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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:04 pm
Cnd, sorry to hear you got such lousy treatment. I would have expected the problem to be fixed that same day, and since they did not, I would NOT return there but would still want something financial. I would not have paid a single dime for something I did not like. I would be spitting mad and ensuring that everyone I knew was warned from that shop. I don't get how someone could think black is the same as brown haircolor - colorblind maybe? I think you will need to see someone who has experience handling repairs of bad hair. I can't really comment on the calico color arrangement because I would be just fine with it - after all, my highlights are green, blue, black and purple! I do know that it is just hair and it grows back. On the positive side, it's still attached to your head! Going to work will be fine; it will give you an opportunity to warn everyone from that shop!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:16 pm
Oh, Cnd, straw isn't good at all! I've been having mine foiled for a long long time and it has never felt a bit dry. Now my hair was always on the oily side, but with time and more and more grey, that isn't so bad, but my hairdresser has never ever fried my hair.. I agree with Shadoe, would not be inclined to return to that salon. Oh yes, it is good that it is still attached. I well remember long ago back in the early seventies our first female computer operator (mainframe with large printers, 35 lb boxes of paper, heavy tapes, etc., divorced her then husband, a shift supervisor, then she literally ran off to Vegas and got married to another guy and while in Vegas she paid $200 for a perm (that was alot in those days) and her hair was fried and fell out in uneven hunks. She sued them. Sadly that awful perm lasted longer than her marriage! It really was painful to see.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:27 pm
Also, if your hair is really dry (feels like straw), be careful to get someone who is very good with color to fix it. You don't want to do too much more damage to your hair... I'm so sorry that happened to you. Two Octobers ago I had something similar happen -- a horrible flat matte black color with red streaks. I was telling an acquaintance about it and she actually said, 'Oh, I thought you had that done for Halloween.' Needless to say, I never went back to that salon. I didn't even let them "fix" it.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:31 pm
I do know that your hair does change when some hair chemicals are applied to hairs; it could be just the products that were used. The guys I see now are extreme when it comes to the harsh stuff so my hair is not drastically affected. Nevertheless, it is no longer virgin hair. I do know that how my hair feels now and how it dries is different than my natural hair. Once you apply something permanent to your hair, you have adjusted it. My hair is coarser now, but that's a good thing because my natural texture is very very fine. Cnd, if you have not been big on treating your hair, it may look and feel worse than it really is. Do all the hairs feel the same or is it worse on the streaked parts? I would still be very particular about who I got to examine it and fix it. Try to find someone who knows about and has had experience with treating damaged hair.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:32 pm
Yikes Cnd. Sounds like you need a good protein treatment. I'd wait a week or 2 before it was fixed though in case the hair is weakened. And do the treatments in between.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:57 pm
shadoe, i'd love to do several colors in my hair but black isn't one of them. i don't look good with black hair of any kind. and, i wouldn't mind the spots if there was some rational to them. and, now that i've gotten a good look at the back hairline i have found that the right side is an inch shorter than the left and there is this big chunk in the middle longer than either side. not only did she not color me correctly now i have to get the back evened out. and, she has been doing this all her life, has 4 daughters that do this too. dayem!!!!! i've been having my hair dyed for about 20 years and nothing like this has ever happened. i really was looking forward to the highlights too. i'm totally bummed.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:14 pm
Cnd, that sucks. Just because someone has been doing something for years does not make them good. If my hair were that bad or different from what I wanted, I would take some pictures of the problems just in case you want to do something later on. I am one who likes the 'don't get mad; get even' approach heh heh. Be sure you don't get that place to fix it. Try not to be too bummed about it; it can be fixed.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:56 pm
That's awful Cnd. I hope you can get someone to fix it, and I agree with the others, don't go back there, just present them with the bill for the fix. My frizzy hair problem from earlier - I tried the Dove anti frizz cream sample and it improved it a bit, but not fully (I don't know if I was expecting too much?). I was all set to buy it today and saw the Loreal one on clearance at $2.34 instead so bought that!
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 8:48 pm
OH CND - HOW HORRIBLE FOR YOU! (((((((((CND))))))))) I have no professional hair advice at all. But I agree - take lots of pix for legal purposes, and also do some research and find out who is the BEST, most highly recommended colourist who can fix your hair. Word of mouth isn't such a bad idea for starters. Then once its fixed, try to get the old salon to pay for the fixup. Poor sweetie! My question is WHY they sent you home like that... I wouldn't leave the premises til they tried to fix it, IF I trusted them to do it right this time. I don't know if I would have paid either until they did.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 10:02 pm
Haven't we all felt like this some days?
