Going back to 505

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All the below shows is the obvious re the Arctic Monkeys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHkR4O8cyc

This weekend saw us in the company of chums november_girl and ephraim. It became a throwback to the old days of november_girl's flat, where folk would eat, drink and pass out, usually leaving larians and november_girl to sit and talk til dawn, only to wake much later at the behest of a late lunch/football match/whatever.

I'm having a minor regression myself. Gone is this year's earlier sparkly-nailed, sunkissed boot, not quite golden tan streaks down her arm, not quite blonde streaks in her hair. The nails have come off, and I've decided they need a rest, so now all that's left are my own chunky little nails painted ruby, like a punk rocker's kid sister. The so-called tan has gone with the so-called summer, and the hair?

Ah well, the hair. I decided to take a leaf from a certain velvet_the_cat and try Lush Shop's henna powder, branded by Lush's happy marketers as 'Caca' because that's what it looks like. Some joke.


See, I remember henna powder; you mixed it up into a hot paste and put it on your head which you then put in hot towels and applied constant heat to; the more heat, the redder the result.

Well,in the local Lush cosmetics shop, they recommended mixing it up, slapping it on hot, wrapping the whole thing in cling film and leaving it for 1 and a half to two hours. I left it on for 3, busying myself cleaning the sink, the bath and walls, taps and doors within a 25 yard perimeter of total environment boot. I admit, I enjoyed scaring my love by walking round with a clingfilm head and binliner dress, green goo dripping all down my shoulders, but that was as far as the fun went. Then I spent an hour trying to rinse this rubbish out of my hair, little bits of grit still clinging to my scalp after four shampoo applications. The result?

Matt brown hair. All streaks and all natural shine gone too. It was later explained to me by the people at Lush that the strange lacklustre quality might have been due to the clove oil they put in to make it shine. Clove oil? that's for toothache isn't it? The brownness may have been due to coco powder, they said. Coco powder? In henna? Why would I want to dye my hair in coco? So much for lovely red hair. They said I should have left it on for 5 hours, and tried to offer me another block of their 'finest persian henna', but I don't think so; my scalp is still itching from this debacle. I took my money back instead. I'll be rinsing my hair in rosemary tea made from my own herbs grown out the back; it won't make my hair red but at least it will help recover the shine. Lush henna? Caca indeed.



So right now, the person in the mirror is a brown haired white skinned freckled woman with stubby nails. Well, my rota starts again next week, and I will sparkle this up as appropriate, cos I love that aspect of my work, but today I also like what I see. Been thinking about the past recently. Have decided to keep the good bits.
Now, back to 505.