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Today I spent an unholy amount of money on a professional salon hair coloring and cut. I showed the colorist a swatch and said, "This was my natural color before I turned fourteen and my hair started to fade and turn white. Make it like this again."

That's not what happened. Instead of my nice brilliant red, she made it look like naturally black hair with a purple/burgundy rinse on it. I thought, well, better say I like it, because I might just be shocked at the big difference. So I thanked her nicely, paid, even tipped nicely, and went over to the stylist who would cut my hair. To the stylist, I said, "Do anything you like, as long as all of it is still long enough to be put back into my ponytail holder so it remains easy to cover." She didn't take direction well, either. It's too short to be put back securely; some of it flops forward and will need an extra clip in order to remain securely covered. Let me explain why this is bad: I already put one ponytail holder in to make the tail, then another to knot it into a bun, then a little under-cap to hold the hair down, then an over-cap to look cute with my outfit. I don't need ONE MORE THING in my hair, okay? But until it grows out, there's nothing I can do about that. So I thanked her, paid, tipped nicely, and that was that.

Then I went home. Well, my home lighting made the color look even worse than it had looked in the salon, so I called them back and begged them to fix it. Fortunately, she said she could do it the same day, so I went back. Nothing can be done about the cut, but the color needed correcting.

Second time: I showed her the swatch again and said, "I'm looking for THIS." She kept being amazed that the dark black/purple/burgundy wasn't what I wanted when I showed her my bright red/magenta/red color from my childhood. Three harsh chemical washes later, it still didn't look anything like what I'd requested. However, I felt that one more treatment would just about turn it brittle enough to break off and render me bald, and that's not what I'm looking for, either. At least it looks like brown hair with a red rinse on it now, instead of black hair with a purple/burgundy rinse that made me look Gothy and dead and gross.

And so I'm home now, thanking G*D that I'm already in the habit of covering my hair, and already possess enough hair coverings to keep me fashionably covered until the awful color grows out.

From now on, I spend my money more wisely. Supercuts has never done anything but what I told them to do. Maybe it's not the haircut of a supermodel or movie star, but at least it's something I feel comfortable with and that flatters me, and it's only $20 including tip. And maybe Herbal Essences "Radiant Ruby" color isn't perfect, but it's a darn sight closer, and it's only $10 a bottle. FORGET this expensive salon business. If I want to look this bad, I can do it for a lot cheaper.

Oh my goodness! That's terrible! burning_eyes At least they wre abel to do some form of correction to it.. even though they messed it up to begin with.. confused I don't do anything to my hair. It'sjust brown and staright and it grows LOL. *hugs* Your hair will get better it just needs time to grow and adjust. Even if you cover it still stinks to have a bad hair day..

Honestly, the folks at the salon were wonderful people, and I felt so bad telling them that I hated what they'd done to my hair.

Even if I'm covered before the rest of the world, I uncover for my bashert, and I like it when I feel pretty when I'm uncovered in the privacy of our home. I really hate that we're going on a dream vacation while I feel so ugly. There goes my romantic fantasy.

Owch I'm sorry to hear this happened to you sweatdrop . It's a shame I don't have much hair to mess up 3nodding .

Must be nice to be men...

I liked my flat iron until it got to annoying to deal with in the morning. Now I can put my hair up, so I do most days. Buns are often more fashionable and way easier to deal with than having to worry about if your hair is going wavy from humidity! In my neck of the woods, forget about it! Your hair never does anything you want once March rolls around.

Thankfully, my hair is too layered to french braid. xp

FINALLY! One of you admits it instead of saying you have it just as hard, if not worse as we females do, because you can't control body parts, and you have to shave your faces.

BOOHOO! crying

Wow. eek That is really, really sad.

I hate straightening irons too. They're evil, because one it takes so freaking long to do a tiny section, and two because my sister has to brush all the knots out of my hair. Dry curly hair + hairbrush = a lot of pain and poof.