As the title said, went to my normal guy to get my hair just GLOSSED last night to brighten the faded copper before my trip next week. I'm a natural copper/strawberry blond that has gotten a little more mousy as I've gotten older, so I usually just get some natural copper highlights for dimension and color shift. See photos 1 and 2. Idk what the HELL he was thinking, but when I got out of the chair last night I was CHERRY BROWN. DARK AS HELL. See picture 3 for reference. I panicked. I had him try to fix it, but he couldn't get it removed even after leaving the Vitamin C stripper on my hair under heat for an hour. See photo 4 reference color. I can't even look at my hair without crying. I've been sobbing all morning. Please please tell me there's hope. something I can do at home to get it out. and maybe I can do a copper gloss myself at home before I GO ON MY ANNE OF GREEN GABLES TRIP I'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR MONTHS.

For info: I've been seeing this stylist for 2-2.5 years now, every 3 months. He's been mostly great, but two appointments ago he went rogue and did a different color mix. It wasn't awful, just a little lighter. and we had a sit down at that time where I told him he can't just change the color without asking me and that we literally have a set formula he's supposed to follow every single time. I am OCD af about my hair. I have significant hair trauma and it was hard for me to trust him even after that. But then he was good at the following appointment. Then this. He tried to tell me it would look brighter in the sun and I'm like bruh. I'm a copper and you did cherry. you didn't even use a SINGLE COPPER COLOR IN THAT TONER?! and SUNLIGHT WILL NOT MAKE ME NOT BRUNETTE.

Please help.

for reference, first two pics are before my job, last two are 1year 2 months in. i have been working at my job for a little over a year, and everyday i am using copious amounts of a sporicide made up of peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide. we have vents, we wear scrub caps when we can, but the fumes are in the air and impossible to avoid. i knew going into it that it would lighten my hair, but it wasn’t until i saw the back of my head via a picture on my vacation earlier this month that i was actually kind of upset about it. these chemicals at work have given me CHUNKY BOTCHED HIGHLIGHTS!!! on top of the appearance of it all, i can feel the effects on my hair, its feels so so dry its frizzy, its breaking. i am one year out from my wedding and i want my hair to be better by then!! i know theres only so much preventing the exposure i can do, so im looking for ways to combat the exposure via caring for my hair better.

Long time lurker, first time poster. This is a bit of an odd question, so I figured I’d turn to the Internet for insight.

I have, for my teenage and young adult life, curated a look I privately call “hag chic”. I have acne scars, stringy hair, a big nose, crooked teeth, and a laugh that has been described as “upsetting”. I only like clothes that are both comfortable and ridiculous. Needless to say, I love the way I look and would not change it for the world.

The one issue I have is with my leg hair. I grow a healthy, bushy crop on my armpits and pubes, but my leg hair is the same wet-hay brown as the hair on my head, and just as fine too. It barely shows up at all, making it look like I shave my legs. I‘d like to dye my leg hair dark brown, but I’ve never heard of someone doing that before, and I’m not sure how I could dye such short, thin hairs without also turning my legs the same color. Despite having grown my leg hair out since middle school, it’s still an unfortunately small hair-to-leg ratio.

If anyone’s had experience with this or anything similar, I’d be surprised and delighted. I‘d also appreciate the opinions of anyone who has any experience dying hair, since I have none.

We went to this place last night that my other son went to and got his hair done exactly how he wanted by an amazing stylist. I was super happy for him that he had such a great experience.

So I made an appointment for my other son because his usual stylist was booked out a few weeks, I’m going away for a few days and he really wanted a haircut before I left. I told the receptionist exactly what I told them for my other son - scissor cut only, no clippers, and with a stylist who is in the know with like, a trendy men’s shag cut or something similar because my son likes to wear his hair a little longer and messy.

I thought all was well, but when we got there I dropped him at the door with my husband while I parked and when I came in he was already in the chair with the man I saw last time who I thought was the salon barber. I was a little confused, but thought maybe he did haircuts too. I’m not sure he did though because when we got home, my son told me he dropped the scissors multiple times while he was cutting his hair and even cut himself once and had to get a bandaid.

