*deep breath* Well, About a week and a half ago I had another 'interesting' hairdressers visit. I had decided to go dark - a big change from my normally blonde-ish tones... I'd been thinking on it for a while, which speaks to me that it's something I really want to do. I called my hairdresser at home - she'd done a dark colour for me a couple of years ago that I was really happy with and was hoping to replicate, so I got some instructions and colour numbers from her.
I went into a hair salon and discussed my idea with the hairdresser, and even showed her a photo of me with a similar colour to what I was looking for to show her that dark hair is fine on me - when I'm blonde and so pale I can understand that might freak a hairdresser out!! Ok, so she repeats back to me - in broken English - that she's going to tone my hair and then put the final colour in it. This is all sounding like a good start... Here's the photo:
And where we were starting from (not the best shot - I was playing in the park):
She sits me at the basin and tones, then applies a colour before plonking me back in the chair to wait for the processing time... We get to the end, rinse, wash, etc and return to the chair in front of the mirror... She starts moving around to get styling products and I'm looking at this extremely bland in-between coloured hair.
Me: So, just to check - is it going darker??
Her: No - that's it now...
Me: Ah, no - it's not
Her: You don't like it?
Me: No, I don't like it - it's a shitty in between colour, I'm not happy with that (mind you - it's this horrid in between colour, and it's still wet - so it's getting lighter before I leave the salon - not happy at all)...
Her: Well, you were blonde when you came in...
Me: I don't care - this looks nothing like the photo (show her the photo again)
Her: But, with your skin tone...
Me: The photo is of me - I have the same skin tone
Her: Well, I don't think that photo was good looking
At this point my head almost explodes with the desire to tell her I don't f-ing care what she thinks, I didn't come to ask her opinion I came for an expert who had the ability to achieve the look I wanted - and I was certainly not hoping she was going to pick me up, etc...
Her: If I make it any darker, it will go ashy and black
Me: It can't stay this colour
Her: Ok, well if you want it darker I can make it darker, it will only take 10 minutes
Me: Yes, please - I would like it darker
Ok - so she trims it and dries it off, then goes to mix the darker colour - which she proceeds to slap onto my head in a worse job than - I don't know, maybe a 5 year old might do - I have colour on my face, on my ears, on my neck... And informs me that will be about 10 minutes. No problem, and I sit in to wait out my time... About 2 minutes later I spy her and one of her hairdresser friends walk past - handbags on shoulders, and I'm thing - no, couldn't possibly be... And yet, yes - she's left for the night - no explanation that someone else will look after me or anything - no even glance in my direction as she struts off into the sunset...
I was kind of flabbergasted at this point, but after 10 minutes or so passed one of the other girls washed my hair out - and then scrubbed my face, ears and neck to remove the colour before another blowed it dry...
The end result now I'm happy with - but man, getting it there!! And yes, I'll try for a photo of the outcome - meanwhile here's a windblown one with my hair up (oh, and SO!)...
Wow Kez, despite the dramas I think it looks great
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Thank god you said something KA - your hair looks fab, love the colour!
Thanks ladies! I am happy with the result, just the drama getting there I could do without!! Sam - I had to say something, my hair can't be in between - it has to be either blonde or dark doesn't look anything otherwise...
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