GreenEyedJen
Well-Known Member
Hey guys!
I made a thread last week, asking for opinions on what color red I should dye my hair. My original thread is here: http://www.longhaircareforum.com/hair-care-tips-product-review-discussion/526607-red-pics.html
Today was the day of my appointment. I was in there for FIVE HOURS! I haven't been to a salon since '09 (my BC was in 2010, but I went to a barber), so I wasn't ready for that yet. Rather than make a reaaaally long post about what went on, I'll just list the pros and cons:
CONS:
*She processed my hair THREE TIMES. Yes, three! Guys, I was so scared. The first time she processed it, my hair was like, white. It was that light. The second time, the blonde color didn't take, so we needed to put a rinse over that. The rinse is basically the same color as my natural hair, so a lot of my hair got bleached for nothing
*It's not the exact color I wanted. I decided on streaks of "Rihanna red" and the strawberry blonde Tanika Ray had in my first post. I got the red, but instead of strawberry blonde, I have small streaks of white blonde.
PROS:
*I love the color! It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but I think it looks great. The pictures below don't do it justice. The color is the color in the cell phone pictures, but the brightness is like the camera pics.
*I got a good trim/cut. I'm not good at estimating length, but she probably took off between 1 and 3 inches all around. I was really apprehensive, but she showed me what she was gonna do, and I already knew I needed a trim. My hair was really uneven as the result of a botched weave/weave takedown at the end of last year. I forgot hooow much better my hair looks with a nice trim. I haven't put any shears to my head since my BC in March of 2010, and I'll NEVER go that long again. I didn't take a picture of my hair right before the trim, but it's a major difference. I'll probably go back to trimming about every three months, which is what I did when I was relaxed. My goal was to get to APL by the end of the year, but I'll be okay with nearly APL as long as my hair stays healthy.
Time will tell if I continue to dye (I'm really anxious to see how my hair reacts to all of the bleach after a couple of weeks) but as of now I'm pretty happy.
Okay, enough rambling. On to the pics! ETA: CURLY HAIR/REVERSION/HAIR LENGTH BEFORE CUT PICS ARE IN POST #21.
Right before:
Cell phone pictures:
Camera pictures:
I made a thread last week, asking for opinions on what color red I should dye my hair. My original thread is here: http://www.longhaircareforum.com/hair-care-tips-product-review-discussion/526607-red-pics.html
Today was the day of my appointment. I was in there for FIVE HOURS! I haven't been to a salon since '09 (my BC was in 2010, but I went to a barber), so I wasn't ready for that yet. Rather than make a reaaaally long post about what went on, I'll just list the pros and cons:
CONS:
*She processed my hair THREE TIMES. Yes, three! Guys, I was so scared. The first time she processed it, my hair was like, white. It was that light. The second time, the blonde color didn't take, so we needed to put a rinse over that. The rinse is basically the same color as my natural hair, so a lot of my hair got bleached for nothing
*It's not the exact color I wanted. I decided on streaks of "Rihanna red" and the strawberry blonde Tanika Ray had in my first post. I got the red, but instead of strawberry blonde, I have small streaks of white blonde.
PROS:
*I love the color! It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but I think it looks great. The pictures below don't do it justice. The color is the color in the cell phone pictures, but the brightness is like the camera pics.
*I got a good trim/cut. I'm not good at estimating length, but she probably took off between 1 and 3 inches all around. I was really apprehensive, but she showed me what she was gonna do, and I already knew I needed a trim. My hair was really uneven as the result of a botched weave/weave takedown at the end of last year. I forgot hooow much better my hair looks with a nice trim. I haven't put any shears to my head since my BC in March of 2010, and I'll NEVER go that long again. I didn't take a picture of my hair right before the trim, but it's a major difference. I'll probably go back to trimming about every three months, which is what I did when I was relaxed. My goal was to get to APL by the end of the year, but I'll be okay with nearly APL as long as my hair stays healthy.
Time will tell if I continue to dye (I'm really anxious to see how my hair reacts to all of the bleach after a couple of weeks) but as of now I'm pretty happy.
Okay, enough rambling. On to the pics! ETA: CURLY HAIR/REVERSION/HAIR LENGTH BEFORE CUT PICS ARE IN POST #21.
Right before:
Cell phone pictures:
Camera pictures:
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