A Question About Hair

[lydy]

Does anybody else dye their hair at home for kicks and giggles?  I've found this lovely blue dye by Arctic Fox.  It's a "semi-permanent" dye, which means that it washes out over time.  Since I'm startling with quite dark brown hair, the result is a story-book blue-black hair, just the other side of natural black, with the grey hairs individual strands of electric blue in sunlight.  I look like an evil witch-queen.  It pleases me mightily.  I wish it didn't wash out so fast, but my air doesn't really keep dye in it, even when done professionally, and blue dye is notorious for not being very long-lasting.  

The one really annoying thing is the thirty minutes of heating it with a blow dryer once it's been applied.  So boring. And loud.  And tiring.   So I googled "electronic do rag", which eventually led me to "thermal beauty caps."  There are a couple different styles on Amazon for about $30, and then there are some "gel caps" which you heat in the microwave, and then wear, which run about $15.  And...I dunno.  Anybody have any sense of whether or not it's worth the money, and if there would be any issues with using one of those, instead of the blow dryer?  

Comments

[carbonel]

I have one of the old-fashioned cap-type hair dryers that I got from Freecycle to use it for when I was henna-ing my hair. It concentrates heat at the back of the head, but it does get warmth all over.

Since I'm not using henna at the moment, you're welcome to borrow it, as long as you promise not to throw it out without checking with me first.