The Stray Kitten

As promised, here I am with my review of the henna hair dye from Lush.  Truth be told, I've actually never bought anything from Lush before.  In fact, I usually held my nose (not literally!) as I passed their stores in shopping centres.  However, I began to notice them on Facebook, and really respect them as a company.  Their henna hair dyes in particular get excellent reviews, so I decided to give it a go!  Keep in mind that I have never used henna in my entire life, although I have observed my mother using it, as she did so for many years. Their henna comes in four shades with funny names, each one beginning with Caca.  Yesterday I used Caca Brun, their cool brown shade.  I figured my hair couldn't be any worse, may as well put some caca on it!  Jokes aside, I was warned that dying one's hair with henna is an extremely messy and tedious process.  No shit. The henna comes in a block, similar to a very chunky block of chocolate.  I cut the block in half, as I have mediu

If you haven't seen the Chris Rock doco 'Good Hair', I highly recommend that you do.  Despite being white as chalk, I could really relate to the women and their hair woes.  I have, what is considered to most people, 'bad hair'.  I'm not saying that to be self-deprecating, it's a fact. This is why I avoid visiting the hair dresser at all costs.  One look at my tresses, and they're horrified. "What have you done to your hair?!" is the usual question.  However, in the past when I haven't 'done anything to my hair', it's still been a frizzy, 'boofy' mess.  One day I was part of a hair show for Redken, and the stylists told me that my hair was naturally like this.  They described it as a 'European Afro' (no shit!), and proceeded to chop it into a pixie cut. Back in 2010, my classmates nagged me about getting a 'keratin treatment'.  Unfortunately at the time, it was way out of my budget.  One day I bought o