a little disapointed

alright so my first order from rk was great but i ordered the straight thinking that it would match the wave of my hair but my hair is just a little bit wavier.  so i order the bodywave and wait and for them having to process it and all its actually not such a bad wait.. just like 1 1/2 weeks.  so my issue is the color...  heres the picture of the straight 24 i ordered

and heres the color 24 bodywave i ordered and its being compared to the 24 colorring which actually does pretty much match the straight

.... just a little bit darker and brassier i would say *sigh*

the bodwayve itself is a beautiful bodywave but when i did get the hair it smelled strongly of shampoo and a little sticky so i just washed it im waiting to see what it looks like dry.  i think i will have to make another order in the 22 now which wouldnt be so bad if not for the wait again and the 40 dollars more for the shipping.  damnit!  im pretty sure everyones gone through this more times than me it just sucks =\

*edited to add some more pictures

Edited by LuckieDuckies

i dont know? i always thought everyone said its not a good idea to try to dye your extensions lighter?  even if i got the brassy tone out of it i would still have to do that because it would still be darker? =\

ah well ill give a small section of it a try... thanks for the advice guys

oh my this hair lightens beautifully...  the only problem is the dye i bought was a gold blonde so i think im more of a beige so will need to go buy other dye but i managed to get it up to a lighter version of the color and the hair feels wonderful even after the dying process

That's great. I think it's in the big RK thread a page or two back that
I mentioned I thought the color ring was more of a guide than a sure
thing. I've ordered the same color and gotten two varying shades
each time.

I took a peach-toned blonde and turned it beautiful with Clairol
Radiance Colorgloss in 8GB Lt. Golden-Beige Blonde. Even for a
colorist-impaired person like me it was super easy.

Be careful with yet another color change. RK has responded well for
another lift but I turned a section slightly crunchy with the 2nd.