QuoteReplyTopic: What's the ULTIMATE blooper??? Posted: August 30 2005 at 5:24pm
My worst blooper is my high shcool boyfriend telling me he thought Winona Ryders hair looked good short. I went to the salon (best cuts of course) and told the lady I wanted a pixie cut. Well she was Russan and spoke very little english and she ended up giving me a male hair cut. Seriously! It was so short and boyish I couldn't even spike it up to make it look cool. So I went home and shaved my head bald. The next day at school I was wearing a hat and my teacher told me I had to take it off. When I did everyone was dying of laughter and rolling on the ground laughing including my ex who broke up with me on the spot.
What an ass! And now here I am trying to grow it out it again... for the 5th time it is taking forever but I am going to do it! I am determined!
My wife has kept her hair quite short for the past couple of years, much to my delight,but her stylist is not really very good at short hair. She always ends up with uneven sideburns, or something else wrong. I told her that my barber only gives short haircuts and should be able to do her hair no problem, and she agreed to give him a try. She explained to him that she had her hair cut about 6 weeks ago and only wanted a trim. At this time her hair was about an inch long on the sides and back and two inches on top. He gave her a very dramatic military style cut, buzzed to the skin on the sides and back, and half-inch long on top. Then he even shaved her nape with a straight razor. She was in shock, but I was delighted. After the shock wore off, she admits that she likes the new cut, but would have never asked for it.
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I have had a lot of hair bloopers in my short 25 years, but the worst by far was the decision to dye my beautiful honey blonde hair dark, dark brown, probably about a level 2. My natural level is a 6, so it is not even like I was trying to go back to my natural color. To make matters worse I had to cut three inches off it after I colored it dark to salvage the ends. Here is where the real problem started. About six months later I decided I wanted to be blonde again, and when I decide something I tend to be impulsive. I had been getting weekly deep conditions and it was actually in decent shape, but I got this "wild hair" that said it needed to be done right then for some reason. I went to my usual salon but my normal girl was out for two weeks on vacation so I went to someone else. She stripped my hair using something, then put bleach hilights through the top and stuck me under the dryer for a long time while she cut some guys hair. By the time they pulled the foils out my hair was a gooey white mess, total breakage. I had random two inch long sections through the whole top part of my hair and my hair was a couple inches past my shoulders. Plus it was this horrible icky drab brown color with frosted breakage hilights. I literally ran out of the salon crying, and basically had to wear my hair up for a whole year as the pieces grew out. I definitely learned my lesson after that one.
My worst blooper (I mentioned this in another thread, but not in all the gruesome detail!)
I have naturally red-copper-colored hair. It's not an ultra-saturated
red, but definitely a bright orangey color. Just before I began my
sophomore year of college, a friend coaxed me to try this Feria blonde
color--sort of a light warm blonde, but not bleach blonding. It really
didn't lighten my hair much, so I didn't think much of it.
The first night I was back on campus, I took leave of my senses and
tried Natural Instincts BLACK HAIR DYE. I like semi-permanent color;
I've tried a lot of shades of L'oreal Colorspa. So, I figured the
Clairol black non-permanent dye would be a great idea, thinking it'd
wash right out.
I didn't realize this at the time, but 1) semi-permanent dyes that are
much darker than your normal color tend to be rather permanent; and 2)
if you lighten your hair, chances are it'll be more porous and seep up
color faster. Worse still, it was uneven and mottled. It was horrible!
It wasn't even like a glamorous, shiny, raven-y black. It was
completely flat black, like someone had dumped ink on my head.
My hair was a little longer than my bra strap line at the time. It was
SOOO uneven and patchy toward the bottom--I had to recruit a friend to
chop it off to my shoulders. We tried a few lighter shades to pull it
up to a brunette. That worked okay and I could finally go out in public
without a hat. But I still wasn't happy.
It occurred to me that violent orange colors are easy to obtain with
cheap bleach. So my friend assisted me in putting some bright orange
highlights in the top and front of my hair, with a few more
less-dramatic streaks throughout the rest. That worked pretty well and
at least provided the illusion of red hair. She actually did a pretty
good job too--my new roots blended in very well with the bright orange.
Surprisingly my hair wasn't damaged at all, and I experienced minimum
breakage or frizzing even with all it had gone through.
By Christmas Break, I had enough new growth to cut off all the black
and get a short pixie-punk cut, which suits me pretty well. I
definitely learned my lesson, though.
My worst hair disaster happened last month courtesy of my ex-best friend. She had been going on to me for months about how much sexier and more modern I would look if I had short hair. At this point my hair was nearly down to my butt. So I decided I would have a bob. She came with me to the salon and to cut a long story short lol, I came out of the salon with the back and sides in a buzzcut with the top kind of short and spiky. I was really unsure about it, but she kept on telling my how great I looked. Anyway the next day she admitted she only persuaded me to have my haircut to see if I would go through with it! All I can say is it is a good job she can run fast and I was wearing heels, if I had caught her, hmmm. It took a lot of getting used to short hair, but I have come to terms with it now, and I am just letting it grow out a bit before I decide if I should get extensions or keep it short. Got extensions just shortish ones. Will go long again next time. A happy ending aagh.
