https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 16:25:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-189744 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:26:48 +0000 Steph 189744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for the happy thoughts! Angie, I'm just not sure that I am a picture posting kind of person! But everyone at the DC get-together will be able to see the hair (although since it's almost exactly my natural color, it isn't all that exciting!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-189469 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:48:42 +0000 Katiepea 189469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph I'm really glad that you are now happy with your hair colour and you have found a stylist who listens AND works with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-189372 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:15:09 +0000 Lisa 189372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yipee for happy endings, now that is fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188987 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:36:41 +0000 Angie 188987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for happy hair endings! Glad you are sorted, Steph. Are we ever going to see a picture of you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188929 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:24:02 +0000 Maya 188929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph, when I heard you were washing your hair with dish detergent I was going to have an apoplexy! I hope you are able to go back to your regular routine again and I'm glad you were able to find a solution. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188869 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:08:48 +0000 taylor 188869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph, I am so glad you had a good outcome to this problem. Nothing is worse than the wrong and badly done color!! Yes cool when you are a warm is awful!! I didn't think that stylist could correct it because she never really offered you a resolution!!</p> <p>Couldn't be more thrilled that you are happy and confident with your hair again!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188868 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:06:24 +0000 RoseandJoan 188868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph, i was just thinking about your hair after reading your response in Maya's thread. Your new hair colour sounds lovely. I love a happy ending. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188799 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:31:53 +0000 Scarlet 188799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I am so glad that this person was able to un-do the damage. Even though it sounds vain, hair is just so important. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188790 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:09:16 +0000 Kristine 188790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so glad it worked out Steph! Hair color can be so traumatic when it doesn't turn out right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188788 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:07:53 +0000 Louise 188788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I'm so glad you got it sorted x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188780 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:54:15 +0000 Sparky 188780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for a happy ending! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188772 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:33:18 +0000 lynne 188772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So glad for a happy ending. Keep us posted on how it progesses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188768 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:21:35 +0000 Rosie 188768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful news!! So glad it got fixed to your satisfaction. You may have to go back to the lady for some color upkeep until it grows out a bit. Happy hair is a happy person! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188744 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:12:47 +0000 Megan 188744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph, I'm glad that it's fixed and you are back to being happy with your hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188729 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:42:59 +0000 Steph 188729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone! Sihaya and Vix, I actually think I'm going to stick with my original stylist for haircuts. He is good at cutting hair and I have never had a problem with him for that. Also, he was nice about trying to fix the mess he left on my hair--I just don't think he's good at color and I don't think he really understood what to do. </p> <p>I will NOT go back to him for color, although I doubt I will ever do much with color again. This was the first time in about 15 years that I had colored my hair, and I have been scared off again. I will definitely go back to the woman who corrected it for further correction (which it will need as my natural color starts growing in again). And if I ever decide to start coloring or highlighting again, she will be the one I go to! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188714 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:21:22 +0000 Vix 188714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yea, a happy ending to a nightmare color story! Glad to hear you found a pro who was able to explain what was going on, give you options, and send you away with a great new color that enhances your skintone!</p> <p>And I hope she or someone else will now be your new stylist.</p> <p>I had my hair highlighted for the first time a few years ago and ended up with "hot roots" (aka hair that was one color above and another below) and looked HORRIBLE. When my then- and long-term stylist was blase about fixing it right away as well as a few weeks later, I moved on...mistakes can happen as everyone's hair is so different, but her unwillingness to fix the issue or admit some responsibility showed me it was time to go.</p> <p>Anyway, I spent the next year gently color-correcting it with the help of my great NEW stylist and it was the start of a lovely partnership! </p> <p>Hoping the same for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188702 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:11:35 +0000 Sihaya 188702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph, I am glad you found a new stylist and have found a workable solution. I hoipe your poor hair now has a chance to nourish and be "natural" for a while. are you planning on permanently changing hair stylists? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188701 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:11:11 +0000 Boof 188701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So glad you were able to get a good result. Walking around with bad hair is just yucky! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hair-update-4#post-188687 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:44:17 +0000 Steph 188687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So many of you were so great with giving me advice and sympathy about my bad dye job that I wanted to come back with an update. </p> <p>I spent a week shampooing my hair with Dawn dishwashing soap and clarifying shampoo (I followed up with an excellent conditioner so that my hair wouldn't dry out). After going back to my stylist again to get his opinion on what else could be done, and not feeling confident with his response, I went to a woman who had good reviews on Yelp for fixing bad dye jobs. </p> <p>I went to her yesterday and she put a product on my hair that she said was designed to remove the dye, but leave whatever natural color underneath was there. She wasn't sure how much dye it would remove, but we were lucky because it got all of the wine-colored "red" out of my hair. Unfortunately, although my original stylist had told me that what he put on my hair was demi-permanent and had no ammonia or peroxide, there must have been some ammonia in it because my hair underneath was orange. The good thing about this is that it was really light, so we had options in terms of getting me back to my natural color (the color the original stylist had given me was much darker than my natural color).</p> <p>The colorist put a brown gloss on my hair, but didn't leave it on for the entire time, because she didn't want me to end up too dark again. I actually think that the color looks pretty good! It's a little lighter than my natural color, and has more copper and gold in it than my hair usually does, but I'm liking it! In keeping with our discussions on color on this forum, the key here is that the new color is very warm, so it matches my skin tone. The bad dye job was VERY cool in tone, and my skin looked really yellow and sickly next to it. </p> <p>Thanks everyone for the support when I was so miserable! </p>