A few days ago I decided it was time for a change. My dishwater roots were starting to take over my brassy brilliantly blonde ends, and I was definitely due for a cut.
I had been dragging my feet since the move because new hair stylists scare me. I loved my hair chica back home. We had a wonderful relationship built on trust and beauty and over priced services. Everyone was happy.
But I could not put off the hair appointment anymore. So I got a recommendation from Adam’s wife and took the plunge.
Yesterday morning, I went to work like this:
After work, I went to my appointment at the nearest Aveda Concept Salon (Yay! Just like back home! This has to be a good sign!) and began explaining to the new hair stylist what I wanted.
Auburn highlights.
You mean highlights and lowlights?
Well, um, I guess, if you think you need to add more blonde to even it all out.
So, all over color?
No. No, no. Definitely not that. I need to warm it up I think, and I am trying to get back to more multi-color through out instead of top dark, bottom light. Auburn, reddish kinda highlights. You know, to give it more texture.
Oh, yes, OK. I totally understand and will now take control of your hair.
Three mutherfucking hours and $250 later:
(the redness is actually NOT from me beating my head against her wall mirror, but from the eyebrow raping.)
No, that is not picture proof of Dora The Explora’s latest arrest.
That’s me, immediately after I listened to That Woman explain that this was Exactly What I Wanted: Auburn With Blonde Highlights!!!
Holy. Fuck.
You cannot even fathom the rage. All that “it’s just hair” shit I’m always spouting? Gone. Completely gone. And replaced with hours of weeping “baby, my hair, my haaaairrrrr, I am nothing without my hairrrrrrrrrr!”
(to which my husband supportively replied, “ah honey, I’d still do you” *sigh*)
I contemplated staying home today and just washing the shit out of my hair with non-colorsafe shampoo because NO I DO NOT WANT TO “PROTECT MY INVESTMENT”, BITCH!!
But instead, I used half a bottle of shampoo and more bronzer than any woman should ever use in a lifetime and prepared to face the world.
Oh, look. No more roots. Instead we have a brunette who appears to be going gray. And look! For only $250, you too can ADD 10 FUCKING YEARS TO YOUR APPEARANCE, OVERNIGHT!!!
I can’t stand to look at myself.
My daughter is thrilled. I can tell because she can’t stop giggling. And pointing. And saying “Mommy ish DORA!!!”
I plan to call the salon today because for the first time in the almost 15 fucking years I’ve been screwing with my hair, I don’t think I can wait for it to “grow out”.
In the mean time, there is clearly only one solution.
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You do look a bit more . . . serious now. That goofiness and airiness that comes from being a blonde has kinda disappeared.
I still like the color, though. And I look forward to being in the office when you call the salon to tear them a new one.
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OH FUCK.
Dispute the charges via the CC company. Run, do not walk. Call the salon and FREAK.
OH FUCK.
Wow..so dark. Which is fine, and would be great, if THAT is what you asked for.
OH FUCK.
You want me to go with you to the salon and get your back?
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Well, you DO look freaking GOOOORRRRRRGGGGGEEEEOOOUUUUUSSSSSS and those big blue eyes STAND OUT like they are neon!!!
But yeah - call the dumb asses - man, I HATE it when they can’t freaking listen!!!!!
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You DO still look gorgeous, but I’d be beyond furious, too. Any chance you can call the salon, video the conversation (we need to SEE, not just hear, you ripping them a new one) and then post it? I need some entertainment in NY today :)
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Holy… mother of… Oh my.
Oh dear.
Yes. Yes, rip someone a new one.
And for the record, this is NOT what I was describing yesterday. AT. ALL.
Although, you are GORGEOUS!!! But, uh, just not yourself.
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OH MY GAWD. Although I do like the color, it’s most definitely not YOU.
I’d raise holy hell before I’d let them get away with this.
Hell, just point the salon manager in the direction of this blog post. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what it was you were wanting!
Good luck!
P.S. I’m totally in agreement with everyone else— we need recorded (preferrably video) proof of the ass-ripping.
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I agree that you need to call the salon. Weeks is too long a time to not be happy with your hair.
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OH MY FUCKING HELL. You paid for it after that botched mess? I wouldn’t have given them a single dime until it was fixed. OH MY FUCKING HELL.
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I like it a lot!!..:drool: just consider it your *warm* winter look! .. and your husband and mine are twins I swear!
Go kick some SALON ass.. it truely is NOT what you asked for… I think the CC dispute would be the way to get your cash back tho. Good luck, I hope it grows on ya!