OMG!! Some friend! lol!
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My worst hair disaster happened last month courtesy of my ex-best friend. She had been going on to me for months about how much sexier and more modern I would look if I had short hair. At this point my hair was nearly down to my butt. So I decided I would have a bob. She came with me to the salon and to cut a long story short lol, I came out of the salon with the back and sides in a buzzcut with the top kind of short and spiky. I was really unsure about it, but she kept on telling my how great I looked. Anyway the next day she admitted she only persuaded me to have my haircut to see if I would go through with it! All I can say is it is a good job she can run fast and I was wearing heels, if I had caught her, hmmm. It took a lot of getting used to short hair, but I have come to terms with it now, and I am just letting it grow out a bit before I decide if I should get extensions or keep it short.
Got extensions just shortish ones. Will go long again next time. So a happy ending
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Last night, I decided that my blonde could go a little blonder. I had really pretty highlights from my stylist, but I wanted the reddish undertones to be gone and be a platinum blonde. So I dumped some 40 bleach on it and it came out a bright white/yellow. It didn't look bad but it just didn't look right on my and I hated it!! So I bought some dark blonde/light brown dye. It turned my hair PLATINUM GRAY! When I took the towel off my head my fiance's mouth dropped...!!! I freaked!! I was crying and crying but I went to the store and got a dark auburn color and now it's better. I miss the blonde though. :-( But everyone says I look way better brunette...I might get some highlights in it someday....
What do you think my stylist will say?? She loved the blonde!! Is she gonna give me crap?? I get all nervous having to go back to her now...
This is because I can spell konfusion with a K It's hard to like it It's to dying in anothers arms And why i had to try it... - Something Corporate "Konstantine"
I had my hair white for many years, it looked great and didn't look damaged, and was long to bsl. I got sick of all the attention it got me after a few years though, and dyed it darker. The darker dye started to fade after a month, so on a whim I picked up a box of henna. I saw the warning on it not to use it on bleached white hair, but mine wasn't white anymore! And I did it on bleached yellow hair as a kid and it was no problem, so it couldn't be that bad, I was sure I'd be fine.
I was NOT fine! When you dye hair that has been bleached white with henna, you get sea monster blue-green that won't wash out and won't ever fade. I walked around as Nessie for about 6 months, trying to cover it with black (red-based) permanant dye, red colored shampoo, soaking my head with cooking oil to get the henna to come out. Nothing worked of course. After about 6 months the shampoo quit making it brownish and my hair was starting to look bright red and green. So instead of wearing elf shoes to work and singing Jingle Bells in June, the blue-green was now grown out to my ears, so I cut it into the ear-length bob. I'm still waiting for my hair to grow to it's original length.
The sad thing is, the one thing I always wanted since I was a kid was super long hair! Never have been able to achieve that yet. I now do a couple of blonde streaks in the front of my hair, but otherwise, I don't dye it anymore, and I'll never touch henna again.
Edited to add that if you click on my hair safe barette link in my signature, then click "my little hair journey" at the bottom, you can see pictures of all my haircolors.
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looked white as a ghost, like a goth or something. It was awful.
Don't insult Goths please =/ Some of us might either happen to be one or find Goth Girls among most beautiful on earth.
*hehe* Funny you should mention that. My uber-gothiness was the cause of my WORST hair blooper.
Of course, it was dyed black. I loved it, but my mother didn't. Being the loving daughter that I am (and getting tired of her months of whining) I consented to go to her stylist to have the black stripped out to bring me closer to my natural light brown. I went to her stylist, she was putting the stuff on my hair, then she tossed me the package and said, "Can you read that little print on there?" Needless to say, I was not amused to find out that she had NEVER done this before. From the root two inches down was school bus yellow, and the rest was black and brown streaked. She had to put a purple-based dye on to cover up the mess. It was a nice colour, but you know those really cheap plastic knock-off Barbie doll's? Their hair *crunches* when you scrunch it? Yeah, mine did that. It felt just like cheapo plastic doll hair.
Soooo.....it had to be cut. It was frizzy and awful. We cut it to my chin and did tons of leave in treatments and deep conditioning, but it was never the same. Then, one day my new stylist lost her freaking mind and, I assume, misheard me saying cut it to my earlobes instead of my chin, and cut it to the tops of my ears! I had this awful little mushroom-looking puff of hair perched atop my head. I screamed, put on a hat, and called yet another stylist for a fix. I walked in the next morning, took off my hat, and the stylist said, "OH, my god!" I asked what we could do, and she said that all she could do was buzz me. So, I ended up bald. This was three days before I left for college, btw, so I was not amused.
On the plus side, my mother has never tried to get me to do anything else with my hair after that.
