Today, I made the decision to lighten my hair from dark brown to blonde. I thought the stylist knew what she was doing, but I ended up with my hair fried off and orange. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I decided to bleach my hair but then my mom got mad and put my hair in a bun after helping bleach it. Mind you, it is currently blonde orange and black and I don't think it worked, and my hair is fried. FML
Today, I decided I wanted to dye my hair a medium brown. Little did I know, some jerk switched the hair dye boxes. My hair is now bright orange. FML
Today, I tried dying my hair blonde. I put my hair in a bun and waited for it to dye. I guess I did something wrong, because my hair is now 4 different shades of blonde/orange, along with patches of my natural black hair. FML
Today, I bleached my hair for the new school year. Instead of blonde, it came out orange, making my hair look like a bloated pumpkin. FML
Today, I tried to dye my hair blonde using a DIY kit I found online. As I was washing out the dye, I realized my hair had turned bright orange. I had to wear a hat all day to avoid being seen in public with a Johnny Rotten fright-wig. FML
Today, I decided I wanted to bleach my hair, so I asked my mother for help. Apparently, something went wrong, because clumps of my hair started falling out. Now I'm half blonde and half bald, and my mom is just laughing at me. FML
Today, I went to get my hair highlighted at the salon. The salonist mixed up my blonde hair dye with some other girl's hot pink and violet dye. Now I look like a cheap hooker. FML
Today, after wasting $60 and 3 hours of my time getting my hair dyed to get rid of the ugly orange tint it had from the last time I got my hair dyed, it turned out to be the exact same color I started with. I go on vacation in 6 days and hate my hair. I'm not looking forward to taking pictures, that’s for sure. FML
Today, I got my hair dyed at a fancy salon. While the stylist was pulling out the foils in my hair I sat up and started screaming in pain because the hot foils were burning my scalp. All she said was "oh, you're fine". I went back home to find an oozing burn wound on my scalp. FML
Today, I colored my hair. It was supposed to turn out blonde, but it became more a mix of red and brown and blonde patches. When I tried coloring everything back, a green tint was added. My hair is at the moment red, brown, blonde and green. FML
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aliciousness116 16
The Donald Trump looks.
shabadabba 14
Haha that sucks. Demand for a refund. No one should pay for that
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sayno2mermaids 10
If you can't stand living with orange hair and dont have money to professionally correct it you could try a "temporary" dye. They use 10 level developer and are much gentler on hair than anything permanent. Probably good to use a dark brown- use one with cool tones to cancel out the brassiness or warm tones if you wanna embrace the redness, but be careful because it could turn out copper-y. Your hair is super porous right now so it will suck up the color. It will fade quickly but is a compromise to give your hair a bit of a break without having to live with the orange. Hairstyles with bandanas and headbands are your best friend right now! Good luck OP, sorry about your hair!
HeartYou101 31
This is correct. Ask for a refund and buy a semi-permanent red/brown auburn colour and when the auburn fades after a few washes, you'll have a nice light reddy/browny colour, which I liked for awhile when I was colouring over a terrible "ombre" job.
Sharpshooterisle 18
Following on from #17, as I've learned with my own escapades with stripping and bleaching my hair, ash tones are excellent for cancelling out brassy tones.
twitchywaffles 26
You don't mix temporary color with developer. Also a blue tone will neutralize the orange. Your stylist probably attempted to jump of the ladder
aamador6375 7
literally happened to me last week.
oliviarocksann 5
A couple of people I know did something like that and their hair turned grey. I think it has to do with how much time they leave it in for.
SilverInGray 25
Gray is usually caused by toner, not bleach.
rncannon 18
Everyone's hair takes to the coloring process differently. The bleaching process may take one round or it may take several to get the proper color. Typically, blondes will require toning as well. The best thing to do now is take it slow, use a low volume developer (nothing more than a 20), and heal your hair. Use a coconut oil, cocoa butter, and olive oil mixture in your hair and leave it overnight to help condition it and definitely see a new hair dresser to get rid of the fried and split ends. Be sure to get recommendations or check reviews for the salon before you choose a new one. Good luck!
11Tec11 13
Orange is the new brown.
JMichael 26
Go out and own that shit.
TheNewGuy03 29
Sweet! Now you look like Mrs. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus.
gracehi 33
I always thought Ms Frizzle was a beautiful woman.
TheNewGuy03 29
I agree 100%. Ms. Frizzle is amazing.
1HateMyUsername 19
I hope you're a Trump fan.
zombiekitten87 12
I've had that happen, luckily just in a small section that snapped off close to the root. My hair had been dyed black for ten years so I was kind of expecting something tragic to happen. I was able to laugh about it but my stylist was in tears. She also got in trouble for not charging me for it. It's growing back now, but I've learned to use manic panic bleach at home and take it slowly, leaving it in for no longer than 20 minutes at a time. I hope it's not too bad, OP, and it will eventually grow back. Just use a lot of deep conditioning treatments in the meantime.
Dawnoftime 12
I have blond hair and it sucks