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OMG! I can’t believe you paid for that! I am so sorry! You should definately cal and get them to A)FIX THE SHIT and B)Give you your money back!
Oh honey!
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one positive: your eyes are stunning. seriously, they look gorgeous. you do look gorgeous.
however it is clearly not what you asked for, you aren’t as gorgeous as you could be, and therefore they need to make it right.
damn, with pms this is the last shit you needed. fuckers. rip em a new one.
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I like it. But since it isn’t what you wanted, I can see the problem. I would call/go in and insist that they fix it.
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you still look stunning
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Wow. Again, It looks beautiful on you (actually you look younger I think). But yeah . . . so obviously NOT what you asked for.
This is why hair people scare me.
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Your husband is right.
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avitable: I don’t want to look… serious. I am not serious!!! I’m more “seriously?”
DeannaBanana: Friday, 9am, consultation - you no car. Saturday, 3:30 pm, you on golf course. *sigh*
Mom: yeah, in person not so much.
Kellie: already called, but Avi might have it on one of his hidden cams somewhere.
AmyD: exactly, it’s totally NOT me! (who knew I liked me so much?!)
Blonde Chick: I will definitely be bringing photographic evidence with me.
Lynda: especially with all the reflective surfaces in the world - which I never noticed until today.
Kentucky Girl: I know. By the time they were done it was almost 9 o’clock though and I just wanted to get the hell out of there.
jinxi: I think it looks more like “cold, like dead”. *sigh* but thanks.
Kristin: your sympathy is outweighed by you laughing at me via IM!! Whore!!!
hellohahanarf: I know, I should have known better than to try when I was PMSing.
themuttprincess: well thank you for liking it anyway. :-)
Anonymous: this would be so much cooler if I knew who you were.
Now I have to imagine I have some stalker out there, pining for me, plotting to send me cool presents!!!
Honeybell: younger? really? Maybe I jumped to judgment…
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gtboat: he also said I look like I should get a tattoo on my bicep.
Still want to hang out in that camp?
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I think it looks fine.
That’s all I got.
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mmmm maybe not. He can stay on that Island all by his self… There must be a bottle of wine around there some where. Maybe that will help??
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oh boy. so sorry. I just complained and got mine fixed about 2 weeks ago. Just like you I went to a new Aveda salon and the girl just did not listen to me. It will work out. Have fun as a brunette for a few days.
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Well hold on there, cowgirl - it does make the color of your eyes pop! But if you aren’t happy you need to go back - this time with a photo - and make them redo it. Really. Really Peally.
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Ugh. I’ve so been there. You leave to the salon, so excited. Thinking–oh’ man, if possible, I’m going to look hotter! People will talk and look and look and talk! I will be envied.
And then this shit happens and … ugh.
And from one hair obsessed chica to another–it’s not JUST hair, and yes it grows out and back–but not by the next time you look in the mirror.
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I speak only the truth. I do like it. Hope you get it fixed to your liking!!!
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Holy hell.
The end of times are near.
But you do look hawt in the hat… :sex003:
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RW: I cannot go on being “FINE”.
gtboat: LOL, yeahh, I think I’m due for a glass.
Karen: yep, not listening, exactly. And you know, you can tell, but once you’re in the chair - you’re stuck!
BOSSY: either that or learn how to make Photoshop stick in real life. ;-)
Victoria:: Exactly! It wouldn’t be NEAR as crushing if you weren’t SO excited beforehand.
themuttprincess: *muah*!
NYCWD: good, because I’m going to be wearing it a lot.
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Umm… it’s brown.
I saw nothing wrong with your hair before. Your roots were barely darker than the rest, that’s called “natural”.
I have heard that a product called “Oops” works to remove hair dye and not ruin your natural color or ruin your hair.
$250 bucks? You got ass raped.
I spend $7.95 on “L’Oreal Excellence” (to cover gray) you could probably get away with using their “Preference” line. They also have a lightener for color treated hair and you can highlight your own hair.
Do you know it’s the same product a lot of hair salons use? They just buy in bulk and mix it themselves.
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Oh, it’s called “Color Opps”.
here’s the page and there’s a video.
http://www.developlus.com/products/coloroops/index.html
Walgreens and drugstores carry it.
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OK, since I already know that you are SUFFERING from both PMS and the Disaster, I will pull out all of the stops to deal with this situation as tactfully as I can…
What. The. Fuck?
