Indigo

Halloween is coming and with it the dances in Satulinna. Now that my outfit is almost ready, I had to do something with my hair. Since I wasn't dyeing my hair for over a year, I kind of didn't want to treat them with the harmful chemicals again and risk, yet again a great loss of hair.

Then I remembered henna and did a little research.

Because I wanted my dark brown hair, to be raven black, I decided to go with the pure indigo. This was the first time I was doing it, and even though I've read countless instructions on "how to, I kinda failed.

I mean I did put it in the hair as best, as I only could, and I had it on my hair for over 4 hours. My head was wrapped in a foil-towel cocoon. I was afraid it might happen so, that I will end up with hair like a cow's hide. And it did.

What went wrong?

To start, I think that the mixture was too thick, so I had really issues with putting it on my hair.
I applied it from the back of my head, towards the front. Well I was pretty much kneeling over the bowl full of indigo.
I was doing that without a mirror.
I used 100 g of indigo powder, and I guess it might be a bit too little for the length of my hair.

So today I am making the second attempt, to get the hair covered properly. Let's see...

Castor oil - my new best friend

Some time ago I stumbled upon some blogs promoting natural cosmetics, and there I've read of the many benefits of the castor oil. So I decided to use it on my lashes, because it is said to be great for them. And I can back that! After only a week of a daily application, I can actually see the difference. My lashes look stronger, more shiny and they are longer. Also they have darkened a little bit. I absolutely love it, although twice I got the oil in my eye, and it was weird...

First time I applied it with a cotton ear stick and it was a bad idea. From then I'm applying it with my fingers. I use one drop of the castor oil, and it is more than enough. Also it has improved the look of the skin around my eyes, and healed (?) the eczema on my eyelid...Well, it didn't really heal it, but after a week it is no longer red, no longer irritated and the skin does not blister there. It is still a little bit swollen, but it looks and feels much, much better. Also one other thing that came to my mind is, that my eyelids do not itch anymore on the lash lines as they used to :)

I intend to continue to apply it and also try the other applications for it :)