Donna in Hollywoodland

The Haircut and Dye

So what to do when you just finish spending $800 on car repairs ?
Head over to the Beauty Salon, and spend some money on your hair.

Actually, I have a good excuse.
While I was out on one my lunch time walks at the office, someone handed me a flyer for a new salon in Hollywood.
Half off your first visit.
Wonderful - or so I thought.

First, at arriving, they made me run to the ATM machine. The credit card machines weren't hooked up yet.

I handed the woman a picture from a catalog. Keep it long. But more layers.
And she did a great job giving me the exact same cut in the picture.

Then I told her, I wanted my medium brown hair, at least 2 shades darker.
A dark brown. No red tones. Get rid of all the grey.
"Ash brown?" she asked.
Yes - perfect.

She put the dye on, then sent me to the back.
She told me 20 minutes.
I counted the songs on the radio, and the commercials.
Hey, its getting past 20 minutes.

I got up and walked to the front of the salon. She was cutting a man's hair.
She said she would be right with me.
It had to be closer to 40 minutes.

I thought "My hair is going to be to dark."

She rinsed out the color, and said "Beautiful color".
Okay, I think.

In the chair, she takes off the towel.
My hair is a copper color.
The color of a penny.
Lighter than my original hair. Not darker.
And definitely red tones.

This is not what I asked for. But what can I do. The color and cut were together both only $40.
But she totally screwed up the color.

As these things always go. You think its going to look better when you see it at home.
And it never does.
Its always worse.

She didn't strip my hair of the original color, or she only did it on top - or something.
I don't think she had the dye properly mixed.
Because my roots are a copper color. The bottom ends of my hair still medium brown but with a copper color over the original color.
Its so screwed up.

Yeah, I thought about making her do it over again for free. But if she already screwed it up once, I really don't ever want her touching my hair ever again.

I call some friends. I figure in a few weeks, I will go to a place my friend recommends. Which will be triple what I paid at this place.

So now, I know. Not all deals are good deals.
And paying half price for something, can actually end up costing you more money in the long run.

Here's a pic. The cut is okay. I don't like the color.