Go back to the salon. DO NOT allow anyone else to have the upper hand. Explain to them that THIS was NOT what you asked for. Get the salon manager to have this discussion with, DO NOT ask for the stylist, since she did not listen to you to begin with. Let the manager know what it was you wanted and then ask him/her if he/she thinks that the end result is acceptable. Tell the person that YOU WANT a GAY MALE hairstylist, preferably asian, and that you will not settle for the person who screwed up your request in the first place. If they balk, threaten to call up AVEDA. Their name is on the salon and they are a partner and will not want the bad publicity.
YOU ARE WOMAN. Now ROAR damnit!!!
Just my opinion, but your mom is right, your eyes stand out much more. BUT, that is not what YOU wanted, so fuck them and make them FIX IT!!
Now I am pissed.
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I think the color is verah nice. That doesn’t help the fact, though, that is wasn’t what you asked for.
$250 is far too much to spend on a color you aren’t happy with, even moreso when it appears the stylist just WAS NOT LISTENING!
Good luck!
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I’d have stroked OUT at the $250. I pay $86 for a 3 color foil job, cut & style. I do love the color, but yeah…not what you asked for. wow.
Packers? seriously?
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annie: yeah, I don’t think my before pics were doing the sadness justice. I looked like white trash. :-D
And I have colored my hair from a box a gazillion times. For all over color that’s fine. But thick curly hair is really, really hard to highlight by yourself (I know, I tried).
ADW: sadly, I did not see any gay asian men, or gay men… or men, for that matter.
Next time I think I will make that a requirement.
Jen: well, part of that was for the cut and eyebrows. But still!!!
Tug: $140 was for the color - because stupid bitch told me I had to do highlight and lowlight and had to pay the extra long and thick hair price.
And freaking right Packers! In PINK, baby!
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I feel your pain. I once went in for a trim on my almost waist length hair and came out with it cut up to my shoulders. I was sick over that for months. Even when others like it and say it looks fine and it does, it’s not what you wanted and it’s your hair!! Women are so posessive with their hair. I’ve followed my sytlist to 5 different shops. She now comes to my house. Get your hair fixed and your money back.
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No. Just no. That is so not the hotness that is the Goddess, Britt. That is the hotness that is CP. No more should I go blonde than you should go auburn. You get that blonde back and without spending a dime to fix it or I will ass rape the fucktard that did this to you. Bottle Blondes are meant to have roots. It’s just a part of who they are.
On the upside, my husband thinks you look hot.
And your eyes do pop now.
And you are still heinously sexy.
I would still do you…and that is the ultimate compliment.
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Okay…no matter what anyone says, it is NOT just hair ;). I’ve seen a lot of pictures (and videos) of you and this color does not do you justice at all! As someone else said, I would dispute the charges or at least call that bitch and tell her you want someone else at the salon to fix your color! The last time someone did the color ruination to me, I started doing my own coloring cause I got so freaked, haha.
You are still beautiful but seriously, I know it feels shitty when you don’t like how your hair looks!
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Go back and make them fix it. Immediately. It doesn’t matter if it’s a color that looks good on you, or whatever….the bottom line is, it’s NOT what you asked for and it was WAY too expensive.
AND….I have a pink Packers sweatshirt@ I love it!
J.
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WHAT THE FUCK!!!!
OMG it feels like someone just walked over my GRAVE!!!
NO WAY!!
OK–I’LL call the fuckers and chew them out!!
SHEESH –tell the stupid bitch it’s a two color weave- OMG
From one blond to another–I WOULD HAVE KILLED HER ON THE SPOT!!
She was a brunette wasn’t she??
{{{{HUGS}}}}
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Summer: one time I ended up with inch length hair. Oh the horrors of not having a regular stylist!!!!!
Crazy Lady: I know! It’s my evil, dead twin!
CP: hahahaha, what is wrong with me that coming from YOU that really DOES sound encouraging?!
Hilly: although you bring up a good point - I could more easily deny those videos now. But really, who would want to!?!?! LOL
HoosierGirl5: Go Mrs. Favre Pack Gear!!
turnbaby: you know… actually… she WAS!!
OMG, I’m the victim of a Blonde Envy Dye Job!! I bet this qualifies as a hate crime!!
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You’re OK, really. But that Packer cap has lost you whatever cache you had with me in the first place. There. I tried not to say it. But there it is.
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There is never any greater tragedy in a woman’s life than three hours with a dimwit stylist who has no listening comprehension skills and their own “artistic vision”. I’ve been there, only my hair was army green when all was said and done.
