I love getting my hair done! I love when it's freshly highlighted. I love having my hair washed. I love the way the hairdresser styles my hair. My hair appointment was Wednesday at 3PM and I was looking forward to it all week! I had decided that I wanted to dye my hair so that it would be a strawberry blonde. I am naturally blonde, so I figured it was a doable task. This is what I had in mind...
This is what my hairdresser had in mind...
Which I must say is very pretty!
So she started and first applied a color that looked about like this but with a hint of pink. She washed that out and then put a color called "copper" that was about like this. I will admit that I was a little bit nervous, but I had faith in her. She is really good and I always love my hair when I leave her place. Well...she washed my hair and then dried it and I looked about like this...
OMG! I was in SHOCK! I was at a loss for words, and I could tell she was too! Neither of us expected it to turn out like that! So she decided to put a chemical wash in it to lighten it. She concocted something and applied it to my head/hair...it then started to "tingle," so she immediately had to wash it out. I was so afraid my hair was about to fall out! So after she dried it again, it was still a HOT MESS! Next, she added highlights and after it sat for a while, she washed it out and dried it. It then looked like this...
And actually in this picture my hair looks somewhat decent, but I must tell you it was not! My hairdresser then gave me three options...
1-add more highlights, like tons of blonde highlights to lighten it up
2-"strip it" (in translation that means strip my hair of all it's color with some awful chemical and then add a color to it)
3-dye it a dark brown in attempt to cover the Ronald McDonald look I currently was rocking
I figured the 1st option would only turn my hair pink/orange. I was afraid the 2nd option would cause all of my hair to fall out. So, I went with the 3rd option.
This is now what I look like...
I forgot to mention that I got 3 1/2- 4 inches cut off. I am still getting used to the new do. I have shocked everyone that I have seen, including my husband, who said "Holy Cow!" when I walked in to the house. I will not be coloring my hair for a while! I think it needs a break. It is so dry now that I feel like it is going to break off, and the fact that I have to straighten it for it to look decent doesn't help matters.
I know you must be thinking, "Why in the world would you go back to that hairdresser?" My answer is because I truly love her work. Besides this mishap and the one other time that she turned my hair gray. She always does a wonderful job on my highlights and my haircut is always cute. I have also known her since we were in 2nd grade. I am totally not blaming her. I know that everyone's hair is different and takes color different. Apparently my hair is made to be naturally blonde with the occasional highlight.
So although I feel blondes do have more fun...I'm going to have to do my best at being a brunette for a little while!
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