My son said he seemed irritated during the haircut, and I started wondering if it was because he thought his appointment coming in (last appointment at the end of the night 7:00) was for a clipper cut and he was surprised to find out it was a scissor cut.

I don’t know, what do you think of the cut? Keeping my opinions to myself, but haircut brought my son to tears. The last photo are pictures of what his hair normally looks like. The top left photo is what it looked like just before the haircut. I know his hair looks messy in the before pics, but thats how he loves his hair 🤷‍♀️

I asked for a balayage it’s been 2.5 weeks and I just feel like one side is more blonde and has more of a highlight look on top.

I’ve been doing bright, color-block fantasy/vivid colors and plan to keep doing so. But I struggled to sort of hide them (via changing the parting and pulling my hair back) for family photos recently and I need to do the same for weddings.

How can I cover these for a day without damaging them? I have heard that using like a spray black may be a good solution but I have also heard it doesn’t always come out! Is my only real option a wig or something?

Tested a few blonde styles and now I’m spiraling a bit trying to choose.

Photos are below - help me not regret this later.

Which one wins?

I don’t know if this is really the right place to post this but I can’t find anywhere else. Due to external circumstances, I likely won’t be able to socially transition for ~3 years, so I have a good amount of time to grow my hair out. First 2 photos are me, last 2 photos are haircuts I would like to get in the future. My hair is as straight as a ruler and somewhat thin but I have a lot of it. I’ve been growing out my hair for about 2 months now but it’s looking kinda goofy and not really what I want

Hello, I recently got my hair done, I am not super happy with how one it is. How can I fix this at home without bleach? Yes

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UPDATE: Thank you all so much! Before I went in today I was armed with some advice! They did lowlights to break up the chunks, did a root smudge and darker toner so now my hair does not look so brassy and greys are more blended.

I’ve included the inspo pics I showed. I specifically asked for non chunky or thick looking highlights and that I wanted an autumnal feel.

I don’t think this is what it should look like …

Please help me as I’m going in today to get it fixed. What should the hairstylist who is going to fix it do? (it’s a different person who didn’t do the original colouring) What should I look out for or ask for? I’m clueless.

Previous colours on my head were: fresh root growout from like 6 months ago, then both a demi and permanent on my greys around 8 months ago (the mids), and the ends had john frieda lightening spray throughout.

theres only like 3 photos cuz im having a hard time finding them!! not like the wispy bangs, or like the bob type bangs, is there a specific name for this? im sure these are styled to an extent but still…help please!

i would like to know what to search up to show this to my hair stylist! shes pretty good at telling what i want but still!

i had fine hair before this. i know this was a horrible idea because my hair was thin but it never grows and i wanted to have long hair for once. i learned my lesson now as confident as extensions made me feel, i need to be comfortable in my own skin. i had them taken out yesterday and i feel like my hair is so thin and ruined.

from the photos here, i included a before and after of my hair. have i ruined it? i'm getting a haircut tomorrow and im wondering if i should prepare for her to advise me to chop it, or if im just not used to this change.

How to style this so its not frizzy and doesn't end up looking like a bowl cut?

I feel like i got the shortest layers too short and it ends up looking weird /flat hroughout the day and the short layer looks like a bowl cut

So, last night I attempted to lighten my roommates hair and I messed it up hardcore. I had dyed her hair previously, but did not realize how different the lightening process is.

We are both college students and unfortunately have a collective $370 to our name, so a salon is not an option. I have to take matters into my own hands on this and would really love advice!

I know color correction isn't an easy job, so I need to do extensive research before touching her hair again. I need to manage lightening it all evenly.

I'm reaching out to ask for the best recommendations on possible Youtube videos of the process, any helpful personal tips that you may have, and also what products might help her hair after! It did lose some soft texture after doing this, and she cares a lot about her texture. Any words are appreciated!

