like noodles! Phew...

I will post pics later or tomorrow. Now it's time for Game of Thrones! Such an awesome series! *drools*

My hair after bleach & henna!

"Body Art Quality" henna, (pure henna powder), is suppose to get mixed with something sour for best dye-release. I ran out of lemon juice and had to take water, so my mix was almost 50/50 of water & lemon juice. And then some red wine vinegar in the morning since the henna was too thick.
But still, there was too much water in it. That, mixed with me having really light hair, ended up with a really orange hair! :D <3
I decided I would love the result, whatever it was, before I dyed it.
And I do, I love it!
Then again, henna settles over a few days after you've done it, so I wont have the final result until 3-5 days, from saturday.

Anyway!

BEFORE

Towel dried, brushed, not a pretty sight, it really needs to airdry to look good.

AFTER ABUSE - BLEACH NO. 1

I had it in a bun all day, hence the weird tips. :)

A closer look in better light.

You can see the growth and the old "black" color.

AFTER SOME MORE ABUSE - BLEACH NO. 2

Towel dried, brushed.

Poor, dry hair. :(

THE MESS

The fight against the goo IS ON!

It dripped everywhere and... the crappy-plastic-gloves let the dye through! *sigh*

I had some henna leftovers put in a plastic jar to store in the freezer.

You can store mixed henna in the freezer, but only if you do it in time, before the dye stops working.

I have no idea if I did that in time tho.

AFTER

Meet Sandra, the glowing traffic-sign! LoL

This was right after I rinsed it, with conditioner as help, to get all the powder out.

2 days later, flash.

Not as dry anymore = henna <3

2 days later, no flash.

Here you can see that the henna didnt stick as good to my dry and damaged hair, as it did to the more healthy hair.

As I said, I love it :) 

But I will do the whole hair again soon, since the lower half of my hair is still too light for the rest of the hair. And if it gets darker/more red, I will still love it! 

This is one awesome color for dreads, wich I will start doing this weekend! :D

Oh, and I will post more pics later this week to show you the final color. :)