Not what I wanted
Lately I’ve been going to the hair dresser to color my hair. Since the last time it was done as all one color, I decided to save some money and do it myself.
I’ve colored my own hair before so I wasn’t nervous about the act. The actual act of coloring my hair was simple. The results were not what I wanted.
Since it is summer time (in Florida summer starts in April), I decided that I wanted to lighten my hair a bit. According the description on the box and the example images, I should be sitting here with slightly lighter hair.
The box indicated that the results would be light brown. My natural and previously colored hair was medium brown. The results from this morning…dark/medium brown.
Dark/medium brown!!!
How the hell did I end up with darker hair than I started with?!?!?!?! Especially when I used a lighter color!?!?!
Now I can’t decide if I should pony up the money for the stylist to fix this or just wait a week and use a blond color on top of this mess.
To be honest, it’s not a bad color. It’s just not what I wanted nor what I expected. I didn’t expect my hair color to come out as light as the box indicated, but I sure didn’t expect it to come out darker than it was in the first place.
If I stand in front of the bathroom mirror with the light about two feet over my head, my hair looks lighter but still darker than it was before. The problem is that I don’t have a light that I can carry around with me just two feet over my head.
So, any suggestions?
Justice:
Sometimes I think hair advice is as diverse as hairstylists themselves. Having said that, I’ll give it a go: I have been told box color is very stubborn. When I went to my hairdresser with box colored hair and wanted to lighten it, I ended up getting it highlighted because she didn’t think overall color, specifically on top of box color, was a good idea. I was left with the impression that it might not take or worse, spot.
Watch and see, though: Someone else will say something completely different!
16 June 2008, 7:03 pmKelly:
This usually happens to me. Spend one day in the sun and your hair will probably lighten up to the shade on the box. Dyed hair highlights easy. Too easy.
18 June 2008, 6:25 pm