Red.

I have red hair now.  Well, it's sort of red.  It's reddish.

Josh bought me henna for Christmas.  Funny thing, though: I had no intentions of dying my hair, nor had I ever expressed interest in dying my hair.  I had once mentioned that if I had to dye my hair, I would use henna because it eventually washes away and does not damage the natural hair color.  So because Josh loves red hair and he thought I would look good with red hair, and because I had once mentioned the very vague possibility that I would consider dying my hair with henna, Josh thus gifted me a jar of henna for Christmas.  It's a horribly male-minded sort of gift to give, wouldn't you say?

I've not exactly been chomping at the bit to try out the henna, but Josh has certainly asked about it a few times.  We decided to have Megan over this past weekend to cut both of our hair (we both badly needed trims, and Megan is quite handy with scissors and will work for the easy price of dinner and wine), and he again not-so-subtly suggested that maybe this was an opportune time to give the henna a try.  I relented, for a few reasons: 1) I don't really have a good reason to resist, as it's not like I have any important interviews or jobs which require me to look a certain way; 2) henna eventually washes out; 3) if anything goes wrong it can and will be 100% Josh's fault; 4) sure, I admit, I'm a bit curious; 5) I'd have friends who have done this sort of thing before around to help; and 6) Happy Valentine's Day, Josh.

Lauren and Angela both were also in need of haircuts, so we ended up having a haircutting party at our house.  I cooked lasagna, we drank wine, Megan cut everyone's hair, and I got a bunch of weird tea-smelling, dirt-looking stuff smeared in my hair.  Lauren and Angela went to town with the henna, and once all of the mixture had been caked onto my head, they delighted in being able to wrap my entire head in cellophane.

I had been pretty worried about the color, having absolutely no clue how this little experiment would turn out.  The henna color was labelled "Medium Auburn", and who knows what that is supposed to mean.  But, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at the result.  I'm officially a fake redhead for the next 4-6 weeks.