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| - 1. I wanted a blonde balayage ombre, i brought in a picture of what i wanted, needless to say it didn't turn out anything like it. My main point i wanted to get across was I wanted it BLENDED. I don't know how many times i said that word that day. I wanted blonde on the ends but have it gradually become blonde by breaking it up with some brown.
In the end,
a. The blonde in my hair was very contrasting with my natural hair colour. There wasn't really enough brown to break it up. My hair is naturally dark so it did not show up and therefore the blonde is incredibly contrasting against my natural hair.
b. It looked very harsh and there was a few areas where there was harsh horizontal AND vertical lines differentiating the black and the blonde.
c. my hair where it was bleached had several different tones from orange, yellow, silver, almost white.. it just looked like a mess.
2. Speaking of my hair being white, having asian hair I know how hard it is to lighten. Despite the use of olaplex my hair is incredibly damaged in the areas where it was bleached.
Going in, I knew my ends were already damaged but after the bleach & my wash... they were quite literally MELTING AND BREAKING off. WHAT SUCKS IS I have been growing my hair out to be healthy for an entire year in preparation for that day. and now all that for nothing (Not that I didn't expect any damage, but olaplex is supposed to help a bit with it)
3. I was told that the process would take about 4 - 5 hours. I was there for a total of 8 hours. (1pm-9pm) i am not exaggerating. Look, I understand that the stylist was juggling a few clients and I was incredibly respectful about it. I did not say a word (and perhaps I should have) when he told me my hair will process for 30 minutes and he wouldn't be back until an hour or so later. But how am I going to tell a professional how to do their job?!
all in all, the stylist who helped me was incredibly nice and I can see that he really wanted to fix it, but my hair was beyond repair. I kept repeating myself over and over again and yet i was still not getting anything close to the photo I brought in.
one thing I will say is that the hair CUT turned out nice.
he offered for me to come in and get it fixed next time, but honestly, i don't think i will ever go back. i was so incredibly upset because i was so excited going in, and so disappointed coming out. My friends & family cringed at the sight of my hair. It was brutal.
and I had to still pay $180. I paid $180 for an incredibly damaged, colour confused, decent haircut.
woo.
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