Yeah. I cried. A LOT. And then I threatened violence if it wasn’t some color remotely resembling actual hair when they were done.
Anyway, I guess I’m trying to say I feel your pain. Go raise hell, and maybe you can score some free product or something.
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Summer, that happened to me Monday. GRRR!
Britt, That has happened to me too. and it sucks. because it’s not what you wanted and you’re going to hate it no matter what anyone says about your eyes. So get someone (else) to fix it. For that kind of cash, you should have what you want.
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That is exactly why it takes me YEARS to find a hairstylist. I am constantly procrastinating when it comes to getting my haircut, colored or whatever. My mom has surprised me with a salon treatment this Saturday. I think I am going to fake being sick… I just know it will not turn out the way I want it to. I am so sorry that the stupid BEOTCH did not listen. Kick her once for me. :pissed:
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hahaha…I totally thought your hat said ‘phuckers’. How positively ghetto.
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Oh dear. I had mine done last night and woke up this morning disliking it, but I’m rethinking after what has been done to yours. :doh: At least mine will grow out in a week or so…
That’s not even auburn! It’s bloody brown. All over. ALL OVER.
What are they going to do about it?
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awww. But if its any consolation i think it looks nice. But not what you wanted so *welcome to my world* This shit happens to me ALL the time. I ask for Stripes/Streaks/Lines of another color. What i get is Blended. I’ve done every salon in town; on round 3 now. Some of my problem is i pay and tip. Thats not good.
Don’t be a wus like me. Speak up. btw you have gorgeous eyes!
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RW: well if it’s any consolation, I’m half Pack/half Bear - on account of the divorce. But the Bear side doesn’t shower me with cute pink gear!!!
(admit it, it’s adorable)
Melissa: Oh my. I can’t even imagine a misunderstanding so bad it would lead to green hair. How awful!
ginamonster: yeah, I think it’s the paying way more than I needed to for Brown Hair that finally pushed me to call the salon.
Mindy: see if you can trade it in for a facial!
DeannaBanana: OMG
Dee: what magical hair do is over in a week?!?!
mari: thank you ;-) And I did speak up - NOW. Hopefully it’s something that can be fixed.
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Britt, if you went to an Aveda salon, one thing to note: they hand mix color, and that might mean that the stylist screwed up unintentionally and didn’t cop to it. I also get my hair done at Aveda, and from what these pictures look like, she gave you an all over “7″ job with no tone - and then perhaps slipped some highlights in there. If she used “7″ on your entire head, she will have to use bleach to pull the color out and then reapply the blonde. If this turns out to be true, and you are committed to getting rid of this color (which, by the way, doesn’t look bad at all) now would be an excellent time to consider a total hair rebellion. The application of bleach makes possible ANY other color.. including blue, green, pink, bright red, lemon-yellow… whatever you want. Think about it. Total hair rebellion could be awesome.
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Just found my way to your blog (via Hilly). Wanted to let you know that the next time (hopefully there won’t be a next time) you get a color you hate, immediately wash your hair with Prell shampoo.
I’m so lucky to have a brother who is a master colorest. He doesn’t always do what I want (he says if I don’t pay I don’t have a say) but it always looks good.
I’ll be back to catch up on the archives.
MB
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Nina: they did some kind of “color cleansing” this morning - which is like bleach, with water mixed in. I’m not prepared to totally wipe my hair out. Again. That was a traumatic experiment in college!
MB: well hello! and thank you!
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Ahhh, mine’s mostly just the cut I’m not sure about - it just needs another centimetre on it :) The colour I’m stuck with, and there’s bright pink involved… I’m so not a pink person!
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Bright pink I would be in the fetal position. LOL
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Holy Cow! I thought I was the only one this shit happened to! I hope you manage to get it straightened out (the situation-not the curls!)
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$250? Are you fucking kidding me? I would #1 - not pay. #2 - ream the girl a new asshole several times over and #3 - find someone else to fix it and make that bitch pay for it.
I think it looks good…but since it’s not what you were looking for, go kick some ass.
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metalmom: no, this crap happens to me a lot! LOL
Sodapop: yeah, I’m actually not very good at face to face confrontation right away.
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I think it looks great, actually… but, I think I’d have a mental break down if I paid for that, and it was everything that I DIDN’T want.
I’m not good on face to face confrontation, either. Damnit.
GO PACKERS!!! :) I live in Wisconsin, born and raised!
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It sucks that you didn’t get what your requested, but I think you look gorgeous.
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