Color Discrepancies
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Forum Name: Hair Color
Forum Description: The tricks and tribulations of changing your hair color
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Printed Date: October 05 2025 at 10:34am
Topic: Color Discrepancies
Posted By: Alayney
Subject: Color Discrepancies
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 9:32pm
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I am about to rip my hair out in pure frustration today! I realize that if you walk into the salon and say you want BLONDE hair or BROWN hair or RED hair that can mean an almost unlimited variant of shades. But doesn't PLATINUM mean PLATINUM? Or are there ten different SHADES of platinum? Because it blows my mind how many stylists, who have done my hair, finish and say "There! Nice and white, just like you like it!" and it's NOT AT ALL like I like it. I show pictures of what I DO want AND what I DON'T want -- at the VERY LEAST I DON'T want ANY GOLD in my hair. But they NEVER EVER seem to get it right. Lately, I've been about 80% happy -- it's not EXACTLY what I want but 80% what I want. Until today -- my girl wasn't available and so I went to someone else (just this time). MISTAKE! No, I'm not going back to have her "fix" it; I'll just wait until it's time to have it redone. But it's enough to make me want to SHAVE MY HEAD already! I'd rather have 5 inches of roots growing in and the color it was BEFORE than what I have now. SERIOUSLY, how hard is it to make people understand WHITE BLONDE? THANK YOU for listening to me. I just HAD to vent. |
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Posted By: auramae
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 11:41pm
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Sometimes hairdressers are uncertain of how aggressive they can safely be when bleaching your hair. The only way to get to white is to keep bleacing until every smidge of visible yellow is gone and even then it will generally have to be toned. Oh, and you want it to still be attached to your head when it's all done! It is helpful to have a relationship with your hairdresser. If you plan your next touch-up before you leave the salon, then you know you will get the time you want with the stylist who knows your hair. For the record, there is no definition of shades. It varies greatly from one manufacturer to the next. In my eyes, platinum and white are two different colors. But even though I am a colorist, I can tell you that I understand your frustration. When having the salon painted I told them I wanted the walls WHITE (for true color rendition) and they painted it "Acoustic White" which is decidedly yellow. I asked them how clear I need to be and they told me there are many shades of "white." I told them I wanted the one that was the opposite of black. :) If you give me your address, I can track down some referral stylists or salons for you. Sorry it was a bad day.  ------------- Get Some Hairapy - a hairdresser's prescription for happiness |
Posted By: Mishy
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 5:14pm
I'm soo sorry about your hair... that's why I hate going to a salon, everyone who has dark hair like me seems to always have "perfect" highlights, I go in, and bam... brassy yucky stuff. I rather save my money when I can get the same affect at home. I'm really sorry, I'll buy a sympathy wig the same color your hair is and wear it out for ya 
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