My daughters' hair

November 7, 2009

Well, as I had mentioned before, I have a tendency to suck my children into the vortex of my excitement. I hennaed everybody's hair, both my girls! The eldest was home sick with a cold on Friday (couldn't run very far), so she was the first to be treated with the brownish poop otherwise called henna. She is the child that is allergic to everything and what she doesn't know she's allergic to, she finds out later. She actually enjoyed the process. I mixed her henna like I did for myself, but I added about 4 tablespoons of honey to her mix before I applied it to her hair. The mixture was smoother in consistency and easier to apply (note to self: add honey before applying). When her sister came home from school later that day, I caught her as well. Her comments about the process, ditto. I then feed everyone, watched a movie with the kids, and called it a day. Today (ta-da), the girls were ready for the big wash (I was pleasantly pleased that all plastic caps and doo rags stayed on the heads and their beds weren't a big muddy mess). Of course I applied a DT, let it sit for 4 hours, washed out applied a light conditioner, and gave them both a wet set allowed to air dry (whose your Mama!) I was moved to tears when I saw the final product: beautiful, shiny, auburn, healthy hair. No flakes, no funk, no junk. This is a sacrifice worth doing at least once a month because I take my kids' hair seriously (at least now I do;). Love.