Blue highlights faded after first wash!

Help!

I took the plunge and got my hair dyed for the first time in my life - black with blue highlights at a local salon. First off, I'd like to thank the people who responded to my thread looking for advice on whether to do that or not. I love the black on me, and loveD the blue highlights... until I washed my hair for the first time. I tried to make sure I was doing everything right: I waited 3-4 days before washing it, I bought Bumble & Bumble's Color Support shampoo and conditioner for cool brunettes, I didn't use as hot of water as I usually do. However, once my hair was dry my beautiful blue highlights were an ugly light blue-green color. I've washed my hair twice more since then, always waiting at least 3 days between washings, and the color is now nearly blond, which I'm assuming is the color my hair was bleached to (ie the blue is all gone).

I called the hairstylist who did my color and highlights and explained the problem and she said that's totally normal for blue, and will always happen. Is this true??

I can't afford to go back every week or two to get them re-dyed. She used permanent color, so I expected it to last for at least a month or so.

Anyways, to put it in a nutshell, I have two questions:
1) Isn't there some way I can get the blue color to last?
2) Is there anything relatively easy I can do to get my hair looking decent again by tomorrow night (ie something I can do at home), since I'm going out for New Year's Eve?

Please help! :(

susan is right i cant believe your stylist didnt tell u about the product manic panic.. that stuff is cool,,,,its easy to use..

i dont' believe there is a perm. blue color... just those funky colors, and your stylist should have told you this in the first place - especially that it wasn't going to last!
You could bleach the hair, and then apply the blue again and maybe it will stain your cuticle better and last longer
or just get some funky blue extensions