| daez....say what?? II |
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Okay....so I decided to color my hair again....I know..I know...mini-me is just plain EVIL!!!! The difference is, I knew I could use Jazzing by Clairol and NOT get an allergic reaction. I wanted red hair of course, but more than red hair I wanted to tone down the gray hair around the sides of my head. My sides are white...silvery white....and actually quite beautiful....but my spirit is soooo youthful...why do I feel so much older with my silver strands??....I know that with my clean living and not partaking of alcohol or drugs I don't really think I LOOK almost 51....I guess....lol.... Anyway....so I woke up that morning and ran to the neighborhood beauty supply to get my Jazzing...I went to get black....I knew it wouldn't be harsh on me because I have so much gray it won't take strong enough to make it harsh...but it would tone down the gray....maybe make the silver hairs dark brown or kinda golden.... When I got to the beauty supply the owner...her name is Jackie...suggested I try something different... Now I know and YOU know I don't need to be trying anything "different" because of the sensitivity of my skin...but she explained that "KISS" semi-permanent hair color is the same thing as Jazzing....plus it costs two dollars less...I was somewhat afraid...I admit it....I kept thinking what the hell are you about to do to me now, mini-me...what kind of mess are you about to get me into.... I bought the Kiss hair color...kept it around for a couple of days and then got my courage up enough to try it....very tentatively I might add....So I put the color on and it's looking great before I get ready to take it out!!! The gray hair was covered up and looked all shiny the way it does when wet, unfinished color is on your hair. Then I read on the directions you should "rinse hair well"....not wash....RINSE... Er...ah...well...I wasn't about to just rinse the color out...I am tooo paranoid for that!! Besides...even though I tried to be as careful as possible, I had gotten some color on my skin and it felt....weird....Now maybe it was all in my mind...but I am to paranoid to take REAL chances anymore...it's definetly NOT worth it...ya know???...And since I was feeling...something on the back of my neck I decided to take the color out right away...besides, it HAD been on the recommended 25 minutes anyway... So I rinse my hair like 6 times really well...and then I look in the mirror...the color was still in pretty well, toned down the way I had hoped...but I had this slight itching sensation on the back of my neck where the back of my locs had been laying....the true paranoia had now set in for real....lol.... I started washing my hair immediately....I washed it 5 times and then put an ACV rinse on my locs and let that sit on it for 30 minutes....and still my neck itched!!! Now let me clarify something here before everyone becomes misinformed. I put the ACV rinse on my hair to try and nuetralize any residual hair color that may have been left on my hair. Please don't ask me why I chose ACV...it may be because that's what was used to nuetralize acid on the skin in the movie "Fight Club"....lol....all I know is that was the first thing I thought about using so I did it. Everything seemed to calm down then, by the way... there was one tiny spot on my neck that continued to itch so I put some 1% hydrocortisone on that spot right away and took two benadryl capsules....lol... I finally have things calm enough to go look in the mirror then....and lo and behold the gray hair is back... in full force...lol....I had washed all the color OUT...lol... MORAL....Use a product you know will not hurt you...and stick with what will work!!! I had not put color in my hair since that last episode when I got all jacked up...and I believe that this time I was so afraid of the consequences, I got carried away with the washings....and I also got so paranoid I counter-acted any good results I may have had from the color due to pure...unadulterated FEAR....lol....Anyway...mini-me has quieted down now because I at least gave the hair color a try....and there was no damage done really....well...except a lot of paranoia...which is a good thing....it makes you stop and think....all is well again in lala land....with me and the evil mini-me...lol... ....just me...daez Thank you God for giving me another day of life....Amen..... |
| Friday..... October 18, 2002 |
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