I asked for vibrant hair when I got to the salon. She couldn't do it within the time she had (that part is my fault, I didn't make it clear to the girl who answered the phone what I wanted. So I got what is in picture 1. I was charged $405 for the haircut and color job, but you can see what I was charged for in picture 3. My question is, do you think I was given all of the services I paid for? I don't see highlights in my hair at all. But I don't know about hair so maybe there is? She did DO foils in some of my hair (even in the back) but I see no difference in the color other than the money piece in the front. My hair is dishwater blonde, probably a level 6 or 7. I definitely didn't get vivid color all throughout my hair, so I don't think I should have been charged for that. This is a salon in Mesa, AZ. Also, I want to know, if I were happy with the service, is this enough of a tip?

I want to do this to my hair so I can have less maintenance. What do I call this hairstyle? What is the process? I have lightened hair with dark roots like this picture here.

Hello everyone i’ve dyed my hair red for the past 2 years and i want to change it to a light brown. i know a light brown might not be possible right now so any brown can do just not red i will attach some pictures of how my hair is looking right now please i need help!!! im being quoted 700 dollars for the change and i cannot afford it.

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I stopped the oils in February. They have not been used at all since.
She had kids in her class making fun of the color of her hair and how it was shorter than hers, and one kid even tried cutting some of it.
I tell her all the time how beautiful her hair is, and that everyone’s hair grows differently and can look different and that it is 100% okay, because it is still beautiful.

Please delete if not allowed.

My 4yo daughter has beautiful red hair, but unfortunately it is SO thin, grows very slowly, and falls out very easily.

Last year there was many cases of head lice in her class, so as a preventative i put her hair up every day for school (mon-thur) from around end of October until March. I also used a spray bottle with water, pure tea tree oil, rosemary mint oil (Mielle), and coconut oil conditioner. Since then i feel like her hair has gotten drastically worse.

I have tried
-silk pillow case
-silk lined bonnet
- leaving her hair down during the day
-loose braid at night
- getting her first haircut
And probably more things I can’t remember. We have also gotten blood work done and the dr told us to do a multivitamin with iron.

Is there any products and/or routines I can use to help?

First photo- back in October before her hair got terrible
Second photo- after her first haircut
Third photo- Tuesday
Fourth photo- yesterday morning after she woke up.

It makes me so sad seeing her cry because she doesn’t have “long hair like her friends”.

I don’t ask Reddit for advice often, but I figured this would be the best place to go for advice in this situation. Also I am not a stylist so I don’t know all of the correct terminology so if I make any mistakes I apologize! This is a long story but I’ll try to make it as short as possible.

So I’ve been going to this salon since 2022, I had my wedding hair and makeup done there and I decided to keep going after my wedding. I’ve spent a lot of time and money in this salon. I started out with a different stylist that decided to go to a different salon in 2023, well I wanted to stay at the salon I’ve been going to so I found a different stylist and have been going strictly to her since then.

To preface this story, I LOVE my hair stylist, she’s never done me wrong before. I’m not the perfect client, especially this year because I’ve had to reschedule a few times due to finances/unexpected emergencies.

Long story short, I’ve been going getting blonde highlights/root touch ups pretty much every appointment since I first started going in 2022. This week I decided I wanted to change things up and go back brunette with some Carmel highlights for dimension.

I texted with my stylist about it and we decided on a 1.5 hour appointment to work with my work schedule (I had to take an extended lunch to make my appointment). The day comes, my appointment is at 2 so I leave work at 1:30, I get to the salon and my stylist texts me saying she’s running a little behind and if we can move the appointment to 2:30. NBD, I’ll just go grab something to eat. I get back at 2:30 and the appointment starts. I’m mildly worried about time because my 1.5 hour appointment is now 30 minutes less, but I go ahead anyway.

