Im thinking pre and post lockdown, and how much i trust the advice my hairdresser gives me, and wanted a second opinion on what i should expect??
So i have dark brown hair. And want red/purple hair. Ill attatch a pic of what i want. Im aware that as i have such dark hair that it would need to be lightened or built up in some way to get the desired vibrancy to it.
So moved cities a year ago and found a new hairdresser that i liked. Went to her first and said i wanted red, she put red die on my dark hair, but not at the top so a subtle res. So got a dark red colour. Got the feeling she was too scared to make such a drastic change but it was nice so was ok for a couple of months. She mentioned at this point that the more often i got the colour the brighter it would become (?) But wouldnt give any indication about how often this is. (So no time scale, should it be every week, month, 2 months?)
Went back after 2 months and said i wanted it brighter so she did balayage bleach and then red on top of it so darker red at roots going inti brighter. Liked this but it faded after a couple of washes and got an orangy faded red colour instead.
When i go back and she sees how faded it is she said that balayage always fades like that and bleach wont get me ny desired colour. So ok i set that aside and just continue to get red/purple on my dark hair.
Then i show her the attached pic that i found and she told me that it wouldnt work because the colours would all merge after the first wash and it would be pointless. Confused as to how thats the case but trust her opinion and just get the red again.
Asked for a curve shaped trim on the bottom of my long hair, amd she tried to tell me it wouldnt suit my hair as it has a curl (or frizzy as she put it...) But i insisted as i knew id had this before and it gave nice shape to my hair without resorting to layers. But she did it so subtly you can barely tell its a curve. Again she seemed a bit unconfident about doing this.
I dont want to be second guessing her, i know very little about these things but im starting to think that she might not be giving the best advice? Not sure how a colour can ve so impossible for my hair. Im not expecting miracles in one sitting or anything but to be told a straight no is strange?
Any expert opinions as to why this wouldnt work in my hair or should i find a new hairdresser after lockdown?
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ScottishStottie · 23/05/2020 21:07
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