really bad hair all year--finally back to great!

I just wanted to cheer someone else up who may feel pretty awful about their hair right now.  I lurked here all year because misery loves company, I guess. 

Hee. I have no before pics but I will try to get some after pics soon. I went all year hiding from the camera.

Boy, what a crummy hair year.  First, I had my naturally brown hair highlighted for years, grew it long, and it was mostly blonde. I started hating the upkeep, the roots, and the dry frizzy texture of my hair, so I decided to color it brown. First I used permanent which faded to orange-y within a week. So I came here, read about fillers and semi-perm color and colored it very dark brown with a filler. I was black and hideous!  I had my hair cut to above chinlength to get rid of damage, and after washing it a million times it faded a bit to a drab, dark uneven brown.

I decided that I would cut my own hair that year, as I didn't have much left and was afraid of being butchered. I cut the ends then I cut in layers and spent most of the year with an ugly, uneven too-short cut  about to the bottom of my ears. I cut it and cut it, even though it was too short, because it lookedso bad, I kept trying to fix it. Finally, after months and months, I decided to go to a cheap hair cut place and get some decent layers put in. I told them I was trying to get it longer so leave the bottom alone. I have had layers forever so I figured no big deal, right? Well, she butchered me. The very top was about an inch long, with straggly over-texturized layers everywhere. The bottom, which was untouched was thin and piece-y. It took me forever to get it to lay somewhat flat and it was way too short and a mess.

The good news is that the awful color was finally cut out and I was back to my natural color. Thebad news is that I had a horrible haircut that stuck out all over the place. I grew it out all summer, but still attempted to trim the bottom while growing out the layers. A week ago I looked at my hair and realized that though I have gained some lenght, my hair was uneven flippy and awful. I sucked it up and made an appointment at a good salon with a senior stylist. I was nearly in tears. I told her it was still shorter than I wanted but the cut was so gross I couldn't livewith it any more. She went very slow, and showed me everything she was doing. She made my layers less texturized and more blunt and evened out the bottom. She cut my hair for an hour and a half and it is PERFECT!!!! I mean I have great hair again!

I know it is only hair, but I used to have pretty hair and I always loved it and having ugly hair for that year was a huge blow to my self-esteem. Now my hair is bouncy and the cut is gorgeous. She is helping me gain another inch or so of length. She told me to keep with her on the trims and she would trim it up nice while allowing it to grow. She said come in about every 2 months and she would just shape it up as it grew.  I am so happy and I LOVE this woman. She fixed my hair cut while preserving almost all the lenght. She listened to me and gave me exactly what I wanted and she has earned a loyal client. I'm taking my daughter to her next for a trim. No more bad hair!