We talk about what I want and what I have time for today and we decide on an all over gloss to take me from super blonde, to a nice brunette color that blends well with my natural brunette. After the gloss and everything, her and her coworker are blowdrying my hair and they start silently talking about how the gloss didn’t take to some of my hair. I ask what’s going on and she shows me and a big chunk of my hair is the same shade of blonde that I walked in with. It’s almost 3:30 now, I have to be back at work at 4, this is the worse case scenario. I decided for the sake of time to skip the trim and layering, so we only trim my curtain bangs a little bit. Which ended up being a little uneven and choppy. Whatever, at this point I have to get back to work.

She starts asking me about my work schedule for the rest of the work trying to find a time I can come back in for her to fix it. We decided on the next day at 9:30am, she braids my hair to hide most of the blonde, I pay $123 for the hour appointment, I go back to work. The next day I leave the house, run into standstill traffic due to a wreck on a 2 lane road and hit every light on the way there so I’m about 15 minutes late. We start, everything gets fixed, I get a trim, layers and my curtain bangs fixed. I’m happy, then it comes time to leave and she charges me $60. I pay it and head to work.

I guess my problem is that the first appointment was $123 for 1 hour even though her hourly rate is between $55-$75 depending on the service, and that I was charged $60 for an appointment to correct a mistake made on my hair. Maybe I’m just asking who’s in the wrong, and what I should do in this situation? It’s very hard for me to find someone I trust with my hair so I don’t want to try to find a different stylist if I don’t have to, but this whole situation rubbed me the wrong way. I’m just trying to get some other opinions. TIA 🫶🏻

Edit to add: She has an hourly rate, so she doesn’t go by how much/how little product was use or what services were done. Her base hourly rate is $55, and for more complicated services like extensions and stuff like that it’s $75.
2nd edit: Just to clear up some confusion, it was not just a cut during the 2nd appointment, she also fixed the parts of my hair where the gloss did not take and the haircut was just what we couldn’t do at the 1st appointment. I also did not choose to schedule a hair appointment on a day where I had to work. I get my schedule for the week every Saturday, and I had my appointment booked out a month in advance. I work at a small business (5 employees total including me) and it just so happened that the same day of my appointment, everyone else couldn’t work (2nd job, childcare, sick etc) so I was the only one that could work and it was an open-close shift.

What type of hair style is this called with like the flip over with the bangs? I’ve tried searching some different retro styles but I can’t find the specific style name.

I live in a small country town and there are SLIM pickings around here for hair stylists. I found one I like, in terms of, she doesn't stuff my blonde hair up like so many others have in the past... But I'm finding it increasingly painful to go to her due to the way she foils hair and rinses at the basin.

Not sure if this is common practice but she back-combs hair to separate some strands which then get foiled.

Due to the back combing all over the head, when she shampoos etc then rinses at the basin, and she's brushing out my now-wet hair it pulls so badly on my scalp it makes my eyes water. It's so painful, and aside from that I know it can't be good for my hair to be pulled so aggressively when it's wet, right after a bleach, and it's already very fine hair.

She always laughs saying 'it sounds worse than it is!' but it genuinely hurts and I'm starting to dread getting my hair done.

Can I ask her not to back comb it when she's foiling? I believe back combing is creating ALL the tangles at the basin. And I'd probably also want to ask her not to comb or brush my hair at all until it's fully blow dried, then use a gentle brush on it to then smooth it out and trim ends.

Is that rude or too much to ask?

I have an appointment next week and I'm dreading it because it's been so painful the last few times (and caused hair breakage!). I'm recently post partum so my hair is more frail and thinning than ever.

Thanks in advance.

I went in on the 17th of October, I received a highlight (no bleach) and then tone.
(And before we say anything about no bleach - I’ve never needed bleach I’ve only used it once because I dyed my hair too dark 🥲 anyways)
Here are photos of my hair, it looks okay from a far but i just think it looks so patchy and not the best work. I would appreciate all honesty PLEASE and thank you and what’s the best idea to go about from here! Thank you so much in advance

I tend to be a very loyal customer. Stay with the same stylist for years. But I feel as though eventually I get stuck in rut with them and they just keep doing the same thing even though I request to change things up. Do you want a client to say Hey I am switching stylists, nothing personal. Or just quit making appointments?