Season of color

[clevermanka]

I planned to touch up my roots last night. Coloring my hair takes six hours, even though I just do the roots since the henna/indigo combo is so permanent I haven't had to do anything to the length of my hair since I started this carnival ride in...2009? Yeesh. Anyway. It's a process and last night I didn't have the energy to finish the second step, the indigo, so I went to bed with the henna still on my head, all cling-wrapped and be-hatted. I'm sure everyone is waiting for the tragic end to this story, but I can't tell you because I don't know yet. mckitterick is still asleep and I don't want to wake him by rinsing in the kitchen sink (rinsing in the shower is a nightmare). I'll have had this stuff on my head for 12+ hours by the time I rinse. I usually leave it on for three. This is going to be interesting. Not just to see the darker color deposit, but the actual rinsing will be a challenge since a lot of it is dried out. FUN.

Today is another Friday vacation day for me! Woo! These four day work weeks are THE BOMB I tell you what. I'm not sure what I want to do today. Work on the car or do some art? I'm leaning toward the art because I bought my 2015 Moleskine planner this week and I'm itching to collage it. I wasn't entirely happy with the job I did on my 2014 planner, and I look forward to liking next year's better.

I also might go shoe shopping today. Dansko has a new model out and I'm in love with it.



Aren't they lovely? I wish I could wear less...practical? shoes to work, but since I often walk to work (and then walk while I'm at work, and soon will be standing a lot at work), cute kitten heels and non-supportive flats just won't work. Also, I can't wear regular heels even if they're comfortable because I'm terrified to walk down the (fairly steep) hill on my way home from campus in them. I tried once, and nearly slid--on completely dry pavement. Downhill in heels is a treacherous thing.

There's a local store in town that has them and I want to try them on to make sure that back part won't rub my ankle uncomfortably. If it fits well, I am strongly tempted to buy in every color even though two of the four colors are teal and purple--colors that don't generally make their way into my wardrobe, but I have to admit that on shoes they look pretty snappy. Since I wear mostly neutrals anyway, accent shoes would be a fine addition to my wardrobe. Anyway, I am rambling about shoes. NOBODY CARES, MANKA.

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

The color is AMAZING. Was. I put the indigo on about half an hour ago, so...

But yeah, totally amazing. It tempted me to just stop with the indigo and let it all eventually go red. I'm about half gray/half black (my natural hair color), with much more gray on top. After 14 hours of processing, the hennaed hair looked like copper wires on a black base. Fucking Incredible.

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

That hair color sounds fantastic! Is the henna permanent, or just the indigo? Maybe I will look into henna--would not look so good on my light brown base though.

BTW, there is no such thing as rambling about shoes!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Henna is SUPER permanent. And red. Very, very red.