How to get Holi out your hair

Once again, I came out of Holi with a hangover and multi coloured hair. This festival would never take off in Europe.

I turned my bathroom into a chemistry lab and tried every cure I could find on the internet.
Here are my findings:
Lemon juice - removes maybe 2% of the colour
Mayonnaise - useless and smelly
Ketchup / tomatoe paste - Kinda works, but I think you would have to repeat the process 10 times to get rid of everything.
Baking Soda - Didn't do anything
Vinegar - Not much difference, but my hair did feel good after.
Baking soda and then add vinegar on top - AMAZING. It took 90% of the colour out my hair. When I added the vinegar, the baking soda literally fizzled and I think this reaction is what sucked out all the green.

Note: This worked for me, but please be careful if you try anything I have suggested as I was fully aware that my hair might all fall out and am kinda thanking my lucky stars at the moment.

the Holi effect

A little old lady with purple hair.

The Holi war

By 8pm Monday the first of March 2010, Elite Squadron D100 declared a defeat in the war and retreated from the battlefield. No lives were lots, but soldiers went home without their dignity and there were many multicoloured injuries.

MAYDAY MAYDAY

Captains log: 1300 hours. 26.02.2010

*csh*
Mayday Mayday, this is Captain van Embden Berkowitz. Position Saket, New Delhi, India.
I believe I am in grave and imminent danger and require immediate assistance.

I have been abandoned by Lieutenant Dan Berk who has been relocated on a special mission in London for the duration of Holi*. I am now manning the Indian Home Front Barricks alone, which has taken numerous hits.

I am surrounded by hostile neighbourhood children, armed with an artillery of water balloons.
I am doing all that I can, but the junior hostiles have infiltrated the precautionary barriers. I am being attacked from all sides, the roof tops have been over run and all balconies are occupied by the enemy.

I am running low on supplies and leopard crawling through the backstreets to the local market is getting too dangerous.

Private Annalisa and Sargeant Adam are expected to report for duty to head up the counter attack on Monday.
But the battle rages on and additional re-enforcements and artillery are required.
As a matter of urgency, wire a defensive strategy, and a plan for a counter attack.
I am surrounded, repeat, surrounded. Emergency, evasive tactics need to be employed.

OVER AND OUT
*csh*




Holi also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival. The main day is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other.

Holi dance

3 guys with Indian style drums moved around the party all day creating little dance hubs.
Rocking.

I got to do some Indian circle dancing??? with a bunch of crazy, drunk, high on bhang people (most of whom had forgotten to do up their flies). (Obviously not referring to the people in the vid).

Barbie's coming to our place in her princess chopper.

Huge roof terrace + left over Holi paint = totally camp Helipad.

Holi Cow party

The Holi Cow Holi party.

A crazy Indian festival that revolves around throwing paint at each other.
We walked from our apartment to the market and every 2 minutes we heard a swish of a paint water balloon going past our ears. I still have no idea how they all missed us... until... we arrived at Dan's office, he got out the car... one minute he was white, the next... yellow.