Backup to March of this year, and we'll see I got bored and decided to see if I can ombre my hair. It took 3 tries, but i was finally successful. Highlighting just a few inches at a time to create the perfect, seamless transition from red to blondish red. I thought it looked good, everyone else said it looked good, so i gave myself a little pat on the back.
Fast forward to August (about 2 weeks ago), I decided to make an appointment to get my hair did. It was in dire need of a trim and if I trimmed off 2 inches, the ombre would need to be brought up higher. So I asked my stylist to bring it up about chin length. {Definition time: Ombre means a gradual transition from dark to light.} I had faith, i adore my stylist, but apparently today was not her day. There was no gradual change from dark to light. I swear it looked like i put my hair in a pony tail and dipped it in bleach. It was so bad, I cried for a bit, contemplated correcting it myself (dumb idea, just don't), and decided that a pony tail would be worn until I could get it fixed.
The next day, Sunday, I made an appointment to see a new stylist and pray she could fix it. So Wednesday after work I headed to the salon. Paranoid I would be stuck with this awful hair. Well 2 things happened: 1. It could be fixed (thank you jesus) and 2. it would have to be darkened (insert sad faced emoticon here). It was fixed but I lost pretty much all of my ombre. Lessons to be learned: back combing of hair in smaller sections MUST be done when a stylist is attempting ombre, don't let the stylist paint a distinct line of bleach around your head, blending is your friend. I will not see my normal stylist (if i do at all) in the morning. She's better in the afternoon. And finally, i'm over this ombre shit. Giving this another month and it's going to one darker red for Fall.
{Can we see the distinct line? I see why she curled it and never showed me the back}
{It's like a (Burger King) crown of bleach. Soooo bad}
How it looks now. She did a damn good job fixing it.
{Not only did she have to add more bleach and bring it higher, but she toned the hell out of it to hide the ring of bleach}
{Photos by me}