The Girl Next Door You can best be described as modest and somewhat shy. Experimenting with the latest shocking colours and techniques isn’t really your cup of tea. Your mindset is, ‘Why do something to my hair that’s only going to be passé in a week?’ Natural medium-browns, golden, sun-kissed blondes and hi-shine, glossy black; you’re into the classics because they never go out of style.
Hmm, don't know if that describes my hair personality. I'm all about drastic changes to my hair. Long to short in one sitting, red to dark brown and back again...
My bloopers all involve hair color experimentation. The worst involved bleaching the color out of my dark brown hair and then overlaying that with a strawberry blonde color late late at night. Except that it turned out really bright orange (think traffic cones) and I had to work the next morning. So I was up at 5am at Wal-Mart--wearing a knit cap over my hair to hide it --buying a box of Ash Brown color to dye over the mess I made. It turned out okay. That was the day I found out that my hair could go fifteen rounds with whatever I could throw at it. Yeah for resilient hair...
The Flirty & Fun Free Spirit You’re playful, diverse and one hell of a self-aware chick! You don’t take the whirlwind world of fashion and beauty too seriously. With a belief in enhancing what you’ve been naturally blessed with, you’re likely to crank up the heat on ginger red hair or brighten your blonde to beach-bum levels. You’re stylish and trendy without much effort and are happy to watch most of the outrageous looks pass you by. But when you want to...POW! You pull out all the stops and look utterly amazing!
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included. .....Steven Wright
The Glamour Gal Alluring. Sensual. You’re a confident and statuesque beauty who knows how to work what her mother gave her! Whether it’s 14-carat blonde, intense copper red or sparkling sapphire blue-black, you showcase your hair like a priceless jewel. Not a complete slave to fashion, you know how to flaunt what looks best on you. You don’t shy away from the newest and hottest looks, but you also know that the eternal style of simplicity (à la Grace and Audrey) will always be a perfect stunner.
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I got this one: The Scene Stealer Stand back! You’re an extrovert with a finger on the pulse of cutting-edge style and the can-do attitude to pull it off. From betting it all on priceless platinum to overindulging in deep scarlet red, you aren’t afraid of anything when it comes to your hair colour! You’re an ever-changing chameleon, transforming when the mood (and look!) strikes you! People step back and take notice when you saunter into a room. And you wouldn’t want it any other way! I can kind of agree with some of it-- I have taken a lot of risks with my hair, even if sometimes it's come back to bite me. . . but I am, strangely enough, terribly shy, introverted, and hate to call attention to myself. *sweatdrops* I'm such a walking contradiction. . .
Hey, you all should go to this website that tells you what your hair color personality is. You take this neat little quiz and it tells you your personality by what you've done or would do to your hair. Here it is:
No, I haven't tried that highlighting kit again. I am about to give some important advice to anyone--leave your hair alone! Do not dye it! You may end up with disaster! I especially do not recommend for anyone to use a product called Sun-in. It will turn your hair orange instead of blonde!
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My daughter had been putting streaks in her hair using cream bleach to lighten it first. I bought her a box of proper hair bleach, and she did the whole top of her head without thinking too hard about it.
When she saw that there was a huge white circle in her hair, she went to the bathroom shelf and grabbed a box of Loving Care redwood color - dark reddish brown, that I kept to touch up my gray. Without reading the warning that said Not to be used on lightened hair she applied it.
When I came home, she had a blotch on top of her head that was brilliant copper penny colored. Took forever to grow out, she ended up coloring it black.
I didn't know anything about hair color at the time, so I couldn't help her.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
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I have a horrible hair blooper. About a year ago, I decided to highlight my hair with an at home kit. I left it on the front too long, and ended up with two white blotches on the front of my hair. They actually looked pale white. Then, I tried to dye it to get it to turn a pretty blonde, and they ended up turning this gray color, or something that wasn't even a color at all. Then, we died it again with with a darker blonde, and it finally looked normal, all except for this purple streak next to my ear. The purple streak finally came out, but let me tell you, I almost had white hair there for a while! It was scary.
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I had been getting weekly deep conditions and it was actually in decent shape, but I got this "wild hair" that said it needed to be done right then for some reason. I went to my usual salon but my normal girl was out for two weeks on vacation so I went to someone else. She stripped my hair using something, then put bleach hilights through the top and stuck me under the dryer for a long time while she cut some guys hair. By the time they pulled the foils out my hair was a gooey white mess, total breakage. I had random two inch long sections through the whole top part of my hair and my hair was a couple inches past my shoulders. Plus it was this horrible icky drab brown color with frosted breakage hilights. I literally ran out of the salon crying, and basically had to wear my hair up for a whole year as the pieces grew out. I definitely learned my lesson after that one. 
redhairedgirl wrote:
Some friend! lol!
--buying a box of Ash Brown color to dye over the mess I made. It turned out okay. That was the day I found out that my hair could go fifteen rounds with whatever I could throw at it. Yeah for resilient hair...
