Henna-ing my hair

It's been a disaster for most parts of it.

I've been at it since 8pm & juz managed to make it to my comp now.

I'm running to the bathroom every 5 mins to wash my hands coz I've got henna mixture dripping down my neck still....ARGH!!! I can feel it again. Tis is no good!

oh, and I didn't follow the instructions exactly.

How I deviate
4 tablespoons of Henna

2 Lipton packets in 1 cup ( i onli got dilmah teabags at home. does it matter? )

0.5 lemon's juice into the tea ( forgot to add the lemon juice till I added the henna powder )

make tea den add in henna powder den stir.

add 1 egg. if water not enuff, add water. ( somehow, i tink i haf too much water coz the mixture was super runny. thus explains the dripping down my neck as i type tis! ARGH!! )

add 2 table spoons of honeywash & dry hair

den apply henna

after applying, wrap wif aluminium foil + hair towel ( ok, i can't find aluminium foil so I used clingwrap & paper towel instead. Needless to say, the mess was horrid )

leave on for 2-3 hours ( i duno how long i can stand tis mess on my head, i'm getting a headache from the clingwrap.....HELP!! )
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Plus I haf ruined my home T-shirt.

amazingly, my mum didn't nag mi when i stepped out of the bathroom wif my hair wrapped wif clingwrap & looking a mess.

juz ran to the bathroom for the umpteenth time.

and i'm a seasoned DIY hair dye user. but tis is getting to be too much for mi even.

when i started making the teabag, honey & lemon mixture, it made mi crave for honey lemon tea. but when the smell of the henna is so....overpowering....i duno which is the greater evil.

the pungent smell from commercial hair dyes or this "herbal" smell. *vomit*

my neighbours juz walked past...they muz tink i'm crazy now...perhaps i am.

as i've explained, i am a seasoned DIY hair dye person & one of my fav activities is to do a mask while my hair is being transformed from black to "red or brown" depending on my mood. tonite, i continued the habit. onli the min i started applying the henna mixture, it dripped so badly tat it was running all over my mask if i as much as lifted my head a degree.

it got too much for mi as i wondered if my face will be tainted by the henna thru the mask so i had to wash off the mask.

and i usually spend the entire hour of hair dying time, naked in the bathroom so i can wash off any parts of my body tat had hair dye drips. unfortunately, given the 2-3 hours timeline, i decided to do it fully clothed tis time & to blog while waiting for the color to set.

bad idea, thus my t-shirt is ruined. and i tink i've dyed my palms, neck & forehead as well.

I am hating this process. the results had better turn out nice. it's juz not worth the effort.

and is henna bad for health? i thot it's more 'natural' compared to commercial hair dye?? but i overheard my mum murmuring about cancer causing when she saw mi concocting the henna mixture.

and did i mention i felt like a witch when i was stirring the mixture. onli i was using a cup noodle cup.

and if i were a witch, i wouldn't make potions tat are "jiao sai se" ( pronounced in hokkien, pls )

yucks....hate the concoction. i better get beautiful hair after tis.