{I'm a Ginger}

So for the past forever, I've been wanting to dye my hair red. I'm not sure why, but for some reason I've always just loved red hair (I'm even typically attracted to guys with red hair. ha.). But anyways I've always been scared to dye mine permanently because my natural hair color is pretty, and I didn't want to mess it up. So, what to do?? Well, fortunately, the good Lord has blessed me with a precious Spanish friend here who has dyed her own hair before, and she used henna. Henna is a natural, organic hair and skin dye that highlights your natural hair color and washes out in a few months. PERFECT!! So the adventure began, and we went to buy some henna. Well the interesting thing is there are no pictures on the box, so you don't really know what color your hair will be. It just says for example, "if you have light brown hair then your hair will become bronze." Great. I love suprises!! Here we go.

First step: Put an entire bowl full of green mud in my hair! My head was so heavy, I thought it was going to fall off. Seriously it was like a bowling ball for a head. And I had to sit like this for 2 HOURS!! But at least it smelled like green tea and not chemicals!

Second step: Wash it all out (seriously took like 30 minutes!). Dry and style to see new look! And this was the result: Ariel from the Little Mermaid!! Seriously, my hair was bright orange and this picture totally does not do it justice. I was a little shocked at first and not quite in love with it because it was a lot different than I expected and wanted. But, fortunately, I got used to it after a few days and really started liking it.

With every wash, it fades a bit, and now it's at a color that I really like a lot. So this is me now, and it's definitely more muted than it was at the beginning. This first experience with hair dye was definitely a good one. And I think I will do it again very soon. Stay posted for future hair color updates!