Fireball.

I apologise again! My internet was down yesterday. But, by the look of things, I have overworked so much that my hair has caught fire! This is a serious issue and it has been frequently mentioned that I should cut down on work, especially from my mum, but that's just because she likes have me around the house.

But in all seriousness, I did dye my hair this morning. Initially, my hair appointment was booked for 11:30am, added a bit of a twist to my day when I woke up at 1:30 in the afternoon due to catching up on sleep after getting home from work at 4am. Thankfully, the hairdresser was able to do my hair this afternoon. Usually, I go to the hairdressers around the corner from my hair, but, they often try to push onto you what they want to do with your hair, and they often disapprove of my bright ideas. So, I unintentionally came across my friend's aunty's hairdresser Facebook page, I browsed through the photo's and she seems capable to do what I was after. So! today, she did an excellent job of my hair, and for a very reasonable price! If you live in the Illawarra and would like to check out her Facebook page, check it out here!

Since you have been deprived of your usually historical read, let me catch you all up on the deets.

Hair dye dates back to the 1600's, considered an ancient art. Initially, the dyes were obtained from plants, including henna, indigo, black walnut hulls, red ochre and leeks. It was in early 1660's when the book "Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art and Nature" provided various methods of hair colouring, colours including black, gold, green, red, yellow and white, in which they are explained. It was in later on in the 1800's when synthetic hair dying was established, after the discovery of the reaction between PPD and air. The agents react with the hair, the reaction being a change of colour. Some agents cause a reaction of naturally bleaching, therefore the reaction of stripping the colour from the hair.

Evidence was discovered by archaeologists that people in places such as Neanderthals, people including Ancients Gauls and Saxons, used these agents to colour their skin and hair, using vibrants as a visual acknowledge of their status and rank in society and the instil fear in enemies on the battlefield. Once the era of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans had arrived, plant and animal extracts were being used more frequently and on a daily basis. The first mixtures were only capable of darkening the hair, until the natural materials containing bleach reactions were founded, often enhanced by exposing the painted hair in the sun. Overtime various means were experimented with to create a full spectrum of hair dye colours.

That is all for right now, but, right soon there will be more, so quite shortly my fireball of a head will start shooting sparks, flaring facts your way!

Ex Oh.