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[redbird]

Instead of contributing to literature, I'm adorning myself.

Specifically, when womzilla called to offer me a ride to the NY Review of SF work weekend, I was in the process of applying purple dye to my hair.

I think I got over-enthusiastic, or at least somewhat careless. There's more purple in places it doesn't belong than on the previous occasions. Given the time of year, purple stains on my arms are no big deal--the streaks on my forehead are more annoying. And the bit where I'd carefully worn gloves, and then got purple on my thumb while combing my hair after washing the excess dye out, is especially irritating.

Ah, well. In a couple of days all those bits will be washed off, and my head will be gloriously purple.

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dye removal

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

If you have any "facial scrub", that should work wonders.

If not, sometimes you can make pretty good headway by adding a tablespoon or so of sugar or salt to a bit of lotion, and scrubbing with that.

Or, more gently, take a bit of (unsweetened, uncooked) oatmeal, dampen it, and use that as a scrub.

Or, as you've already pointed out, the passage of time will take care of the problem.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Heh ... I get it in my ears, all over my neck, on my feet, on the telephone receiver, etc. etc. etc.

Speaking from personal experience

[cheshyre]

A product called "Clean Touch" by Revlon works wonders at getting hair coloring off skin.
If you lived in the Boston area, I could give you most of a bottle that I no longer need; otherwise I found it for sale at Sally's Beauty Supply.
If you can't get that, nail polish remover is pretty good at removing hair color stains, but the quantities needed can be very harsh on the skin.

[Read more about it here and here.]

Re: Speaking from personal experience

[redbird]

If I still need it in a day or two, I'll investigate. (In the past, I've found that a day or two of normal washing does the job.) Are you going to be at Boskone?

Re: Speaking from personal experience

[cheshyre]

Um.. d'oh... yes I will be.

If you want it, let me know. I also have some Special Effects "Blue Velvet" hair dye which came out dark purple (see photos), Manic Panic's blue shampoo, and a conditioner designed not to fade color treated hair, if you want any of those as well (or instead).

Re: Speaking from personal experience

[redbird]

The conditioner is tempting, I'm not as sure about the others.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I've never been much for the adornment of my person (thus leaving more time for the neglect of my duties--where *is* that line from), so I got in a bit of contribution to literature this afternoon.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of doing bits of mine blue to match, but only with a wash-in wash-out. and only streaks.

And surely nivea gets it off your skin?

[the-gardener.livejournal.com]

I'm begining to think that I might like to dye my hair -- nothing extraordinary, mind (if I was to turn up to work with blue or purple hair they'd have a fit -- they can just about tolerate my skirts), and mainly to hide the grey bits (not that I'm vain, you understand -- oh no -- but because there's not enough grey in my hair; I look somewhat piebald). But I can't decide on a colour. Boring brown, like my real hair colour? Splash out a little, and go for a fetching reddish tint? (Not sure that I'm really a red person, though....) Go all the way with a goth-like dead black? (A colleague at work suggested that black would make me look as though I was wearing a wig.) Oh, decisions, decisions....