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  • This still infuriates me.

    A few months ago, early this year, I was stocking the bottom shelves, meaning I was crouched down. This woman walks past me, muttering about whether we sold Henna.

    She then GRABS MY PONYTAIL, strokes it and says 'I think they do, her hair is henna'd. Where's your henna?'

    I HATE strangers touching my hair. I mean, how is it OK to touch someones hair when you don't even know them?
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    YIKES! can we say "overstepping personal boundaries"????
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    • #3
      Quoth GingerBiscuit View Post
      She then GRABS MY PONYTAIL, strokes it and says 'I think they do, her hair is henna'd. Where's your henna?'
      "Dunno, where're your manners? Take your grimy mitts off my hair!" Yeah, definitely overstepping the boundaries. How can they think that's acceptable behavior?
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      • #4
        I was taught 30 years ago when I was in kindergarten to never, ever touch another one's hair, particularly the girls.

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        • #5
          Or the old guys wearing toupés... >.>

          What's a henna?
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          • #6
            Quoth Bloodsoul View Post
            Or the old guys wearing toupés... >.>

            What's a henna?
            That's funny, but I was about to ask the same question. Can the creator of this thread tell us what that is?

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            • #7
              I don't know exactly what henna is, but it's a natural substance used to dye hair. It's better than the chemical dyes, but I think it only turns your hair red.
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              • #8
                Actually, Henna is used to create temporary tattoos. At the Maryland Renaissance Festival, there's a booth where you can get Henna tattoos. They last a couple weeks or something. And that's the main thing Henna is used for these days. I've never heard of it being used for hair coloring.
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                • #9
                  Quoth Jack T. Chance View Post
                  I've never heard of it being used for hair coloring.
                  Actually, I think the hair dyeing is an older purpose than the tattoos, as I used to read books all the time with someone having "henna'd" hair.
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                  • #10
                    Henna is basically mushed up organic matter that dyes things red.

                    All hail Wikipedia:
                    Henna has many traditional and commercial uses, the most common being as a dye for hair, skin and fingernails, as a dye and preservative for leather and cloth, and as an anti-fungal.[5] Henna was used as a hair dye in Indian court records around 400 CE,[6] in Rome during the Roman Empire, and in Spain during Convivienca.[7] It was listed in the medical texts of the Ebers Papyrus (16th c BCE Egypt)[8] and by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (14th c CE (Syria and Egypt) as a medicinal herb.[9] In Morocco, wool is dyed and ornamented with henna, as are drumheads and other leather goods. Henna will repel some insect pests and mildew.
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                    • #11
                      It's an Indian thing, I believe. They mush up the plant into something that looks like...uh...liquid horse manure, then they wash their hair in it or use a paintbrush to make marks on their skin. Then you wash it off, and then your hair/skin is a nice russet-red colour. I think it's been a cultural pasttime for something around several centuries.
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                      • #12
                        Wow. People touching my ponytail used to be a huge pet peeve of mine! It doesn't happen as much now, so it doesn't irritate me as much, but if a stranger did it I'd still be pretty pissed. And I don't mean drunk.
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                        • #13
                          Yeah, people have got it right. It was originally indian, used to colour hair and skin a reddish-orange shade, especially before weddings. It is much less allergenic and better for your hair than chemical dyes, and can be mixed with other plant extracts to give a different colour- I usually mix a 'fire red' or 'auburn' with paprika to give it more of a 'true' red shade.

                          But yes, seriously over-stepping the boundaries. Yes, I know my hair is quite fantastic looking, but only my friends and family get to touch it. It's such an intimate thing to do!
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                          • #14
                            I dye my hair a lot. A LOT. And sometimes I dye it unnatural colours. I've done pink and black combos, purple and black combos, blue and brown, oh hell I've literally dued my hair every colour there is. Anyway, I also pride myself in having well maintained unnatural colours, meaning I never let it fade out even slightly. This always prompts people to touch my hair. Some think it's fake, some are convinced it should be dead and want to feel it, some want to PULL it to see if it's a wig. You name it, they'll touch my hair for it.
                            I actually started telling people at work not to touch my hair, with the logic that, "Oils on your hands will make my hair greasy menaing I have to wash it more often (I have to wash my hair twice a day if I touch it since it's naturally oily) meaning the colour will fade faster wich means I have to dye it more. Dye isn't free. If you want to touch my hair I'll give you a list of colours I want."

                            It drove me NUTS and I thought that when I dyed my hair brown it would stop. Nope. People wanted to touch it since just days before I had black hair and they were now certain my hair would feel like straw. UGH!

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                            • #15
                              When I was fourteen, and a scared, lowly freshman in high school, I was getting off the bus when I felt a tug on my hair. I have red hair, and at that time it was down to the middle of my butt. I stopped in shock and turned. An older male student just smiled and said, "I wish I had a yard of that."

                              "Uh, thanks," and I'm off that bus fast!
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