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 5:04 pm
Here’s the latest on my hair. The salon manager called me this morning & I met with her and a color specialist this morning at 10. Stripping my hair was out of the question as it was too damaged. So, they pulled better than 75% of my hair through a cap, bleached that and recolored my hair. Then she had to try and fix the botched haircut. So, my hair is even shorter than before. I have a lovely shade of dark red/auburn hair that I can live with until such time as I can go somewhere else and get my hair done correctly. It is just going to have to grow out at this time as I am afraid if anything else is done to it it will all fall out. Someone that saw me later this afternoon said that I looked ‘sassy’ and my dh said he might like having a redhead since my mom is auburn and my niece and nephew have red hair. Anyway I was a strawberry blonde as a child so the color isn’t a bad one for me – just not what I had in mind. I am too exhausted and don’t think my boss will let me take any more time off from work to get anything else done. It took over 3 hours today to get done what was done. Even though I have free haircuts until it grows out and a free deep conditioning treatment sometime in the next 4 weeks I will never go back there again. I don't have a digital camera so I can't take pictures to show you nor could I have taken pictures yesterday even if I had had a camera. DH has gone out of town to school.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 5:17 pm
Glad it was able to be fixed Cnd.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:09 pm
(((((Dearie))))), I am so relieved that your nightmare is over! Glad they were able to fix it to your satisfaction. And even if they offered a lifetime of free hair stuff, you're right to NEVER set foot there again, and let all and sundry know about it too!
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:24 pm
cnd, i can't find the link right now...but the one i posted earlier (ojon site). i highly recommend that. i bought it because Fairy, a TVCH member recommended it. i've had the product for months. still have tons of the oil and "pot" conditioner left. shampoo/regular conditioner long gone. i've always had naturally very healthy hair (no matter what i do to it)..so, i'm lucky that way. but, i think this would help your hair. get the salon to buy it for you. if not, order it on QVC and see if it works. i know, it is expensive...but it lasts for so, so long. plus if you don't like it, you can return it within 30 days. please try it to see if it "fixes" your hair. by memory: www.ojon.com
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 9:26 pm
eta: i realize you are going to have conditioning for free...but i think the salon should also pay for this product for you to try and use regularly at home. i have long hair....the product lasts so long. i forget when i ordered it...it was so long ago. the important product (to save money....is the conditioner in the pot...you use only a bit). just buy that if you want to try it. the whole kit costs about 60.00 if i remember correctly. don't know about just buying the one item.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:42 pm
today i have had looks and comments ranging from the positive to the positively shocked and horrified. going from below shoulder length to only 2 inch hair even without the drastic change in color is still rather shocking to me. i took the shirt they ruined back to the store tonight after work. it just so happens that it is one of their brands and the manager looked it up and gave me a gift certificate for full price plus tax. whoopie (sarcasm here). i am writing a letter of complaint to the BBB and their home office in Dallas. they should have given me my money back, paid me for my time lost at work and paid for me to have someone somewhere else fix their mess. i may not ever receive that compensation but i am still seeking it anyway. the store manager told me he liked my hair and i told him to go into the salon and get his died this color then if he liked it so much.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 7:12 pm
Good for you Cnd. I'm sure the shocked looks are mostly to do with the drastic change, rather than the actual style you have, but still, it can't be welcome it that wasn't your intent. Act quickly on getting everything documented if you're going to pursue this, get photos of your hair now and how it was before, even if you haven't got any photos of the really bad period. Good luck.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 7:37 pm
cnd, i'm so sorry you've had this experience with your hair. it just sucks.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 9:23 pm
Aw Dearie, I had no idea they cut it that short. If like me, you prefer your hair a certain length, it's got to be a traumatic change, no matter how nice the cut may look. BUT you've got to remember, that it will grow back, so take heart! And I hope you do sue the knickers off them. Getting in touch with the BBB is a brilliant start. 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 4:47 pm
I got a perm today and Paul said not to wash it for 3 days. Can I, at least, get it wet to wash away some of that perm smell and those itty bitty hairs from the haircut?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 5:04 pm
The water will weigh it down and lose some of the curl, so I would not get it wet. I would use a wet washcloth to get rid of the bitty hairs, but the smell... well, you'll get used to it! 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 5:21 pm
i was in a staff meeting with the commissioners where i work today. i work for county govt which means the depts are scattered over a large area. so, i don't see all these folks on a regular basis. a lot of them had not been made aware of my new 'hair'. not a single one told me it looked good or anything positive. the most common choice of words was 'OH! I almost didn't recognize you.' followed by nothing else. the looks that went with that phrase were enough. i hate my hair.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 5:42 pm
Me bad. I couldn't stand the thought of putting my head on the pillow tonight with all of those little hairs and gently rinsed my hair. It is still curly enough to belong to Bozo The Clown. Thanks Julie.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 5:49 pm
Got some baby wipes Rosie? Try that.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 5:52 pm
tomato juice kills the smell, rosie. and, your hair determines whether or not the curl will 'wash out' or not. mine is great (at least when i had hair). i have to have the perm cut out of my hair for it to go away. but, others i know lost their curl the first time they washed it. go figure.
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